Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 25 Jan 2001 10:22:45 +0800 | From | Steve Underwood <> | Subject | Re: Probably Off-topic Question... |
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Alan Cox wrote: > > > if anyone finds a way of dimming the brightness make sure you post! > > besides killing the battery, it also makes it hard to use in dark > > places such as night flights. i feel as if i'm lighting up the > > cabin in these cases. > > http://samba.org/picturebook > > should have it
Ah, Mr Cox. You are a truly warm and wonderful human being. I can confirm the setbrightness utility at the above URL not only works for a picturebook. It works for a Z505GAT as well. That should mean it is OK for a Z505LE in the US, too. The LE and GAT are significantly different from older Vaios. The older ones all seem to use Neomagic video controllers. These new models, and the new Crusoe picturebook, use ATI Rage mobility. There might, therefore, be a number of subtle differences from the behaviour of older models.
Now I just need ACPI hibernate to swap space, and a Gnome utility to control this brightness thingy in my control panel! Oh, and of course that Conexant modem port might be useful sometimes, if it worked!
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