Let screen lit while slide open

[dhcmega]

Hi
Is it possible to let the screen always on while the slide is open and return to normal configured screen time out while slide screen is close?
Thanks

dhcmega

[xomm]

No, not that I know of. You could try writing your own script.

An alternative is to use Simple Brightness Applet, and toggle "Keep display on."

[dhcmega]

Yes, but I just want it to lit when it is opened, so I have to keep changing that config option all the time.

[pelago]

This sounds like a good idea. It would be nice to be able to separately control timeouts whether the keyboard is open or closed.

[nicolai]

You may try dbus-scripts.
Write a script to turn screen on every few seconds while
keybord open. And call this script from dbus-scripts when keyboard opened.

For example:
dbus-scripts setting:
/home/user/stay_lit.sh * * org.freedesktop.Hal.Device Condition ButtonPressed cover

Your script (/home/user/stay_lit.sh)

#!/bin/sh
# path to the keyboard slide state
SLIDE_PATH=/sys/devices/platform/gpio-switch/slide/state

TIMEOUT=25
read SLIDE_STATE < $SLIDE_PATH
while [ "$SLIDE_STATE" == "open" ]; do
# dbus-call to stop display blanking, I thought this one should turn light on
# for at least 60 seconds, but it depends on your display settings.
run-standalone.sh dbus-send --system --type=method_call --dest=com.nokia.mce /com/nokia/mce/request com.nokia.mce.request.req_display_blanking_pause
sleep $TIMEOUT
read SLIDE_STATE < $SLIDE_PATH
done


The TIMEOUT value has to be less than your display blank time.

regards nicolai