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notladstyle 2008-10-04 04:18
Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
I've done a search, and I found people who wanted to turn it off, but no one who wanted it to turn on... The problem is that when im reading the forums ill use my finger to scroll the page and when I get to where I want to post, I cant see the keyboard =(

I know I can hit the backspace or space bar or a random key, but maybe there's a config line that will disable the timer for the keyboard LED or maybe set the time to 99999 seconds or something like that.

Is this possible?

Thesandlord 2008-10-04 05:11
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Yea, I totally agree.

Scenario: You flip open the keyboard to type something. You start thinking about what you are going to say, read a few things, and then look down at the keyboard. But wait, its gone all dark, so you have to hit a random key, then hit backspace, then type. Seriously, its not that big of a deal, but it is annoying.

+1

melisa4765 2008-10-04 05:15
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by notladstyle (Post 230345)
I've done a search, and I found people who wanted to turn it off, but no one who wanted it to turn on... The problem is that when im reading the forums ill use my finger to scroll the page and when I get to where I want to post, I cant see the keyboard =(

I know I can hit the backspace or space bar or a random key, but maybe there's a config line that will disable the timer for the keyboard LED or maybe set the time to 99999 seconds or something like that.

Is this possible?
I would also like to know the solution for the keyboard light. I would like to use the keyboard while blogging at night in bed. :)

BigTony 2008-10-04 10:41
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Yeah, +3, this is a real pain as I like to chill with miminal lighting on an evening and I can't see what I'm typing. With the old n800 as the keyboard was on the screen you could always see.

NateLikesClaire 2008-10-04 11:02
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
+4 for all the aforementioned reasons.

Mikma 2008-10-04 22:00
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
gain root, edit /etc/mce/mce.ini with your favorite editor, and change this:
Code:
# Timeout before disabling keyboard backlight when unused
#
# Timeout in seconds, default 10
BacklightTimeout=10
after you are done, go to /etc/init.d and run ' ./mce restart ' and there you go, longer lighting time.

Benson 2008-10-04 22:07
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Dunno, but I would've thought the obvious solution would be flip the keyboard back in and back out rather than typing a random key...

Good to have a proper solution, though.

notladstyle 2008-10-04 22:27
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikma (Post 230484)
gain root, edit /etc/mce/mce.ini with your favorite editor, and change this:
Code:
# Timeout before disabling keyboard backlight when unused
#
# Timeout in seconds, default 10
BacklightTimeout=10
after you are done, go to /etc/init.d and run ' ./mce restart ' and there you go, longer lighting time.

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for - but now im stuck trying to figure out how to run an editor from xterm.

nervermind, I copied it to the mydocs directory, edited it with emelfm's editor and then copied it back in xterm and it worked PERFECTLYY!!!!!

NO MORE DARK KEYBOARD!!!!!!! YEY!!!!!


.. I wonder how this is gonna effect battery life.

Benson 2008-10-04 22:30
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
vi exists by default; I think JOE and nano are both readily available.

Thesandlord 2008-10-04 22:39
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
emelfm2 is a really good file manager WITH text editor. No need to mess with command line AT all. just type
Code:
sudo gainroot
emelfm2
and you have root file manager!

notladstyle 2008-10-04 22:51
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Benson (Post 230492)
vi exists by default; I think JOE and nano are both readily available.
awesome, vi is what I was looking for but I couldnt find it by googling.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Thesandlord (Post 230494)
emelfm2 is a really good file manager WITH text editor. No need to mess with command line AT all. just type
Code:
sudo gainroot
emelfm2
and you have root file manager!
I never even thought of running Xterm first and then running emelfm from inside after I had root. I was trying to run root from emelfm.

*** I just realized running emelfm2 with root will make changing the startup screens so much easier as well. ***



This forum is am amazing resource of information and intelligence.

At first I was a little disillusioned with my N810 for all the bugs and the difficulty you have to go through to customize it. But This forum has been a godsend.

Even if the N900 is plagued with crashes every 30 seconds I'll still buy it as long as this forum is still around.

Ape60 2010-04-30 04:25
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikma (Post 230484)
gain root, edit /etc/mce/mce.ini with your favorite editor, and change this:
Code:
# Timeout before disabling keyboard backlight when unused
#
# Timeout in seconds, default 10
BacklightTimeout=10
after you are done, go to /etc/init.d and run ' ./mce restart ' and there you go, longer lighting time.
How about if the ambient light sensor decides there is enough light around and dims the keyboard when the truth is that there isn't? I have a dim light coming often from behind my back and it makes keypad go dark although light is far from sufficient.

Is there a way say to my N900: "No matter what the lighting conditions, just keep the keypad lit"? Or to adjust the sensitivity of the sensor?

silvermountain 2010-05-19 03:24
Re: Is it possible to force the keyboard light to stay on when open?
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mikma (Post 230484)
gain root, edit /etc/mce/mce.ini with your favorite editor, and change this:
Code:
# Timeout before disabling keyboard backlight when unused
#
# Timeout in seconds, default 10
BacklightTimeout=10
after you are done, go to /etc/init.d and run ' ./mce restart ' and there you go, longer lighting time.
Ha! Knew that this trick was around here somewhere - thanks! :)


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