great programs !
acmonitor+moreDisplayOptions rocks !

thanks guys !

DeadBug thinks thread needs bump. reminderzorring the newbies of how to do the happy extended screen dim/blank.

Anybody up for making a click-to-install app to extend these timeouts? No?

Doh! missed this!
https://maemo.org/downloads/product/...immingoptions/

Thanks a million....most useful hack yet.

SInce I find I'm using PlayThing increasingly as my bedside insta-internet alarm clock, dimming with the full-screen clock would be great. Then I can toss and turn and still watch how much time I've spent wasting my precious sleeptime

Has moredimmingoptions made the leap up to OS2008 on the N800?

As a newbie with zero Linux experience and a dread of anything too program-y, rooting 'round in terminal mode scares the crap out of me.

It should work.
At least it does on the N810 under OS2008
(The OS are identical)

Hello, I've purchased my n800 with a strong interest in learning how to work with Linux. I've installed open ssh and I was able to implement the command euchreprof recommended at the beginning of this thread (gconftool-2 -t list --list-type=int -s /system/osso/dsm/display/possible_display_dim_timeouts[30,60,120,300,600,1800,3600])

Are there any Linux gurus on this thread that would have the time and inclination to explain how this works? Mostly I would like to know what the individual commands are that comprise the script and how they work together, in as succinct a manner as possible.

BTW: Thanks to euchreprof for the script. Evidently there is a downloadable app that does the same thing, but I'm trying to learn the command line.

Thanks

gconf-tool is a CLI way to access gconf -- that's Gnome's equivalent to the windows registry.
We're saying:
Type of data is list
It's a list of integers
Set the key possible_display_dim_timeouts in /system/osso/dsm/display to a list containing 30, 60, 120, etc.

You can use gconf-editor to browse gconf like regedit, looking at interesting keys that might need values tweaked. But gconf-tool is preinstalled, and copy-n-paste prevents accidents, so it's a good way to post the actual change you wind up making.

Thanks for the explanation, Benson. I can't say I understand it completely, but it gives me some starting places where I can begin to learn a little more.

One more "please help me understand Linux" question: I'm studying command line stuff by way of a website called linuxcommand.org. Mostly, it's really awesome but there is one command that I can't seem to use in xterm.

According to this page, the command "file will examine a file and tell you what kind of file it is" and "to use the file program, just type: file name_of_file". So, in my home dir, I type "file apps", hoping for some information about the file, but all I get is a response saying "file: not found".

Am I missing something?

And thanks again.

Yeah, file is great, but the tablets have stripped out a lot of "unnecessary" commands to save space; as file is not generally needed, it got the ax.

There might be a package available for it, but more likely a binary floating around somewhere.

Edit: Duh! There might be a zip or something, but most likely a full deb...

you'd need more than just the binary. you'd need /usr/share/magic as well.