In openmoko (stable hybrid release, SHR), how do you programatically turn-off the screensaver (the dimmed/blank screen after a few seconds of inactivity) just while your app is running?
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A:
In X, you can run
xset s off
to turn off the screensaver. Similarly gnome/freedesktop exposes a DBUS API to control and inhibit screensaver mode. I don't know if OpenMoko supports the freedesktop spec, but if it does you should be able to use DBUS directly. You can see how Totem does it here.
codelogic
2008-12-29 19:01:03
A:
It is possible to do that through the D-BUS API of freesmartphone, it is also possible to prevent suspends.
mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy CPU auto
mdbus -s org.freesmartphone.ousaged /org/freesmartphone/Usage org.freesmartphone.Usage.SetResourcePolicy Display auto
Replace auto with enabled or disabled.
You can find the documentation for this D-BUS method at http://git.freesmartphone.org/?p=specs.git;a=blob_plain;f=html/org.freesmartphone.Usage.html;hb=HEAD#GetResourcePolicy
Baruch Even
2009-04-19 12:36:06
A:
FSORaw is a wrapper that you can use externally to claim resources like the display. This will prevent screen blanking. But if it is your own application I would recommend claiming the same display resources within your software.
daramarak
2009-11-10 15:42:02