[mythtv-users] semi-transparent screensaver

[Yan Seiner]

On Fri, November 21, 2008 4:30 pm, Yan Seiner wrote:
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> On Fri, November 21, 2008 4:24 pm, Marc Randolph wrote:
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>> Perhaps you could create a modified version of gnome-screensaver which
>> starts a fade, but stops before it finishes the fade?  If you're going
>> to do that, be sure to make the % fade configurable.  That'll really
>> rub the gnome guys the wrong way. :-)
>
> You might want to check the xorg docs, but ISTR that things like brightess
> can be controlled via the randr extension.  Maybe read the docs for xset?

Hah!

man xbacklight

--Yan

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