disabling touch screen

[Christian Adams]

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Am 11.11.2008 um 11:31 schrieb Arigead:

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> Michael 'Mickey' Lauer wrote:
>> Am Monday 10 November 2008 16:49:39 schrieb Stefan Monnier:
>>>> it would be very usefull to be able to do so to carry our FR in  
>>>> a pocket
>>>> and it's not turning on display/backlight on every move you   
>>>> make ..
>>> Indeed `suspend' sound like the right solution here.
>>
>> Unfortunately not at all -- there's a whole world of software that  
>> requires
>> the host CPU to run.
>>
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> Could the touchscreen be physically powered down and powered up on  
> a key
>  press or GSM Activity easily? I was under the impression that I  
> saw the
> lock screen on one of the distros but powering the device down to save
> power makes more sense to me.

imagine using your FR as a music-player, carrying in your pocket
with every move you make, you touch the screen of your FR
in current state your FR burns a lot of energy for driving display/ 
backlight you don't see because it's in your pocket
with disabling the touch (stop emitting any kind of events) you allow  
the FR (X11) to turn off display/backlight and save energy

ciao,
	christian (morlac) adams
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