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There's also a script called [http://fdd.com/software/radeon/lightwatch.pl lightwatch.pl] available at the project homepage that turns off the background light whenever xscreensaver blanks the screen and back on when unblanked. A more sophisticated version can be found [http://web.utk.edu/~rmahurin/inspiron5100/node5.html#SECTION00055400000000000000 here].  | There's also a script called [http://fdd.com/software/radeon/lightwatch.pl lightwatch.pl] available at the project homepage that turns off the background light whenever xscreensaver blanks the screen and back on when unblanked. A more sophisticated version can be found [http://web.utk.edu/~rmahurin/inspiron5100/node5.html#SECTION00055400000000000000 here].  | ||
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Revision as of 13:45, 16 December 2005
radeontool is a hack to turn on and off the panels background light and external video.
Features
- turn background light on/off
 - turn external video on/off
 
There's also a script called lightwatch.pl available at the project homepage that turns off the background light whenever xscreensaver blanks the screen and back on when unblanked. A more sophisticated version can be found here.
You may need to set 
# chmod u+x radeontool
to use it as non-root user (/dev/mem problem).
Project Homepage / Availability
http://fdd.com/software/radeon/
Status
- stable and active