I am hoping that one of you Linux experts might be willing to be help me out with one of the Kindle 3 hacks. I am willing to pay a reasonable amount for the help. I am a very experienced software developer (coding since 1964) but never got into Linux.
Basically, I need someone to work with me to disable the screensaver on my new K3. There is a reference to this here:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho....php?p=1098081
In another post it looks like setting ~disableScreensaver works but I am not at all sure how to do this.
There have been some interesting comments about this entire issue of being able to turn off the screensaver. Personally, I can't understand why Amazon didn't provide the capability of setting the timeout value or even turning it off with the latest firmware. One of the major things I do with my Kindle is used it for recipes. Even with the recent firmware upgrade on my DX which increased the screen timeout to 20 minutes this is typically not enough for most of my recipes. Hitting the switch to turn the screen on is a bit of a hassle since I have the Kindle in a protective splash proof cover when I am cooking so I have to partially remove it to access the switch. It looks like the K3 has a shorter timeout so this problem is even worse.
If one of you is willing to work with me, you can email me directly at: eharris &at& synnovation.com. I can easily set up my system for remote access and control so this hack will probably be fairly easy to do remotely.
Thanks,
Ed