From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 7 00:02:54 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3135016A402 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:02:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frzburn@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.187]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF46713C441 for ; Wed, 7 Mar 2007 00:02:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frzburn@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k27so2542769nfc for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:02:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=Fx9OBRTAka3SJuh+/3L5SR5zaxw/Ik39U13i8NXeZk/WPg7RLzNZoBREpCQn3g+8ysIlprIcm6661kBQHTs/esOlpZyVUkmhwt22A3s6a8I7xx8XTPId7W9WBhlG3mwJTfG5f95lIUo2QVTWUU5GLWddBFcHJMMRECSqf8vH2uI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=V81SLp3SdxJn42BSvg/PW98hqu6wBpEPoPs35M/HTiXOzWJqMRcluYb0ncWknjKRbWKDvnZDryB2Yayu4NhlvJYndbUsXDKz5hExyaJioQT8HJzEgxs16mgKdOI7gD1jvdz1y1/86g1Nc+UUOq9p84fm/YhmmHDzKf/PsRv0BmU= Received: by 10.82.135.13 with SMTP id i13mr8161024bud.1173225772139; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:02:52 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.139.19 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 16:02:52 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2942dae0703061602p38ea962eqc65f81153397cd27@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 19:02:52 -0500 From: frzburn To: "Kevin Downey" In-Reply-To: <2942dae0703061536p58e271dckea82e5a78d1e4e90@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2942dae0703051328l6e0a26b4v4a41a2812b18dc9e@mail.gmail.com> <20070307005022.4a09c30f@localhost> <2942dae0703061457ycb0900difb0818183e56d240@mail.gmail.com> <1d3ed48c0703061504j209ad057u60d93ddf828636bb@mail.gmail.com> <2942dae0703061536p58e271dckea82e5a78d1e4e90@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop lid switch and ACPI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 07 Mar 2007 00:02:54 -0000 OK, so I'm half the way to what I want =/ All these things with acpi work well, but as I got a NVidia card _and_ FreeBSD in amd64, I can't install the NVidia drivers... So I can turn my screen blank with dpms, but the backlight stays on =( and this dpms stuff doesn't work in command-line... Do you know if there's some way to control the video card/turn the backlight off without NVidia's drivers? And if I can get this to work in command-line? I remember that with Gentoo all that stuff worked, even in command-line. But of course, I had NVidia drivers... frzburn On 3/6/07, frzburn wrote: > > THAT is exactly what I needed! > > A lot of thanks to both of you! =D > > frzburn > > > On 3/6/07, Kevin Downey < redchin@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On 3/6/07, frzburn < frzburn@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Well, I thought about it, and you're right... What I really need is to > > be > > > able to do something upon an acpi event, like running a script when I > > close > > > my lid... > > > > > > But I didn't find these info anywhere =( > > > Please help me! =) > > > > > > acpi is working, it has control on my fan and monitors my CPU > > temperature. > > > I tried devd -dD, and it reacts when I close my lid, but I don't know > > how to > > > use this output... > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > frzburn > > > > > > > > > > > > On 3/6/07, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:28:06 -0500 > > > > frzburn wrote: > > > > > > > > > I need a hint on how to get my screen turn off (backlight too) on > > my > > > > Dell > > > > > Laptop. > > > > > I have an Inspiron 6400 (e1505), and FreeBSD 6 - amd64. > > > > > > > > Hi there, > > > > I am not sure how to switch off the screen on the dell (independent > > of > > > > ACPI)... in all laptops I've seen, it's fully controlled by the > > hardware > > > > (bios?). > > > > Have you got acpi working ? > > > > > > > > If you *do* have ACPI working, and you want to see whether it is > > firing > > > > acpi at > > > > all when you close the lid, you can restart devd in debugging mode: > > > > > > > > /etc/rc.d/devd stop > > > > devd -dD > > > > > > > > and then try your ACPI events. > > > > > > > > Also, you should be able to tell your ACPI module to let you handle > > the > > > > events > > > > manually. For example, with the acpi_ibm.ko, the knob > > > > > > > > dev.acpi_ibm.0.events = 1 > > > > > > > > tells acpi to pass all acpi messages to devd for handling. Search > > the logs > > > > (in > > > > mobile@ , i believe) - i've posted my config for some sample actions > > on > > > > different ACPI events. > > > > > > > > BTW, you may be able to switch off the display using a user mode > > > > application > > > > that is related to your video card. For example, if you have a > > Radeon > > > > card, the > > > > radeontool allows you to switch off the panel and external monitor > > outputs > > > > (although the ext monitor gets switched on when you switch to X's > > VT) > > > > > > > > HIH, > > > > Beto > > > > _________________________ > > > > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > > > > > > > "Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." > > > > Laurence J. Peter > > I have a Inspiron 8200, and I have the following in /etc/devd.conf to > > turn off the screen when the lid is closed: > > > > notify 10 { > > match "system" "ACPI"; > > match "subsystem" "Lid"; > > match "notify" "0x00"; > > action "/usr/local/bin/xset -display :0 dpms force off > > > /tmp/xset.log"; > > }; > > > > > > > > > > -- > > The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has > > occurred. > > > >