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Date:      Wed, 28 Jan 2004 20:00:08 -0500
From:      Anish Mistry <mistry.7@osu.edu>
To:        Taku YAMAMOTO <taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp>
Cc:        acpi-jp@jp.FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: API to turn off the display
Message-ID:  <200401282000.15594.mistry.7@osu.edu>
In-Reply-To: <20040129060727.619f3866.taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp>
References:  <200401272247.59306.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> <200401281319.02208.jhb@FreeBSD.org> <20040129060727.619f3866.taku@cent.saitama-u.ac.jp>

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On Wednesday 28 January 2004 04:07 pm, Taku YAMAMOTO wrote:
=2E..
>=20
> I wrote a driver that handles what John told.
>=20
> http://access.cent.saitama-u.ac.jp/~taku/freebsd/acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz
> MD5 (acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz) =3D adbfa6931e505544fb784e00c7b974e7
>=20
> This driver uses ACPI video extension to control display switching and
> backlight brightness. So working ACPI is a requisition for this driver.
>=20
> Whether it does or does not work depends heavily on how well the BIOS=20
written,
> however, I hope it worth trying.
>=20
> Suggestions, working/not-working reports etc are very appreciated.
>=20
It attaches and detects the displays:
littleguy# sysctl hw.acpi.video
hw.acpi.video.crt0.active: 0
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 1
hw.acpi.video.tv0.active: 0

But trying to turn off the LCD doesn't work:
littleguy# sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active=3D0
hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 1 -> 1

Tried to connect the tvout and activate it, but the sysctl showed 0, even=20
though it was displaying to the TV.  Twiddling this sysctl while the tv=20
out was active yielded the same results as the lcd, except it stayed at 0.

My laptop's asl:
http://am-productions.biz/debug/littleguy.asl

I'd be happy to do more testing.

=2D-=20
Anish Mistry

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