Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 17:20:23 +0100 From: Mark Santcroos <marks@ripe.net> To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display Message-ID: <20040129162023.GA42359@laptop.6bone.nl> In-Reply-To: <1075339288.12013.232.camel@mobius.int.thebadger.org> References: <200401272247.59306.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> <20040128.083215.114732225.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040128181110.GC775@laptop.lambertfam.org> <200401291059.12896.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> <1075336426.9856.11.camel@localhost> <1075339288.12013.232.camel@mobius.int.thebadger.org>
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On Thu, Jan 29, 2004 at 01:21:28AM +0000, James Green wrote: > > > > > > I find DPMS works for me.. > > > > > > xset dpms force off > > > > > > My Monitor section in the X config has.. > > > Option "DPMS" > > > > > > My video chipset is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility in a Dell Inspiron 8000. > > > > I use the above, one minor thing though, the backlight on the laptop > > stays on (NEC Versa S900 with ATI radeon 9000 mobility) yet under > > windows the backlight turns off, still haven't got it worked out :/ > > > There is a fix for DPMS for the Radeon 9000. The bug report/patch etc. > is here: http://bugs.xfree86.org/show_bug.cgi?id=26 > See comment #10 for details. ports/x11-servers/XFree86-4-Server-snap/ has the fix too, I just tried it and it works for my Latitude C640. Which leads me to think... can we do this with ACPI only or do we need to do what DPMS is doing?? I think it is the latter. Mark
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