Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 22:08:53 -0500 From: Igor Partola <ipartola@pisem.net> To: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org>, freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8600 Message-ID: <41BBB645.3010500@pisem.net> In-Reply-To: <41BB4DC4.6090901@root.org> References: <41BA85A0.3050206@pisem.net> <41BB4DC4.6090901@root.org>
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Nate Lawson wrote: > > Yes, this is a deficiency in the current usermode interface. If you > look at my web page, I have a description of how to fix this if > someone wants to do it. It includes implementing the /dev/apm > suspend/standby compatibility ioctls including a timeout interface. > See the "Implement X suspend/resume notification" section below. > > http://www.root.org/~nate/freebsd/acpi-todo.html > That's a deficiency in the X server though isn't it? Without X running this fix would do no good. I thought the problem was in either the kernel ACPI implementation or in devd. I do not claim to be in any degree an expert in this though since I am not at all familiar with the inner workings of either. I'm just trying to set up this laptop to work nicely with FreeBSD. :). Respect, Igor
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