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Date:      Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:33:51 -0500
From:      Noah Palmer <noahpalmerversion1@gmail.com>
To:        Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Update X when laptop lip is closed
Message-ID:  <CACd7u--dZZiz6tcSgMeFazdsnyREEgOT0WoomEtAaa5VWSnbFQ@mail.gmail.com>
In-Reply-To: <2061301f-4f78-e50a-1864-f9a608b7c504@yuripv.me>
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On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:08 PM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> wrote:

> Noah Palmer wrote:
> > is there a way to automatically remove or add the display to X when the
> > laptop lid is opened or closed. I have been using a script to read
> > dev.acpi_lid.0.state, but is there better way? Also what is the proper
> way
> > to reply to someone while using a mailing list. Do you reply to the
> person
> > or freebsd-questions@freebsd.org.
>
> If you are polling the dev.acpi_lid.0.state value, see /etc/devd.conf
> for examples of ACPI events notification, so you could invoke the need
> actions when lid is open/closed.
>
Okay that seems to be the solution. I also have an issue that
dev.acpi_lid.0.state is incorrect if the lid was open at boot. you have to
close and open the lid for the value to be correct.



-- 
Noah Palmer



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