Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2006 05:41:11 -0700 From: David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: Rich Winkel <rich@math.missouri.edu>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Video sleep on dell d600 (6.1-release) Message-ID: <20060616124111.GH32476@bunrab.catwhisker.org> In-Reply-To: <4492A3D5.4020109@centtech.com> References: <200606160415.k5G4Fvka013078@pencil.math.missouri.edu> <4492A3D5.4020109@centtech.com>
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--J9yJHTI1TR3nSM0E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Jun 16, 2006 at 07:28:05AM -0500, Eric Anderson wrote: > Rich Winkel wrote: > >Hi, > > > >I can't seem to get the display to shut off when I press the lid switch. > >In /boot/loader.conf I have=20 > >... > >The system does go to sleep (at least the power indicator starts flashin= g) > >but the screen stays lit. Does anyone have this running? >=20 > For my Dell's, I usually added a line into rc.suspend and rc.resume, to= =20 > toggle the acpi video sysctl. Something like: >... Ummm... aren't these rather different issues? That is, it looks to me as if one issue is * display status as a function of lid position while the other is * display status as a funtion of suspend/resume status. On my Inspiron 8200 (and the 5000e that preceded it), I have the BIOS set to leave the machine running when I close the lid so that I can start a "make buildworld," close the lid, put the laptop in the trunk of the car, then drive to work, thus making arguably constructive use of the commute time. And I found from experience that mechanically, it is far better to close the lid; this avoids a significant amount of strain on the lid hinges.=20 (And no, I don't think I have suspend/resume in afunctional state at the moment; it hasn't been that much of a priority for me.) Peace, david --=20 David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org Doing business with spammers only encourages them. Please boycott spammers. See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --J9yJHTI1TR3nSM0E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkSSpuYACgkQmprOCmdXAD0mKQCeJa09ioT8i8+t/W/gEirFoYKU u/4An29L3gu/k7KX5ve0nrNDxJfoVrOo =dZNX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --J9yJHTI1TR3nSM0E--
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