From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 00:39:56 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C44041065673 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:39:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dougb@FreeBSD.org) Received: from mail2.fluidhosting.com (mx23.fluidhosting.com [204.14.89.6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 529788FC08 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:39:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12854 invoked by uid 399); 28 Nov 2010 00:39:55 -0000 Received: from localhost (HELO doug-optiplex.ka9q.net) (dougb@dougbarton.us@127.0.0.1) by localhost with ESMTPAM; 28 Nov 2010 00:39:55 -0000 X-Originating-IP: 127.0.0.1 X-Sender: dougb@dougbarton.us Message-ID: <4CF1A4DA.1080908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 16:39:54 -0800 From: Doug Barton Organization: http://SupersetSolutions.com/ User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; FreeBSD amd64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.12) Gecko/20101028 Thunderbird/3.1.6 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-current@FreeBSD.org X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 OpenPGP: id=1A1ABC84 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Subject: Should green_saver.ko shut off a laptop's backlight? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 00:39:56 -0000 My recollection is that green_saver should turn off an LCD backlight, but I just loaded it up on my laptop and it's not doing so. It does remove the text from the screen, but the backlight is still on (i.e., it is doing exactly what blank_saver does). When running X DPMS works on that same laptop, so I know the hardware is capable. This is 9-current amd64 at r214025. Any suggestions are welcome. Doug -- Nothin' ever doesn't change, but nothin' changes much. -- OK Go Breadth of IT experience, and depth of knowledge in the DNS. Yours for the right price. :) http://SupersetSolutions.com/