From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Sep 25 19:24:52 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AFD3A16A4CE for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:24:52 +0000 (GMT) Received: from www.cryptography.com (li-22.members.linode.com [64.5.53.22]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78EB643D39 for ; Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:24:52 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from nate@root.org) Received: from [10.0.5.50] (adsl-64-171-186-250.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [64.171.186.250]) by www.cryptography.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id i8PJOoDl001217 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT); Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:24:51 -0700 Message-ID: <4155C602.4050709@root.org> Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 12:24:50 -0700 From: Nate Lawson User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.7.3 (Windows/20040803) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Samuel Stringham References: <20040925033655.GB2967@laptop.samuelstringham.com> In-Reply-To: <20040925033655.GB2967@laptop.samuelstringham.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 4000 woes X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:24:52 -0000 Samuel Stringham wrote: > I have a Dell Inspiron 4000, which is running 5.3-BETA5. > I am unable to get the ACPI to function correctly on this > machine. I have dug around google for hours, looked > through the source (though I am not quite familiar enough > to make changes), but could not find any great howtos on > getting the suspend/resume working how I would like. If suspend/resume is vital, try apm. There are still some problems with suspend/resume, many of them in the display system (handled by X.) > S3: will detach pcmcia wireless card, spin down hard drive, > not sure about CPU stepping. When suspending from X, it > first switches to console, then turns off for a second, > then turns back on completely _white_. There's an option, like SYSCONS_NO_VTY_SWITCH (or similar), that disables that switch. See if it helps. > So, I have come to realize that S3 will probably be my best > bet. However, I can't get the monitor to turn off. I was > wondering if anyone else had any good hints on getting this > working correctly. Turning off the monitor requires DPMS support and a proper PCI/AGP video driver. -- Nate