Date: Wed, 28 Jan 2004 16:40:00 -0500 From: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org> To: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display Message-ID: <20040128214000.GF775@laptop.lambertfam.org> In-Reply-To: <200401281319.02208.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <200401272247.59306.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> <20040128.083215.114732225.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040128181110.GC775@laptop.lambertfam.org> <200401281319.02208.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 01:19:02PM -0500, John Baldwin wrote: > On Wednesday 28 January 2004 01:11 pm, Scott Lambert wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:32:15AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > > In message: <20040128045816.Y1089@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> > > > : Through functionality provided by the BIOS. A 30-second > > > : search through the source would have shown the answer in > > > : /usr/src/sys/i386/bios/apm.c:334 with apm_display(). > > > > > > My experience is that turning the display off via apm doesn't work > > > on many laptops :-(. > > > > Is there anything that does; other than closing the lid? > > Yes, there should be. ACPI has an entire set of methods devoted to > manging displays including turning the displays on and off. We just > don't support those yet. Ok. As long as there is that possibility. I'm not in a hurry. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing out on current capabilities. ACPI is still black magic to me. Someday I'll sit down and try to understand it. -- Scott Lambert KC5MLE Unix SysAdmin lambert@lambertfam.org
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