From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 6 23:36:49 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E731316A408 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:36:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frzburn@gmail.com) Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (nf-out-0910.google.com [64.233.182.190]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45D8613C4A5 for ; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 23:36:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from frzburn@gmail.com) Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id k27so2536437nfc for ; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:36:43 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=rmxSFnS+psZvI7sm/QWWDUmA5E8NJQ1Yu36+CzaKwV6/lsCrSdSqOg8QNuizvNmsciFGuEDN9BdSRYGozIeRHkanpdYlAjAtzgilLuhxrJ0dHDC3qScJDo4HeOm3yWDJlfpAiL61/lECE39tO6Iel2wMtskawSgw5FX43SQRZdQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jqfEYAtRTZUaAOkNK8Evabiev1h/cv0xYwM151jRHbK0/7h5bT1DLuVFu1x7c3ad7azl7udKXdSGM+evcT94hIljUoN+WmJXYAq6s3PQ40ZhO/3unHUTdiPncJBv0Se6NVD6dg2y+op7zX5JKAbbgTBFvx1xsa0DI8vbnB9kink= Received: by 10.82.167.5 with SMTP id p5mr8085855bue.1173224202999; Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:36:42 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.82.139.19 with HTTP; Tue, 6 Mar 2007 15:36:42 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <2942dae0703061536p58e271dckea82e5a78d1e4e90@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 6 Mar 2007 18:36:42 -0500 From: frzburn To: "Kevin Downey" In-Reply-To: <1d3ed48c0703061504j209ad057u60d93ddf828636bb@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <2942dae0703051328l6e0a26b4v4a41a2812b18dc9e@mail.gmail.com> <20070307005022.4a09c30f@localhost> <2942dae0703061457ycb0900difb0818183e56d240@mail.gmail.com> <1d3ed48c0703061504j209ad057u60d93ddf828636bb@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop lid switch and ACPI X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:36:50 -0000 THAT is exactly what I needed! A lot of thanks to both of you! =D frzburn On 3/6/07, Kevin Downey wrote: > > On 3/6/07, frzburn wrote: > > Well, I thought about it, and you're right... What I really need is to > be > > able to do something upon an acpi event, like running a script when I > close > > my lid... > > > > But I didn't find these info anywhere =( > > Please help me! =) > > > > acpi is working, it has control on my fan and monitors my CPU > temperature. > > I tried devd -dD, and it reacts when I close my lid, but I don't know > how to > > use this output... > > > > Thanks! > > > > frzburn > > > > > > > > On 3/6/07, Norberto Meijome wrote: > > > > > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:28:06 -0500 > > > frzburn wrote: > > > > > > > I need a hint on how to get my screen turn off (backlight too) on my > > > Dell > > > > Laptop. > > > > I have an Inspiron 6400 (e1505), and FreeBSD 6 - amd64. > > > > > > Hi there, > > > I am not sure how to switch off the screen on the dell (independent of > > > ACPI)... in all laptops I've seen, it's fully controlled by the > hardware > > > (bios?). > > > Have you got acpi working ? > > > > > > If you *do* have ACPI working, and you want to see whether it is > firing > > > acpi at > > > all when you close the lid, you can restart devd in debugging mode: > > > > > > /etc/rc.d/devd stop > > > devd -dD > > > > > > and then try your ACPI events. > > > > > > Also, you should be able to tell your ACPI module to let you handle > the > > > events > > > manually. For example, with the acpi_ibm.ko, the knob > > > > > > dev.acpi_ibm.0.events = 1 > > > > > > tells acpi to pass all acpi messages to devd for handling. Search the > logs > > > (in > > > mobile@ , i believe) - i've posted my config for some sample actions > on > > > different ACPI events. > > > > > > BTW, you may be able to switch off the display using a user mode > > > application > > > that is related to your video card. For example, if you have a Radeon > > > card, the > > > radeontool allows you to switch off the panel and external monitor > outputs > > > (although the ext monitor gets switched on when you switch to X's VT) > > > > > > HIH, > > > Beto > > > _________________________ > > > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome > > > > > > "Against logic there is no armor like ignorance." > > > Laurence J. Peter > I have a Inspiron 8200, and I have the following in /etc/devd.conf to > turn off the screen when the lid is closed: > > notify 10 { > match "system" "ACPI"; > match "subsystem" "Lid"; > match "notify" "0x00"; > action "/usr/local/bin/xset -display :0 dpms force off > > /tmp/xset.log"; > }; > > > > > -- > The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has > occurred. >