Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:05:37 +0100 From: Peter Gade Jensen <rhazn@daimi.au.dk> To: Morten Rodal <morten@rodal.no> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ACPI: -dp2 vs. -release Message-ID: <20030220200537.GA16739@horse03.daimi.au.dk> In-Reply-To: <20030220154956.GB43452@slurp.rodal.no> References: <20030220134527.GA15145@dazzler.daimi.au.dk> <20030220154956.GB43452@slurp.rodal.no>
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On Thu, Feb 20, 2003 at 04:49:56PM +0100, Morten Rodal wrote: > I have the same feature on my Dell laptop. The screen's brightness > (or dim if you want) will go down when the computer is running on > batteries. yes this happens with a 5.0-DP2 kernel. BUT not with a never kernel. > It is however possible to change this back to normal with > the "Fn" key (you probably have something similiar on your Toshiba) so > that the brightness back to "normal." Dell laptops remember this, so > the next time I run the computer on batteries it will restore the > brightness to the level I had last time I used it on batteries. The Fn-keys for turning the brightness up/down doesn't work with 5.0 on my laptop. > I do not think this has anything to do with ACPI implimentation in > FreeBSD. Since the brightness was turned down because the machine was put into economy-mode and the powermanagment is handled by the ACPI subsystem, I would believe that has. So the real question is: Can you configure the economy-profile to start doing it again? /peter -- If you hold a Unix shell to your ear, do you hear the C? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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