Date: Mon, 7 Apr 2008 10:49:31 +0200 From: "Spil Oss" <spil.oss@googlemail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem with lid on Dell D400 Message-ID: <5fbf03c20804070149j15a3e3b1s54ced2f0bfc81efd@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <731432799.20080406100414@masm.elcom.ru> References: <5fbf03c20804040812t5fdf8065ubf46d6420358595@mail.gmail.com> <5fbf03c20804040844q22875ac8nbbc3fae121d3eac8@mail.gmail.com> <731432799.20080406100414@masm.elcom.ru>
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Thanks Victor, Installed acpi_video and will try this later, currently I can't get to the console to check. Will report back after checking! New sysctls after kldload acpi_video: hw.acpi.video.tv0.active: 0 hw.acpi.video.crt0.active: 0 hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 0 hw.acpi.video.ext0.active: 0 Kind regards, Spil On 06/04/2008, Victor M. Blood <root@masm.elcom.ru> wrote: > On 04.04.2008, Spil Oss wrote: > > On a Dell D400 notebook (Pentium-M 1.4GHz, Intel 855GM, ICH4M) running > > FreeBSD 7.0 #0 > > > Closing the lid switches off the display, opening the lid does not > > switch the display back on. Very annoying. The machine is fully > > functional otherwise (accessed via ssh). > > > Noticed this first on a vanilla FreeBSD-7.0 #0 install, the optimized > > kernel seems to behave the same. > > > In sysctl I noticed after closing and opening the lid > > hw.acpi.lid_switch_state: NONE > > but I have not checked the status of this sysctl before I closed the lid. > > > dmesg output is not of boot -v, but of regular boot > > > I wouldn't care if the lid doesn't have acpi features (e.g. suspend on > > lid close), but I'd like the screen to switch off for additional > > battery-life. > > > Hope someone can help me! > > on Dell 1300B I use module acpi_video > add to loader.conf acpi_video_load="yes" > > and configure devd.conf to run script on lid change status: exist in > it's examples. > > notify 10 { > match "system" "ACPI"; > match "subsystem" "Lid"; > action "/sbin/lidctl $notify"; > }; > > > # cat /sbin/lidctl > #!/bin/sh > hive=hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active > sysctl=/sbin/sysctl > > case "$1" in > "1" | "0x01") > ${sysctl} ${hive}=1 >/dev/null > ;; > "0" | "0x00") > ${sysctl} ${hive}=0 >/dev/null > ;; > esac > > > > > -- > With all regards, Victor M. Blood. mailto: freebsd@masm.elcom.ru > FTN: 2:5024/1.95@Fidonet.org, ICQ#3567656 > > > > > >
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