Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 17:43:10 +0200 From: Jochen Keil <j.keil@gmx.de> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vidcontrol, acpi lid and devd Message-ID: <20040507174310.3139f653@chephren.lokal.lan> In-Reply-To: <409B9B59.9000901@centtech.com> References: <20040507145632.560f4df0@chephren.lokal.lan> <20040507161155.4e8e60bc@chephren.lokal.lan> <409B9B59.9000901@centtech.com>
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Hi Eric. One more reason to give -current a try, although i'm a bit afraid of switching my well-running 5.2.1 to -current. Anyway thanks for your reply. Regards, Jochen On Fri, 07 May 2004 09:21:13 -0500 Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> wrote: > Jochen Keil wrote: > > >Hi again. > > > >I just found this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-January/thread.html#19836 > > > >Someone posted a kernel module which (hopefully) gives control over the display. > > > >Unfortunately the site isn't accessible from here. It would be great if someone can put it online somewhere else or send it to me via email. > > > > > > If you are running a somewhat recent -current, then the acpi video > controls are included. You just need to load the module, which should > be located at /boot/kernel/acpi_video.ko. > > Eric > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > ** CRM114 Whitelisted by: @chephren.lokal.lan ** > > ** ACCEPT: CRM114 Whitelisted by: @chephren.lokal.lan ** > > > -=-Extra Stuff-=- > > Return-Path: <owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> > X-Flags: 0000 > Delivered-To: GMX delivery to j.keil@gmx.de > Received: from pop.gmx.net [213.165.64.20] > by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-6.2.5) > for jochen@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 07 May 2004 16:25:14 +0200 (CEST) > Received: (qmail 11628 invoked by uid 65534); 7 May 2004 14:21:59 -0000 > Received: from mx2.freebsd.org (EHLO mx2.freebsd.org) (216.136.204.119) > by mx0.gmx.net (mx034) with SMTP; 07 May 2004 16:21:59 +0200 > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (hub.freebsd.org [216.136.204.18]) > by mx2.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP > id CF37A56ED0; Fri, 7 May 2004 07:21:50 -0700 (PDT) > (envelope-from owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org) > Received: from hub.freebsd.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP > id 7E9FD16A4DD; Fri, 7 May 2004 07:21:48 -0700 (PDT) > Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) > by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 04E4316A4CF > for <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>; > Fri, 7 May 2004 07:21:35 -0700 (PDT) > Received: from otter3.centtech.com (moat3.centtech.com [207.200.51.50]) > by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3EDD843D60 > for <freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org>; > Fri, 7 May 2004 07:21:34 -0700 (PDT) > (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) > Received: from centtech.com (neutrino.centtech.com [10.177.171.220]) > by otter3.centtech.com (8.12.3/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i47ELXE8029494; > Fri, 7 May 2004 09:21:33 -0500 (CDT) > (envelope-from anderson@centtech.com) > Message-ID: <409B9B59.9000901@centtech.com> > Date: Fri, 07 May 2004 09:21:13 -0500 > From: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> > User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (X11/20040406) > X-Accept-Language: en-us, en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > To: MyEmailName <j.keil@gmx.de> > References: <20040507145632.560f4df0@chephren.lokal.lan> > <20040507161155.4e8e60bc@chephren.lokal.lan> > In-Reply-To: <20040507161155.4e8e60bc@chephren.lokal.lan> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Subject: Re: vidcontrol, acpi lid and devd > X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 > Precedence: list > List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD <freebsd-mobile.freebsd.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile>, > <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-mobile>; > List-Post: <mailto:freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org> > List-Help: <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=help> > List-Subscribe: <http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile>, > <mailto:freebsd-mobile-request@freebsd.org?subject=subscribe> > Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > Errors-To: owner-freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org > X-GMX-Antivirus: -1 (not scanned, may not use virus scanner) > X-GMX-Antispam: -2 (not scanned, spam filter disabled) > MyEmailName wrote: > > >Hi again. > > > >I just found this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-January/thread.html#19836 > > > >Someone posted a kernel module which (hopefully) gives control over the display. > > > >Unfortunately the site isn't accessible from here. It would be great if someone can put it online somewhere else or send it to me via email. > > > > > > If you are running a somewhat recent -current, then the acpi video > controls are included. You just need to load the module, which should > be located at /boot/kernel/acpi_video.ko. > > Eric > > > -- > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Eric Anderson Sr. Systems Administrator Centaur Technology > Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday. > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > > -0-0-0-
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