Date: 12 Aug 2003 23:04:37 +0000 From: James Earl <admin@icionline.ca> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Toshiba battery save mode, and ACPI Message-ID: <1060729477.533.54.camel@comp4.ici.net>
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Hello, I just recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite A10-REH and soon there after installed FreeBSD 5.1. ACPI works with the exception of some quirks, of course. My question has to do with what's called "battery save mode" located in the BIOS config. I imagine this is on most Toshiba notebooks with the same version of BIOS. Before the FreeBSD kernel loads, when I unplug the AC power to the notebook the screen will dim according to the "batter save mode" setting in the BIOS config. When I plug the AC back in, the screen immediately brightens. Once FreeBSD is booted (with ACPI enabled), this no longer works. I have noticed that the changes do take effect if I close the lid and open it back up. I guess I'm wondering if there's a way to have the FreeBSD ACPI let the BIOS do it's job in that area... am I dreaming?! :)
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