Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:23:48 -0800 From: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> To: Matthias Schojohann <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. laptop features Message-ID: <CAHSQbTCp9TFqDkn%2BQFTAs%2BoHsE-cQ28nRjzSziYkfZq61L5xnQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAJuNqysMxh6r-GaUgFW1Wtske8sH4UT7cHQ7Wwq2yg8Bnzq8g@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAJuNqysMxh6r-GaUgFW1Wtske8sH4UT7cHQ7Wwq2yg8Bnzq8g@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Matt, On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Matthias Schojohann <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > how can i > > 1) tell my laptop to turn the screen off? vidcontrol -t 15 doesn't do > anything it seems. There's currently no way that I know of to turn the screen off. However, you can set the brightness to 0, using: sysctl dev.backlight.0.level=0 It may not be too difficult to add the 'screen off' capability to vt, I can look into that later (you can file a bugzilla for it, so it doesn't get lost, if you'd like). > 2) disable the feature that my laptop turns off when closing it? I know not > recommended because of heat etc. This is handled in /etc/devd/apple.conf , under the second block. - Justin
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