Date: Sat, 11 Dec 2004 11:43:00 -0800 From: Nate Lawson <nate@root.org> To: Igor Partola <ipartola@pisem.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8600 Message-ID: <41BB4DC4.6090901@root.org> In-Reply-To: <41BA85A0.3050206@pisem.net> References: <41BA85A0.3050206@pisem.net>
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Igor Partola wrote:
> Ulrich Spoerlein wrote:
>
>> I also added this, which turns off the LCD when pressing suspend:
>> notify 10 {
>> match "system" "ACPI";
>> match "subsystem" "Button";
>> match "notify" "0x01";
>> action "/sbin/sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active=0";
>> };
>>
>> Turning the LCD back on, when resuming, needs to be done manually. I
>> think /etc/rc.{suspend,resume} is a better place for this.
>>
>>
> This does indeed work (just like the lid switch thing), thank you. One
> problem though is that
> rc.resume is not read in all cases. While acpiconf honors it, just
> hitting the suspend button and
> resuming (hitting the power button) does not turn the lcd back on. Is
> there a way to fix this?
Yes, this is a deficiency in the current usermode interface. If you
look at my web page, I have a description of how to fix this if someone
wants to do it. It includes implementing the /dev/apm suspend/standby
compatibility ioctls including a timeout interface. See the "Implement
X suspend/resume notification" section below.
http://www.root.org/~nate/freebsd/acpi-todo.html
--
Nate
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