Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2001 23:18:40 -0500 From: The Babbler <bts@babbleon.org> To: Sean O'Connell <sean@stat.duke.edu>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org, dot@dotat.at Subject: Re: switching away from X? Message-ID: <3A779220.4E1F1336@babbleon.org> References: <3A778B39.EA7D6200@babbleon.org> <20010130225821.B31985@stat.Duke.EDU>
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Thanks for the XFree 4.0 tip, but I've changed my O/S from Linux to
FreeBSD, gotten a new printer, set up a VPN, and about a zillion other
major config changes in the past few weeks, and I really don't think I
can deal with yet another change for a little while. At least not until
I've recovered from the others.
The zzz code works great, though. Thanks to you and to Mr. Finch.
Sean O'Connell wrote:
>
> The Babbler stated:
> :
> : It turns out that I need to do the same thing under FreeBSD that I did
> : under Linux for my Dell i7500; that is, the suspend works fine if I'm at
> : a console but freezes the box if I'm under X. So I need to switch to a
> : console if X is currently on the display. (It's fine for X to be
> : *running* as long as it doesn't have the *display*.)
> :
> : Under Linux, this was with the "chvt" but FreeBSD doesn't seem to have
> : one of those. I've been sporting about it--I've searched
> : www.freebsd.org and the mailing lists archives and altavista and google,
> : and I've come up empty-handed.
> :
> : So how do I switch to a console other than by hitting CTL-ALT-Fn?
> :
> :
> : PS: And since I gotta post anyway, what gets auto-run when I suspend?
> : I notice that the apmd.conf file has SUSPENDREQs go to rc.suspend, so I
> : can just add whatever command there.
> :
> : But the USERSUSPENDREQ doesn't call the file. But it does do an apm -z
> : at the end; does that really just trigger the SUSPENDREQ event in turn?
> : What is the difference between the two varieties of SUSPENDREQ?
> :
> : Sorry if I'm missing something here.
>
> Brian-
>
> If this thing has a Mobility chipset in it, XFree86-4.0.x is your
> friend. It corrects much of this mess; however, there is a program
> floating around called zzz-wrapper written by Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
>
> He posted the contents and instructions to -mobile. I will paste it in
> His comment was:
>
> "I changed apmd.conf to run my wrapped zzz rather than the standard
> zzz, and my path puts the wrapped zzz first. The code's below."
>
> /*
> * zzz.c: a wrapper around apm(8) that works on my dodgy laptop
> *
> * (C) 2000 Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>
> */
>
> static const char *const cvsid =
> "$Header: /cvs/fanf/zzz/zzz.c,v 1.1.1.1 2000/06/22 08:43:37 fanf Exp $";
>
> #include <sys/ioctl.h>
> #include <sys/types.h>
> #include <sys/wait.h>
>
> #include <machine/console.h>
>
> #include <unistd.h>
> #include <fcntl.h>
> #include <err.h>
>
> int main() {
> int fd, vt, status;
>
> fd = open("/dev/vga", O_RDONLY);
> if(fd < 0) err(1, "open /dev/vga");
> if(ioctl(fd, VT_GETACTIVE, &vt) < 0)
> err(1, "ioctl VT_GETACTIVE");
> if(ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, 1) < 0)
> err(1, "ioctl VT_ACTIVATE");
> switch(fork()) {
> case -1:
> err(1, "fork");
> case 0:
> execl("/usr/sbin/apm", "apm", "-z", NULL);
> err(1, "exec apm -z");
> default:
> wait(&status);
> if(!WIFEXITED(status) || WEXITSTATUS(status))
> errx(1, "apm -z failed");
> }
> sleep(3);
> if(ioctl(fd, VT_ACTIVATE, vt) < 0)
> err(1, "ioctl VT_ACTIVATE");
> exit(0);
> }
>
> --
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> Sean O'Connell sean@stat.Duke.EDU
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