Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:14:28 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" <cristjc@earthlink.net> To: Warner Losh <imp@village.org> Cc: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at>, mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Latitude CPx, pccard, X & apm Message-ID: <20000623201428.D481@dialin-client.earthlink.net> In-Reply-To: <200006230814.CAA95280@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 02:14:30AM -0600 References: <200006222159.VAA09784@hand.dotat.at> <200006230814.CAA95280@harmony.village.org>
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On Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 02:14:30AM -0600, Warner Losh wrote: > In message <200006222159.VAA09784@hand.dotat.at> Tony Finch writes: [snip] > : (2) the various bits of BIOS magic (dropping into setup and the APM > : functionality) only work in text mode, not in X. The whole machine > : seems to lock *hard* when attempting to enter the BIOS from X, to > : the extent that I have to unplug the AC power and the batteries in > : order to recover control. > > Yes. You have to have special support in the X server to do this. At > least that's my understanding. I could be wrong. Flipping between the "Setup" or "Status" screens and the running X server works fine for me. I'm running XF86_SVGA on a DELL Latitude XPi P133ST. I haven't tried the "Suspend" key sequence yet... Hmmm... Let me ^& . NO CARRIER ;) -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@alum.mit.edu To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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