From owner-freebsd-mobile Fri Jun 23 20:16:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.156]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14F7237BB0A for ; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:16:37 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from cjc@earthlink.net) Received: from dialin-client.earthlink.net (pool0085.cvx21-bradley.dialup.earthlink.net [209.179.192.85]) by merlin.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3-EL_1_3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA16118; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:16:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from cjc@localhost) by dialin-client.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA00641; Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:14:59 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2000 20:14:28 -0700 From: "Crist J. Clark" To: Warner Losh Cc: Tony Finch , mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dell Latitude CPx, pccard, X & apm Message-ID: <20000623201428.D481@dialin-client.earthlink.net> Reply-To: cjclark@alum.mit.edu References: <200006222159.VAA09784@hand.dotat.at> <200006230814.CAA95280@harmony.village.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200006230814.CAA95280@harmony.village.org>; from imp@village.org on Fri, Jun 23, 2000 at 02:14:30AM -0600 Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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