Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2004 09:39:38 +0100 (CET) From: Lukas Ertl <le@FreeBSD.org> To: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> Cc: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: acpi_video doesn't work Message-ID: <20040308093825.K619@korben.in.tern> In-Reply-To: <200403081554.19612.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> References: <404BF8E4.7060900@mindspring.com> <200403081554.19612.doconnor@gsoft.com.au>
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On Mon, 8 Mar 2004, Daniel O'Connor wrote: > On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 15:09, Scott Sipe wrote: > > Module is loaded (current within 2 days) > > > > output: > > > > # sysctl hw.acpi.video > > hw.acpi.video.crt0.active: 1 > > hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 1 > > hw.acpi.video.tv0.active: 0 > > > > attempting to change: > > > > # sysctl hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active=0 > > hw.acpi.video.lcd0.active: 1 -> 1 I see the same behaviour here. > I am pretty sure it's a problem with your BIOSes ACPI implementation rather > than a bug in acpi_vid. > > It works here (Dell Inspiron 8600 w/ nVidia FX5200) although the ACPI doesn't > implement brightness control methods :( I really wonder that it works for you. I think I have identified an integer overflow in this code that should prevent it from working. :-) cheers, le -- Lukas Ertl http://mailbox.univie.ac.at/~le/ le@FreeBSD.org http://people.freebsd.org/~le/
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