Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2015 06:33:50 +0100 From: Matthias Schojohann <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com> To: Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu> Cc: FreeBSD PowerPC ML <freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: FreeBSD vs. laptop features Message-ID: <CAAJuNqyMtw33vuiCFgi%2Bme=%2BYqoUNZsT4vrntNp79f9nVjvKTQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAHSQbTCp9TFqDkn%2BQFTAs%2BoHsE-cQ28nRjzSziYkfZq61L5xnQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAJuNqysMxh6r-GaUgFW1Wtske8sH4UT7cHQ7Wwq2yg8Bnzq8g@mail.gmail.com> <CAHSQbTCp9TFqDkn%2BQFTAs%2BoHsE-cQ28nRjzSziYkfZq61L5xnQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Thank you very much - i commented the whole "lid" block out. For the screen brightness: it doesn't seem to do much...also tried level 10, always stays the same. If the brightness to 0 works, i could set that as an option :) Am i missing something? Matt 2015-02-23 18:23 GMT+01:00 Justin Hibbits <jrh29@alumni.cwru.edu>: > Hi Matt, > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 4:29 AM, Matthias Schojohann > <matthias.schojohann@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > how can i > > > > 1) tell my laptop to turn the screen off? vidcontrol -t 15 doesn't do > > anything it seems. > > There's currently no way that I know of to turn the screen off. > However, you can set the brightness to 0, using: > > sysctl dev.backlight.0.level=0 > > It may not be too difficult to add the 'screen off' capability to vt, > I can look into that later (you can file a bugzilla for it, so it > doesn't get lost, if you'd like). > > > 2) disable the feature that my laptop turns off when closing it? I know > not > > recommended because of heat etc. > > This is handled in /etc/devd/apple.conf , under the second block. > > - Justin >
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