Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2000 02:26:26 +0000 From: Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> To: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Michael Lucas <mwlucas@blackhelicopters.org>, mobile@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: laptop recommendations Message-ID: <20001114022626.H25050@hand.dotat.at> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.001110115245.jhb@FreeBSD.org> References: <20001110131753.A62744@blackhelicopters.org> <XFMail.001110115245.jhb@FreeBSD.org>
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John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>
>[Dell Inspiron 5000e] One known problem is that apm support won't
>work under FreeBSD because of a bug in the BIOS. :-(
Is this the same as the bug in the Latitude CPx that locks up the
machine when suspending from X? I have a work-around for that.
Tony.
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/*
* 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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