Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:13:32 +0300 From: "Anton Karpov" <toxahost@gmail.com> To: "Andrew Pantyukhin" <infofarmer@freebsd.org> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Laptop display stays on with lid closed Message-ID: <a6d3ad3d0612200813p7144d501vb6aa651a99865eb5@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <cb5206420612200127h61ad2559x499203c97d95526e@mail.gmail.com> References: <cb5206420612200127h61ad2559x499203c97d95526e@mail.gmail.com>
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2006/12/20, Andrew Pantyukhin <infofarmer@freebsd.org>: > > I only noticed this now, thought it is a hardware > glitch. My laptop display - and its backlight - > stay on when I close the lid. Shouldn't it be > turned off like in an OS-independent way?.. > > Anyway, mailing lists say that at least some lap- > tops keep their display on with closed lid, I'm > not sure about backlight though. I don't need the > lid to trigger any Sx state, can I just get the > display to turn off? BTW, acpi notices the lid > closed event, so the trigger must be working. > > If not, I would appreciate a way to turn it off > with some script, so that I can run it manually. # sysctl -w hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=<any state suppoted by your laptop> for ex, hw.acpi.lid_switch_state=S5 powering down my VAIO.
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