From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 24 14:25:54 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F156637B401 for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:25:51 -0800 (PST) Received: from rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52.attbi.com [216.148.227.88]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 582F443F3F for ; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:25:51 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com[24.147.188.198]) by rwcrmhc52.attbi.com (rwcrmhc52) with ESMTP id <2003032422255005200j53mpe>; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 22:25:50 +0000 Received: from be-well.ilk.org (lowellg.ne.client2.attbi.com [24.147.188.198] (may be forged)) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.8/8.12.7) with ESMTP id h2OMPnmQ001069; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:25:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from freebsd-questions-local@be-well.no-ip.com) Received: (from lowell@localhost) by be-well.ilk.org (8.12.8/8.12.6/Submit) id h2OMPnWr001066; Mon, 24 Mar 2003 17:25:49 -0500 (EST) X-Authentication-Warning: be-well.ilk.org: lowell set sender to freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org using -f To: mikemcg@ucla.edu Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: automatic standby after idle timeout References: <20030323091358.32327.qmail@web13803.mail.yahoo.com> From: Lowell Gilbert Date: 24 Mar 2003 17:25:49 -0500 In-Reply-To: <20030323091358.32327.qmail@web13803.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <44isu88kr6.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Lines: 21 User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-31.3 required=5.0 tests=EMAIL_ATTRIBUTION,IN_REP_TO,QUOTE_TWICE_1,REFERENCES, REPLY_WITH_QUOTES,USER_AGENT_GNUS_UA,X_AUTH_WARNING autolearn=ham version=2.50 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.50 (1.173-2003-02-20-exp) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG mike mcgranahan writes: > thank you for your reply. correct me if i'm wrong, but > apmd only responds to apm signals sent to it, either > by the user or by the machine hardware (lid closing or > opening). That looks correct. It should be possible to hack a screensaver to send such an event; if my kid gives me enough time this week, I'll take a crack at it. > > > also, can anyone describe the apm_saver.ko KLD? i > > > can't seem to find a description of it anywhere. > > > > It turns off the screen. > > ahh, thanks. green_saver also turns off the screen > (dpms). are there any differences between apm_saver > and green_saver? They use different API, as far as I can see. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message