Date: Mon, 23 May 2005 12:28:43 +0200 From: Jeremie Le Hen <jeremie@le-hen.org> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: Pierre-Luc Drouin <pldrouin@pldrouin.net>, freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to turn off the backlight? Message-ID: <20050523102843.GW850@obiwan.tataz.chchile.org> In-Reply-To: <20050523004122.1A61D5D07@ptavv.es.net> References: <4290DCA7.3060807@pldrouin.net> <20050523004122.1A61D5D07@ptavv.es.net>
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Hi,
> I think the problem is that the vga in FreeBSD does not support
> DPMS. This is problem on a lot of laptops, including my IBM T30.
>
> jhb posted a patch to acpi_video to support DPMS and started working a
> general vga support, but I don't think he's aver finished it and I am
> still using his patch.
>
> You can find it in the archives. Look for 'acpi_video_dpms.c'. It's been
> a LONG time, but it still works. I may have made some minor adjustments
> over the months that will be required to make the patch install, but
> it's still working for me with -current.
>
> If you have too much trouble getting it to apply, I can send you a copy
> of the patch I am currently running.
For the records:
http://www.freebsd.org/~jhb/patches/acpi_video_dpms.patch
--
Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >
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