Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:21:34 -0500 (EST) From: Chris Hill <chris@monochrome.org> To: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> Cc: Noah Palmer <noahpalmerversion1@gmail.com>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update X when laptop lip is closed Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.20.2002152319010.62965@tripel.monochrome.org> In-Reply-To: <2061301f-4f78-e50a-1864-f9a608b7c504@yuripv.me> References: <CACd7u-8CNo8OgqO21v%2BBpqesO-cUwKw-uUieYjqsSxiNFu1taw@mail.gmail.com> <2061301f-4f78-e50a-1864-f9a608b7c504@yuripv.me>
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On Sun, 16 Feb 2020, Yuri Pankov wrote: > Noah Palmer wrote: >> is there a way to automatically remove or add the display to X when the >> laptop lid is opened or closed. I have been using a script to read >> dev.acpi_lid.0.state, but is there better way? Also what is the proper way >> to reply to someone while using a mailing list. Do you reply to the person >> or freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. > > If you are polling the dev.acpi_lid.0.state value, see /etc/devd.conf for > examples of ACPI events notification, so you could invoke the need actions > when lid is open/closed. > > As for the reply policy, I don't think there's one, so I just press "Reply > all" in Thunderbird -- if someone doesn't want to be answered directly, they > could (and usually do) set the Reply-To to the list. Historically, the reply policy for freebsd-questions has been to reply to the person and cc the list. Other lists may differ. -- Chris Hill chris@monochrome.org
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