From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Nov 28 04:55:53 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9A8DD1065672 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:55:53 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amvandemore@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f54.google.com (mail-fx0-f54.google.com [209.85.161.54]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 245678FC14 for ; Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:55:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fxm16 with SMTP id 16so1738287fxm.13 for ; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:55:52 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:received:in-reply-to :references:date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=6Jr3fpEcZe9f9Co/9uCtRK8Hh2pPgpce/rphpUG+YRQ=; b=AYvDw7asIIkK0Uu+FHI5XEEc4jm64ZUC6nCQHhgFQW2iLMLnqT7gSdpBv1zHEwXcZf 0NBsBJW/7q8L6x0JW8GFhOLHACAZIURN6kl0hgRNsAD+ypGQDovfCVKMjFw4SSNhV9Ln pL36N3TThtCJw/kRDe1UZI6ANROcWZq3EB3QQ= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; b=CUg6fnWHbQmtc8zSjcuGruZlJg9sszI+Rv4LOny6qCtF1h1N1RCgucEsAVQgl4Fdlq ckmPDAsqFDQ/UM2iNiuuFWu+bnDnK39ur34Es+BeCq/FDhTIjQI1WBCC9sSol8lz8Igw X+eRnwOxTabmTQ3L7PTgLaetNYgM1iHBi+i8M= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.223.97.73 with SMTP id k9mr3778621fan.120.1290918656998; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:30:56 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.223.121.138 with HTTP; Sat, 27 Nov 2010 20:30:56 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <4CF1A4DA.1080908@FreeBSD.org> References: <4CF1A4DA.1080908@FreeBSD.org> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:30:56 -0600 Message-ID: From: Adam Vande More To: Doug Barton Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.5 Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should green_saver.ko shut off a laptop's backlight? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 04:55:53 -0000 On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Doug Barton wrote: > My recollection is that green_saver should turn off an LCD backlight, but I > just loaded it up on my laptop and it's not doing so. It does remove the > text from the screen, but the backlight is still on (i.e., it is doing > exactly what blank_saver does). > > When running X DPMS works on that same laptop, so I know the hardware is > capable. This is 9-current amd64 at r214025. Any suggestions are welcome. > It's never worked for me either and this has been around awhile. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=114928&cat= -- Adam Vande More