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Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron 8600
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Nate Lawson wrote:

>
> Yes, this is a deficiency in the current usermode interface.  If you 
> look at my web page, I have a description of how to fix this if 
> someone wants to do it.  It includes implementing the /dev/apm 
> suspend/standby compatibility ioctls including a timeout interface.  
> See the "Implement X suspend/resume notification" section below.
>
> http://www.root.org/~nate/freebsd/acpi-todo.html
>
That's a deficiency in the X server though isn't it? Without X running 
this fix would do no good. I thought the problem was in either the 
kernel ACPI implementation or in devd.

I do not claim to be in any degree an expert in this though since I am 
not at all familiar with the inner workings of either. I'm just trying 
to set up this laptop to work nicely with FreeBSD. :).

Respect,
Igor