From owner-freebsd-hackers Wed Jul 21 22:47: 1 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles520.castles.com [208.214.165.84]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9B2A014FBF for ; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:46:57 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.3/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA00744; Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:42:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199907220542.WAA00744@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Matthew Dillon Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Anyone know how to dim and SGI flat panel? In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:15:49 PDT." <199907220515.WAA78923@apollo.backplane.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 22:42:34 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > This is the 1600x1024 one that comes w/ the Number-9 graphics card. > It has no dimmer control for the backlight but, apparently, there > is a way to do it from a control panel in windows. > > The question is: Is there a way to do it from FreeBSD? I've got it > up and running just dandy - except it's so bright it's burning holes > in my eyes at night :-( > > Anyone who has one of these things know how its done? I'd bet it's done using DPMS. See if the XFree86 4.x code can tell you anything about the monitor's capabilities. -- \\ The mind's the standard \\ Mike Smith \\ of the man. \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ -- Joseph Merrick \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message