From owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jul 11 22:37:03 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: mobile@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D2C016A4DD for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:37:03 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from farside.isc.org (farside.isc.org [204.152.187.5]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EF18543D46 for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:37:02 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from Mark_Andrews@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost.isc.org [IPv6:::1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by farside.isc.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7AF68E601F for ; Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:37:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from marka@isc.org) Received: from drugs.dv.isc.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by drugs.dv.isc.org (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id k6BJaAaL001323; Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:36:10 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from marka@drugs.dv.isc.org) Message-Id: <200607111936.k6BJaAaL001323@drugs.dv.isc.org> To: Lyndon Nerenberg From: Mark Andrews In-reply-to: Your message of "Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:53:52 CST." <20060711114633.G67466@orthanc.ca> Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2006 05:36:10 +1000 Sender: Mark_Andrews@isc.org Cc: mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops X-BeenThere: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Mobile computing with FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2006 22:37:03 -0000 > > What are the current problems, if any, on current Dell laptops have > > with FreeBSD? > > Latitude D610 > > Working: bge, x.org, audio. > > Broken: apm, acpi (none of the buttons work -- not even the lid-close > button) (well, the screen brightness controls work), no acpi video dpms, > battery life sucks (just over an hour), onboard (1370?) wireless not seen > (DWL-G650 in Cardbus slot works fine), no suspend. > > Untested: dock, external video. > > --lyndon > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-mobile > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-mobile-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" This should help w/ the lid button. Mark The following from Mark Diekhans helped. enable acpi_video in loader.conf: /boot/loader.conf with: acpi_video_load="YES" add this to /etc/devd.conf: # lid open/close events notify 10 { match "system" "ACPI"; match "subsystem" "Lid"; action "/etc/rc.lid $notify"; }; /etc/rc.lid is: #!/bin/sh # deal with lid switch events if [ x$1 = x0x00 ]; then logger -t Lid Closed at `date` sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=0 else logger -t Lid Opened at `date` sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=1 fi -- Mark Andrews, ISC 1 Seymour St., Dundas Valley, NSW 2117, Australia PHONE: +61 2 9871 4742 INTERNET: Mark_Andrews@isc.org