Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 09:48:13 -0800 From: John-Mark Gurney <gurney_j@efn.org> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Donald Burr <dburr@POBoxes.com>, FreeBSD Mobile <freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: oddities with. 2.2.5-R on Toshiba Satellite 105CS Message-ID: <19980306094813.36312@hydrogen.nike.efn.org> In-Reply-To: <199803060939.BAA28783@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Mar 06, 1998 at 01:39:17AM -0800 References: <XFMail.980306013055.dburr@POBoxes.com> <199803060939.BAA28783@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith scribbled this message on Mar 6: > > I am having some problems, though, and maybe you can help me. > > > > 1. My Toshiba Fn-keys don't work. For example, I normally use Fn-F2 to > > cycle through my power saving modes (sometimes even when I"m on battery > > power I want to run the machine full-tilt for a small while). This key > > combination does nothing. Nor does Fn-F3 (change sound volume), or the Fn > > key that switches between the internal and external monitor. In fact, > > none of 'em work! > > This isn't FreeBSD's fault. Those key combnations are handled by the > SMI interrupt handler in the BIOS. For whatever it's worth, they work > just fine on most other Toshiba machines (eg. this here 220CDS). for me, they work, but my only options are to turn on overlay, and toggle numlock/scrolllock... > Do you have APM enabled & so forth? It may be that this interacts on > your system. > > > 2. I have my BIOS set to turn the screen's power off after 2 > > minutes of no activity. This works fine -- if I leave the machine alone > > for 2+ minutes, it will turn off the LCD. But when I press any key (to > > reactivate the screen), the screen does not reactivate -- it stays powered > > off. I can still use the system (i.e. if I press backspace I can hear my > > bash shell beeping at me, I can type "reboot" and the system reboots > > etc.) so it is not completely locked up. > > Again, that's an SMI issue. actually, this broke about a year ago... I was running 3.0-970123-SNAP (I think) and when I hit a key, the screen would come back... but as of about 3-6 months after that it broke... I don't know exactly what the problem is, but it did use to work fine... guess I need to go back through those mods and find out which one broke it... -- John-Mark Gurney Modem/FAX: +1 541 683 6954 Cu Networking P.O. Box 5693, 97405 Live in Peace, destroy Micro$oft, support free software, run FreeBSD Don't trust anyone you don't have the source for To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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