Date: Fri, 6 Mar 1998 02:17:16 -0800 (PST) From: David Kulp <dkulp@neomorphic.com> 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: <199803061017.CAA00534@board66.cruzers.com> In-Reply-To: <199803060939.BAA28783@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <XFMail.980306013055.dburr@POBoxes.com> <199803060939.BAA28783@dingo.cdrom.com>
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Mike Smith writes: > > > > 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). > > Do you have APM enabled & so forth? It may be that this interacts on > your system. > Hmm. Most others? I'm not sure. I have all the same problems described by Donald on my Portege 650. > > 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. > > > 3. I tried using the "green" screen saver, and the DPMS (Energy Star) > > support in XFree86. It does not work -- the screen blanks (i.e. it turns > > black), but the power to the LCD remains on. Yes, my LCD display is > > Energy Star compliant. > Are you sure that this is so bad? This is just what I do on my Toshiba, and although the screen power is still on, I get the impression that it is not sucking much juice. (If I run in console mode instead of X, the battery lasts for hours and hours, so this would also confirm my suspicion that turning black is saving power.) To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message
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