Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2004 10:59:12 +1030 From: "Daniel O'Connor" <doconnor@gsoft.com.au> To: Scott Lambert <lambert@lambertfam.org>, current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display Message-ID: <200401291059.12896.doconnor@gsoft.com.au> In-Reply-To: <20040128181110.GC775@laptop.lambertfam.org> References: <200401272247.59306.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> <20040128.083215.114732225.imp@bsdimp.com> <20040128181110.GC775@laptop.lambertfam.org>
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On Thursday 29 January 2004 04:41, Scott Lambert wrote: > On Wed, Jan 28, 2004 at 08:32:15AM -0700, M. Warner Losh wrote: > > In message: <20040128045816.Y1089@alpha.siliconlandmark.com> > > > > Andre Guibert de Bruet <andy@siliconlandmark.com> writes: > > : Through functionality provided by the BIOS. A 30-second > > : search through the source would have shown the answer in > > : /usr/src/sys/i386/bios/apm.c:334 with apm_display(). > > > > My experience is that turning the display off via apm doesn't work on > > many laptops :-(. > > Is there anything that does; other than closing the lid? I find DPMS works for me.. xset dpms force off My Monitor section in the X config has.. Option "DPMS" My video chipset is an ATI Rage 128 Mobility in a Dell Inspiron 8000. -- Daniel O'Connor software and network engineer for Genesis Software - http://www.gsoft.com.au "The nice thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from." -- Andrew Tanenbaum GPG Fingerprint - 9A8C 569F 685A D928 5140 AE4B 319B 41F4 5D17 FDD5
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