Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 16:59:07 +0100 From: Melvyn Sopacua <freebsd-current@webteckies.org> To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: API to turn off the display Message-ID: <200401311659.11006.freebsd-current@webteckies.org> In-Reply-To: <20040131153340.se80400wwc0sosss@agosto> References: <20040131153340.se80400wwc0sosss@agosto>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Saturday 31 January 2004 15:33, Sebastian Yepes F. [ESN] wrote: > > I wrote a driver that handles what John told. > > > > http://access.cent.saitama-u.ac.jp/~taku/freebsd/acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz > > MD5 (acpi_vid-20031013.tar.gz) = adbfa6931e505544fb784e00c7b974e7 > > > > This driver uses ACPI video extension to control display switching and > > backlight brightness. So working ACPI is a requisition for this driver. > > > > Whether it does or does not work depends heavily on how well the BIOS > > written, however, I hope it worth trying. > > > > Suggestions, working/not-working reports etc are very appreciated. > > Working 100% in my Dell Inspironn 8500 with nvidia0: <GeForce4 4200 Go> > > Thanx for tis this mod. i really needed it.. That's the same vid I got. Does X work for you (especially exiting from X to console without distortion) and if so, what's your XF86Config look like? -- Melvyn ======================================================= FreeBSD sarevok.webteckies.org 5.2-CURRENT FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Wed Jan 28 18:01:18 CET 2004 root@sarevok.lan.webteckies.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SAREVOK_NOAPM_NODEBUG i386 ======================================================= [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAG9DOOv9JNmfFN5URAk04AJ9W9luolmOXDG//Zue1iBaxe28WxQCfVWPf yQtJrMnzWhl9XIvFCh4bZDw= =J8dq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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