Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 19:23:02 +0530 From: Mayuresh Kathe <mayuresh@kathe.in> To: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: freebsd on a laptop : only console use Message-ID: <20140621135301.GA982@h61.kathe.in> In-Reply-To: <20140621153727.e8469ee2.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <20140621131504.GA895@h61.kathe.in> <20140621153727.e8469ee2.freebsd@edvax.de>
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heya polytropon! :) On Sat, Jun 21, 2014 at 03:37:27PM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 18:45:05 +0530, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: > > but, would be nice to know battery state, etc. > > I'm sure there are sysctls you can query. Probably there > is even a program in the ports collection which will do > that for you. > > Note: As I've been using laptops with GUI, usually with > WindowMaker, FVWM and Xfce mostly, I don't know which CLI > utility does provide this kind of functionality _today_. > In the past, apm has been used, so there's probably an > ACPI-related tool for that today; "man acpiconf" seems > to be a good starting point. sure thing, will dig in. :) > > is freebsd ready for laptops? > > Depends on the particular laptop. :-) yeah, i'm really worried about support. maybe i should just give up the thought of going for a laptop. maybe the "lenovo m72e tiny" is a good enough machine for me. thanks, ~mayuresh
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