Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 12:00:42 +0300 From: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> To: Noah Palmer <noahpalmerversion1@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update X when laptop lip is closed Message-ID: <5fe7c2f2-9645-0c13-1878-7bbfa8f33487@yuripv.me> In-Reply-To: <CACd7u--dZZiz6tcSgMeFazdsnyREEgOT0WoomEtAaa5VWSnbFQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CACd7u-8CNo8OgqO21v%2BBpqesO-cUwKw-uUieYjqsSxiNFu1taw@mail.gmail.com> <2061301f-4f78-e50a-1864-f9a608b7c504@yuripv.me> <CACd7u--dZZiz6tcSgMeFazdsnyREEgOT0WoomEtAaa5VWSnbFQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Noah Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Feb 15, 2020 at 11:08 PM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> wrote: > >> Noah Palmer wrote: >>> is there a way to automatically remove or add the display to X when the >>> laptop lid is opened or closed. I have been using a script to read >>> dev.acpi_lid.0.state, but is there better way? Also what is the proper >> way >>> to reply to someone while using a mailing list. Do you reply to the >> person >>> or freebsd-questions@freebsd.org. >> >> If you are polling the dev.acpi_lid.0.state value, see /etc/devd.conf >> for examples of ACPI events notification, so you could invoke the need >> actions when lid is open/closed. >> > Okay that seems to be the solution. I also have an issue that > dev.acpi_lid.0.state is incorrect if the lid was open at boot. you have to > close and open the lid for the value to be correct. Interesting, I'm seeing the same on my lenovo laptop, something to look into. BTW, there's somewhat related PR filed: https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=240881.
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