Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2010 22:30:56 -0600 From: Adam Vande More <amvandemore@gmail.com> To: Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Should green_saver.ko shut off a laptop's backlight? Message-ID: <AANLkTikYehiu=UgLNCh7EEKUmcXj==YFMiu1T_pMP%2BYY@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CF1A4DA.1080908@FreeBSD.org> References: <4CF1A4DA.1080908@FreeBSD.org>
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On Sat, Nov 27, 2010 at 6:39 PM, Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org> wrote: > My recollection is that green_saver should turn off an LCD backlight, but I > just loaded it up on my laptop and it's not doing so. It does remove the > text from the screen, but the backlight is still on (i.e., it is doing > exactly what blank_saver does). > > When running X DPMS works on that same laptop, so I know the hardware is > capable. This is 9-current amd64 at r214025. Any suggestions are welcome. > It's never worked for me either and this has been around awhile. http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=114928&cat= -- Adam Vande More
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