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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.

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Adam Vande More



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