Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 14:35:15 -0500 From: Noah Palmer <noahpalmerversion1@gmail.com> To: Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Update X when laptop lip is closed Message-ID: <CACd7u-9em=-NvBZwb4H2S7pP5QqOLf3OHsBzBDFY5d44KL05ag@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5fe7c2f2-9645-0c13-1878-7bbfa8f33487@yuripv.me> References: <CACd7u-8CNo8OgqO21v%2BBpqesO-cUwKw-uUieYjqsSxiNFu1taw@mail.gmail.com> <2061301f-4f78-e50a-1864-f9a608b7c504@yuripv.me> <CACd7u--dZZiz6tcSgMeFazdsnyREEgOT0WoomEtAaa5VWSnbFQ@mail.gmail.com> <5fe7c2f2-9645-0c13-1878-7bbfa8f33487@yuripv.me>
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On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 4:00 AM Yuri Pankov <yuripv@yuripv.me> wrote: > 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? > >> > >> 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. > Okay, I can use devd to run commands when the lid is opened and closed, but they don't trigger if the laptop starts open or closed, there has to be a change in state when the laptop is running. -- Noah Palmer
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