Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2006 09:03:36 -0400 (EDT) From: Daniel Eischen <deischen@freebsd.org> To: Eric Anderson <anderson@centtech.com> Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dell laptops Message-ID: <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607130900460.6165@sea.ntplx.net> In-Reply-To: <44B641F2.2020500@centtech.com> References: <20060711.104708.1159134898.imp@bsdimp.com> <200607111338.01412.mistry.7@osu.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607112352430.27869@sea.ntplx.net> <200607122136.54293.mistry.7@osu.edu> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607130824240.6165@sea.ntplx.net> <44B6401F.8050507@centtech.com> <Pine.GSO.4.64.0607130848190.6165@sea.ntplx.net> <44B641F2.2020500@centtech.com>
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote: > On 07/13/06 07:50, Daniel Eischen wrote: >> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote: >> >>> And then if you do: >>> >>> sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=1 >>> and then >>> sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=0 >>> >>> Does your screen do something? >> >> Yes, hw.acpi.video.out0.active=1 seems to switch to the CRT, >> but once there, setting it back to 0 does not bring it back. >> Fn + CRT/LCD also has no effect. The only way to get it back >> is to reboot. >> > > Did you try to do this too: > > sysctl hw.acpi.video.out1.active=1 > > Or some other combinations? > > Sounds like it works ok, you just need to figure out which outputs map to > your LCD/CRT/etc. Yes, I tried that as well. It might indeed switch to CRT, but no combination will bring it back to LCD. X is not running, and switching consoles does not help either. I have to reboot to get it back. -- DE
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