Problem with lid on Dell D400

[Spil Oss]

Thanks Christian

That would be something that I can try, if only I had X running. Any
other utilities to send a dpms signal that don't require X?

Kind regards,

Spil.

On 04/04/2008, Christian Laursen <xi at borderworlds.dk> wrote:
> "Spil Oss" <spil.oss at googlemail.com> writes:
>
> > On a Dell D400 notebook (Pentium-M 1.4GHz, Intel 855GM, ICH4M) running
> > FreeBSD 7.0 #0
> >
> > Closing the lid switches off the display, opening the lid does not
> > switch the display back on. Very annoying. The machine is fully
> > functional otherwise (accessed via ssh).
>
> It sounds like the behaviour I experienced on the Dell Latitude D610.
>
> I wrote about my solution here:
> http://borderworlds.dk/blog/20071027-00.html
>
> --
> Christian Laursen
>