Laptop lid switch and ACPI

[frzburn]

THAT is exactly what I needed!

A lot of thanks to both of you! =D

frzburn


On 3/6/07, Kevin Downey <redchin at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On 3/6/07, frzburn <frzburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Well, I thought about it, and you're right... What I really need is to
> be
> > able to do something upon an acpi event, like running a script when I
> close
> > my lid...
> >
> > But I didn't find these info anywhere =(
> > Please help me! =)
> >
> > acpi is working, it has control on my fan and monitors my CPU
> temperature.
> > I tried devd -dD, and it reacts when I close my lid, but I don't know
> how to
> > use this output...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > frzburn
> >
> >
> >
> > On 3/6/07, Norberto Meijome <freebsd at meijome.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, 5 Mar 2007 16:28:06 -0500
> > > frzburn <frzburn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I need a hint on how to get my screen turn off (backlight too) on my
> > > Dell
> > > > Laptop.
> > > > I have an Inspiron 6400 (e1505), and FreeBSD 6 - amd64.
> > >
> > > Hi there,
> > > I am not sure how to switch off the screen on the dell (independent of
> > > ACPI)... in all laptops I've seen, it's fully controlled by the
> hardware
> > > (bios?).
> > > Have you got acpi working ?
> > >
> > > If you *do* have ACPI working, and you want to see whether it is
> firing
> > > acpi at
> > > all when you close the lid, you can restart devd in debugging mode:
> > >
> > > /etc/rc.d/devd stop
> > > devd -dD
> > >
> > > and then try your ACPI events.
> > >
> > > Also, you should be able to tell your ACPI module to let you handle
> the
> > > events
> > > manually. For example, with the acpi_ibm.ko, the knob
> > >
> > > dev.acpi_ibm.0.events = 1
> > >
> > > tells acpi to pass all acpi messages to devd for handling. Search the
> logs
> > > (in
> > > mobile@ , i believe) - i've posted my config for some sample actions
> on
> > > different ACPI events.
> > >
> > > BTW, you may be able to switch off the display using a user mode
> > > application
> > > that is related to your video card. For example, if you have a Radeon
> > > card, the
> > > radeontool allows you to switch off the panel and external monitor
> outputs
> > > (although the ext monitor gets switched on when you switch to X's VT)
> > >
> > > HIH,
> > > Beto
> > > _________________________
> > > {Beto|Norberto|Numard} Meijome
> > >
> > > "Against logic there is no armor like ignorance."
> > >   Laurence J. Peter
> I have a Inspiron 8200, and I have the following in /etc/devd.conf to
> turn off the screen when the lid is closed:
>
> notify 10 {
>        match "system"          "ACPI";
>        match "subsystem"       "Lid";
>        match "notify"          "0x00";
>        action "/usr/local/bin/xset -display :0 dpms force off >
> /tmp/xset.log";
> };
>
>
>
>
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