Laptop lid switch and ACPI

[frzburn]

OK, so I'm half the way to what I want =/
All these things with acpi work well, but as I got a NVidia card _and_
FreeBSD in amd64, I can't install the NVidia drivers... So I can turn my
screen blank with dpms, but the backlight stays on =(  and this dpms stuff
doesn't work in command-line...

Do you know if there's some way to control the video card/turn the backlight
off without NVidia's drivers? And if I can get this to work in command-line?

I remember that with Gentoo all that stuff worked, even in command-line. But
of course, I had NVidia drivers...


frzburn



On 3/6/07, frzburn <frzburn at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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";
> > };
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > The biggest problem with communication is the illusion that it has
> > occurred.
> >
>
>