vidcontrol, acpi lid and devd

[Jochen Keil]

Hi Eric.

One more reason to give -current a try, although i'm a bit afraid of switching my well-running 5.2.1 to -current.

Anyway thanks for your reply.

Regards,

Jochen



On Fri, 07 May 2004 09:21:13 -0500
Eric Anderson <anderson at centtech.com> wrote:

> Jochen Keil wrote:
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> >Hi again.
> >
> >I just found this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-January/thread.html#19836
> >
> >Someone posted a kernel module which (hopefully) gives control over the display.
> >
> >Unfortunately the site isn't accessible from here. It would be great if someone can put it online somewhere else or send it to me via email.
> >  
> >
> 
> If you are running a somewhat recent -current, then the acpi video 
> controls are included.  You just need to load the module, which should 
> be located at /boot/kernel/acpi_video.ko.
> 
> Eric
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> >Hi again.
> >
> >I just found this thread: http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2004-January/thread.html#19836
> >
> >Someone posted a kernel module which (hopefully) gives control over the display.
> >
> >Unfortunately the site isn't accessible from here. It would be great if someone can put it online somewhere else or send it to me via email.
> >  
> >
> 
> If you are running a somewhat recent -current, then the acpi video 
> controls are included.  You just need to load the module, which should 
> be located at /boot/kernel/acpi_video.ko.
> 
> Eric
> 
> 
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> Today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday.
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