Re: [ACPI-sppt] backlight and other problems on dell inspiron 8200 w/ 2.5.69

hello jonathan..

Received at 2003-06-07 / 21:09 by Jonathan Steinert:

> 1) A lid event happens when the lid is closed, am I to asume there 
> should also be one when the lid opens? (I have no way to check what's 
> happening till I get home to a second monitor, or at least a second 
> machine to ssh in with)

yes, there can be an event on open. dunno if it _should_, considering the
specification.

> 2) Does anyone have a known-good DSDT for a laptop with a lid switch, 
> one that the lid switch events work and the display goes on and off? and 
> if so, can I aquire the AML (is this the right term) for it? I'd like to 
> compare the way the dell DSDT is written, but I have no known-good system.

if i remember correctly, it worked with this DSDT from fujitsu-siemens
E7010:
http://acpi.sourceforge.net/dsdt/view.php?id=15

hth,
 sebastian
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