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From: Mike Smith <msmith@freebsd.org>
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Subject: [acpi-jp 1318] Re: Switching the screen off. 
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> Is there a mechanism in place within acpi that would allow me to switch
> the screen off instead of blanking it?  I beginning to get worried about
> the amount of uptime I have on my laptop :).

There isn't, unfortunately.

ACPI is glue that lives between parts of the system that are otherwise 
already defined.  Screen and backlight power are typically handled by the 
video driver, and thus aren't commonly defined with ACPI.

(This is a personal beef I have with ACPI; it should have been more 
intrusive IMO.)

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