Subject: Re: Battery Status on MobilePro 770 - msg#00015

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Re: z50 brightness/contrast/suspend

On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Aleksandr Milewski wrote: > I just got NetBSD loaded and running on my z50. I'm running 1.6, > using the 1.6-z50 fix kernel. > > Am I missing something, or is there more work I need to do to get the > LCD to turn off during suspend? Also, the brightness and contrast > buttons don't work, and I can't tell if those are supported, or where > software support for adjusting the screen might lie. - does the 1.6-z50 kernel have LCD suspend support? i'm not sure... i know that the 1.5.1-based kernel from greg hughes does though (as well as support audio) - using greg's kernel, i adjust brightness/contrast *before* booting NetBSD (during those few rare seconds that i use [shudder] Windows CE)... :-)

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Re: z50 brightness/contrast/suspend

I used gdb to enable LCD suspend support under 1.6-z50 kernel, but it sometimes crashes when I try to suspend... Won't this happen to your z50 running the 1.5.1-based kernel from greg hughes? If it won't, how nice... Kaz billy ball wrote: On Wed, 22 Jan 2003, Aleksandr Milewski wrote: - does the 1.6-z50 kernel have LCD suspend support? i'm not sure... i know that the 1.5.1-based kernel from greg hughes does though (as well as support audio) - using greg's kernel, i adjust brightness/contrast *before* booting NetBSD (during those few rare seconds that i use [shudder] Windows CE)... :-)

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Re: Battery Status on MobilePro 770

On Wednesday, January 22, 2003, at 03:22 PM, Miles Nordin wrote: I have the MC-R700A (MobilePro 800), and even under Wince the battery status is basically useless. For example, 'ifconfig up'ing a wireless card will change the machine's belief about the percentage of battery left. It isn't like a real laptop with a current meter and small CPU inside the battery. I see. Thanks for the info. There is NetBSD code to expose battery information to userland, but the hardware doesn't provide battery information in any serious way, compared to, say, an Ericsson celfone. It is more like a Motorola celfone. Makes sense. Also NetBSD can't control the screen's backlight. Does that pose a problem or is the screen just full brightness? hpcmips is kind of a pain in the ass, but I promised never to buy another Intel CPU, ever, so it's worth it. At least it feels like a real computer, and also you avoid being forced to use those stupid XFree86 servers. Out of curiosity, what would cause you to never buy another Intel CPU? No XFree86 either? Thanks for the info. Bryan

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Which dist set should I download for Greg's kernel?

Hi, I am testing the 1.6-fix kernel for z50. I am planning to recompile the kernel with LCD control enabled as mentioned in the previous email. If the PCMCIA devices don't go to sleep when I suspend or if LCD control enabled kernel crashes, I am going to try Greg's kernel. Could anyone tell me which dist set should I download? I never understand what the 1.5ZC stand for. It looks like CVS-current to me. Does ZC stand for Zeta Current or Zeta CVS? --- Lou