I bought this off of ebay and I don't have an external monitor and yes, it is dedicated to SmartOS, for now. However I got an idea after seeing your replies and looks like someone has done it already.
http://www.geeks3d.com/20091230/vga-hack-how-to-make-a-vga-dummy-plug/ On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 1:52 AM, Daniel Carosone <[email protected]> wrote: > Perhaps first find out what happens if you plug in an external monitor, > and boot the laptop with the lid closed? > > On Tue., 27 Mar. 2018, 19:36 Olaf Marzocchi, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is the laptop dedicated to smartos as last purpose before death? >> In that case open it and try to put a physical switch in the power line, >> if you have that kind of skills. >> Best case: you can turn off the display at will >> Worst case: you solder back the wires and it's back to the original state. >> >> Olaf >> >> >> >> Il 27 marzo 2018 07:50:22 CEST, Horse with no name <[email protected]> >> ha scritto: >>> >>> I understand, thank you for your quick response. I wish I had the skills >>> or the $$ to support the project. Someday in the future for sure. >>> >>> Best regards >>> lOhit >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:42 PM, Garrett D'Amore <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> most laptops have special circuitry to control the display - sometimes >>>> available via acpi. sometimes via other more esoteric means. unfortunately >>>> illumos has very little support here - very often the details are >>>> proprietary and only available under NDA. (I recall this was true for >>>> Toshibas we added this support for nearly a decade ago.) You are probably >>>> out of luck here. :/ If Linux can do it then there is at least a chance >>>> someone could add it - but to be honest it’s probably not a priority. >>>> >>>> There are folks you can probably pay to develop this if information is >>>> available - my own company for one - but I doubt its worth to you what >>>> anyone qualified would charge you. :/ >>>> >>>> On Mon, Mar 26, 2018 at 8:06 PM Horse with no name <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Greetings, >>>>> >>>>> I am running smartos [ joyent_20180315T080815Z ] on Lenovo T420, I >>>>> have a bunch of VMs running as well. Since head node and all the VMs are >>>>> accessed over network, I have no need to keep the lid open. >>>>> >>>>> So I have been trying to figure out how to turn the LCD off when I >>>>> close the lid. I read the man page for /etc/power.conf and pmconfig but to >>>>> no avail. What am I missing? >>>>> >>>>> Apologies if this has been answered before, I am a noob. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks in advance. >>>>> lOhit >>>>> >>>> >>> *smartos-discuss* | Archives >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now> | Modify >> <https://www.listbox.com/member/?&;> >> Your Subscription <http://www.listbox.com> >> > ------------------------------------------- smartos-discuss Archives: https://www.listbox.com/member/archive/184463/=now Modify Your Subscription: https://www.listbox.com/member/?member_id=25769125&id_secret=25769125-7688e9fb Powered by Listbox: http://www.listbox.com
