Are you using those vms just in console mode or any graphical mode? Il mar 27 mar 2018, 11:51 Horse with no name <lohi...@gmail.com> ha scritto:
> 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 < > daniel.caros...@gmail.com> 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, <li...@marzocchi.net> 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 <lohi...@gmail.com> >>> 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 <garr...@damore.org> >>>> 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 <lohi...@gmail.com> >>>>> 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
