ACPIVIDEO(4)

✨ NAME ✨

acpivideo — ACPI video 🎀

okay bestie, this is acpivideo(4), and yes, we’re folding the manual name in right here: it’s from the Kernel Interfaces Manual. Welcome to the little driver page that could. 💖

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🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

acpivideo* at acpi?

That’s the whole synopsis, no cap. Short, sweet, iconic. ✨

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

The acpivideo driver supports ACPI display output switching and brightness control. So like, it’s the one handling the “where is the display output going” and “how bright are we feeling” of it all. 💅

Output displays can take the form of CRTs, LCDs, TV-OUTs, or any similar devices that may be connected to the machine. Basically: whatever screen-ish situation is attached to your machine, that’s the vibe it’s covering. 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

Go give these related manual pages a lil read too, bestie:

• acpi(4)
• acpithinkpad(4)
• acpitoshiba(4)
• acpivout(4)
• intro(4)

iykyk 💖

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🔥 HISTORY 🔥

The acpivideo driver first appeared in OpenBSD 4.6.

Periodt. That’s the origin story. 🌈

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💜 AUTHORS 💜

The acpivideo driver was written by Federico G. Schwindt <fgsch@openbsd.org> and Paul Irofti <paul@irofti.net>.

Iconic behavior, honestly. 🫶👑

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💀 CAVEATS 💀

bestie, important little note: on IBM and Lenovo ThinkPad systems, acpivideo functionality is handled by the acpithinkpad(4) driver.

So on those machines, the ThinkPad-specific driver is the one taking care of that job — that’s the caveat. 🙈💀

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okay bye bestie 🌸 this page’s source/version/date footer energy is Debian, April 6, 2020 💅🎀