[ltp] T-43p and Port Replicator II

[John]

On Monday 14 November 2005 03:01, Andrey Kislyuk wrote:
> I've always hotplugged my Port Replicator II with no problems. After
> some BIOS/driver update Windows was smart enough to autoswitch between
> lcd and dvi on-the-fly, while in Linux that's not yet possible but
> should be fine on LCD/VGA.

Thanks for your response.

I don't seem to be having any luck. When I lift the machine out of the port 
replicator II the LCD does not show the display. I tried Fn-F7 but no joy. I 
changed the BIOS settings to be VGA+LCD but that didn't help. I tried using 
the /proc/acpi/ibm/video switches but I could only unset 'auto', not enable 
any other modes.

I wonder if it has to do with the different refresh rates of my 19" CRT and 
the laptop's LCD -- maybe the video card is too smart to attempt to drive the 
LCD with the CRT's settings?

Cheers,
John