[ltp] Re: Newbie video questions

[Hans Bostrom]

Update on my previous questions:


> >  you don't have enough VRAM to do depth
> > 24 at 1400x1050 (requires ~17 MB, you only have 16 MB).  reduce your
> > color depth to 16 and it should work.

Thanks Alex, that was it! (Modest) hardware 3D now works - glxgears around 900-1200 FPS

> >
> > Option "Display" "BIOS"
> >
> > into your /etc/X11/xorg.conf 's Device section, restart X.  This has 
> > been used for r128 cards for a long time.

I tried this, but it only activates the external VGA (which of course is
good), but I can't toggle screens with Fn+F7. So even though I
appreciate your suggestion, it doesn't really solve my problem.

> Or you can try 
> 
>    sudo echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey
> 
> This enables the key in the hotkey mask.  Worked for me.

I can't try this option, I don't even have the directory /acpi/ with
subdirectories installed. What am I missing here?

Thanks,
Hans