[ltp] Re: Newbie video questions

[Hans Bostrom]

On Wed, 2006-08-30 at 09:41 -0400, Alex Deucher wrote:

> >
> > 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.
> 
> it's probably related to ibm_acpi.  Does fn-f7 work when you are on the console?

Yes, fn-F7 works on the console, it's only disabled in X.



> > I can't try this option, I don't even have the directory /acpi/ with
> > subdirectories installed. What am I missing here?
> 
> is ibm_acpi loaded or built into your kernel?  Also what's the date on
> your bios?  IIRC, most kernels disable apci support if the date is
> prior to 2000.

I have the latest available BIOS for the A20p (IVET69WW, dated 20 Jul
2004). As for your other question, I am a newbie so I'm not sure I'm
doing the right thing, but running the command "acpi" in a terminal
yields:

 x@y:~$ acpi
 No ACPI support in kernel, or incorrect acpi_path ("/proc/acpi").

So I guess ACPI is not built into the kernel (Ubuntu 6.06 Dapper
standard install, kernel 2.6.15-26-386)? Is there an easy way to fix
this, perhaps via apt-get?

Thanks,
Hans