[ltp] Can bot use Fn+F7 to switch LCD/CRT on Thinkpad X60s

gulfstream linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 5 Dec 2006 20:14:32 +0800


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I want to switch lcd/crt in X window and tty, but xorg.conf is useful to
xorg. How to do if I want to switch lcd/crt in tty?


gulfstream

2006/12/5, Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk>:
>
>   gulfstream wrote:
> > I have use ibm_acpi module in my kernel(2.6.18), and I can use Fn+F4 to
> > suspend to RAM and Fn+F12 to suspend to disk. But the system do not
> > respond to Fn+F7, so I can not switch the LCD and external CRT.
> > Moreover, when I run "echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video" in the
> > terminal, no any respond. How to solve this matter?
> >
> > My laptop is Thinkpad X60s with Intel 945GM graphics chipsets. The
> > system is Debian etch with tpb installed.
> >
>
>
> At least on some machines, it's necessary to enable a flag in xorg.conf,
> iirc: EnableBiosHotKeys.  Read  man `your-Xorg-driver`.
>
> HTH,
>
> Richard
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I want to switch lcd/crt in X window and tty, but xorg.conf is useful to xorg. How to do if I want to switch lcd/crt in tty?<br><br><br>gulfstream<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">2006/12/5, Richard Neill &lt;<a href="mailto:rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk">
rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk</a>&gt;:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">&nbsp;&nbsp;gulfstream wrote:<br>&gt; I have use ibm_acpi module in my kernel(
2.6.18), and I can use Fn+F4 to<br>&gt; suspend to RAM and Fn+F12 to suspend to disk. But the system do not<br>&gt; respond to Fn+F7, so I can not switch the LCD and external CRT.<br>&gt; Moreover, when I run &quot;echo video_switch &gt; /proc/acpi/ibm/video&quot; in the
<br>&gt; terminal, no any respond. How to solve this matter?<br>&gt;<br>&gt; My laptop is Thinkpad X60s with Intel 945GM graphics chipsets. The<br>&gt; system is Debian etch with tpb installed.<br>&gt;<br><br><br>At least on some machines, it's necessary to enable a flag in 
xorg.conf,<br>iirc: EnableBiosHotKeys.&nbsp;&nbsp;Read&nbsp;&nbsp;man `your-Xorg-driver`.<br><br>HTH,<br><br>Richard<br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">
http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br></blockquote></div><br>

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