[ltp] video switching on x60

[Andreas Gredler]

On Tue, Sep 26, 2006 at 11:13:25PM -0700, Irene Quintana wrote:
> Id like to correct its x60 not x50.
>    
>   Thanks again...
> 
> Irene Quintana <witty_irene@yahoo.com> wrote:
>     hello all
>    
>   I have a x50 with:
>   SUSE 10.1
>   intel 945 video
>    
>   I tried adding the following to xorg.conf
>       Option    "MonitorLayout" "CRT,LFP"
>       Option    "Clone" "true"
>    
>    
>   I also have browsed the archives which talks on pressing FnF7 to
>   switch display but it doesnt work. I also tried executing "echo
>   video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video" but that too doesn't work.

Afaik, FN+F7 only works when this feature is in Hardware, like the older
thinkpads.

>   I want to switch to CRT only, LCD only, and CRT and LCD mode.
>   Anyone knows how to do this?

Did you try:
echo lcd_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video and
echo crt_disable > /proc/acpi/ibm/video

It this works you can write a small helper script which uses these
commands to cycle through the states.

greets Jimmy

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