[ltp] video output on R40

[Alex Deucher]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 17:08:16 +0100, thomas.marquart@astro.uu.se
<thomas.marquart@astro.uu.se> wrote:
> hello,
> 
> I just upgraded my R40 to kernel 2.6.10 that has the ibm-acpi things in
> it which work fine (suspent to ram and disk finally works).
> The problem which appeared is that Fn-F7 no longer switches video modes,
> which in necessary to get a non-truncated image on an external device
> like a beamer/projector. http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/ states in the
> REAME that echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video should do the same,
> but it doesn't, neither work the other /proc/acpi/ibm/video commands.
> 
> any hints/experiences are welcome

version 6.8.x of xorg disables bios output switching for a variety of
reasons.  you need to either use xorg from cvs and set the
"bioshotkeys" option to true, or use xorg 6.7

Alex

> 
> regards
> thomas
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