[ltp] Re: video output on R40

[Borislav Deianov]

On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 16:10:32 +0000 (UTC) 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.

Well, video_switch does do the same thing as Fn-F7 - nothing in your
case... Don't know what to tell you except that it's a common
problem. Does Fn-F7 / video_switch work on the console? If so a (not
very convenient) workaround might be to quit X, switch to the
projector, then start X again.

Hmm, you say Fn-F7 no longer works. What is the last combination of
kernel / X / ibm-acpi that worked? It might help a lot if you could
narrow down where it broke.

Wishes,
Boris