[ltp] ibm-acpi-0.11
James Knott
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 17 Mar 2005 19:51:23 -0500
Daniel Stodden wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-03-17 at 03:22 -0800, Borislav Deianov wrote:
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>> - Fn key combinations
>> - ThinkLight on and off
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>> - experimental brightness control
>> - experimental volume control
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> woah. congratulations.
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> this probably means this is the point one could start thinking about
> reimplementing a tpb-style application based on a WAY saner interface
> than the nvram polling tpb is built upon.
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> right? or am i missing anything?
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As I recall, at least in SuSE, (many) Fn keys, volume and ThinkLight
already work. Not sure about brightness, but I believe it works too.
What I'd like to see, is external monitor switching. Currently, I have
to switch modes, prior to starting Linux.