[ltp] Re: Fglrx 8.28.8 promises Fn-F7 toggling. Anyone got it working?

[David Abrahams]

TNKS <0osz0s302@sneakemail.com> writes:

> The second feature ibm_acpi provides is a "video" interface that on the
> surface looks like it offers a way to enable/disable the LVDS or CRT, and
> even a way to to cycle through video modes. However, it doesn't work on my
> system (evidently it's not necessarily supposed to according to the table
> on http://ibm-acpi.sourceforge.net/). 
>
> Does the fglrx driver only support Fn-F7 video toggling if it's supported by
> ibm_acpi?

  echo 0xffff > /proc/acpi/ibm/hotkey

will help you.  I just made a long post about my experiences with
video toggling on this list with lots more info in it.

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Dave Abrahams
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