[ltp] Can bot use Fn+F7 to switch LCD/CRT on Thinkpad X60s

Richard Neill linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 05 Dec 2006 10:16:35 +0000


  gulfstream wrote:
> I have use ibm_acpi module in my kernel(2.6.18), and I can use Fn+F4 to 
> suspend to RAM and Fn+F12 to suspend to disk. But the system do not 
> respond to Fn+F7, so I can not switch the LCD and external CRT. 
> Moreover, when I run "echo video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video" in the 
> terminal, no any respond. How to solve this matter?
> 
> My laptop is Thinkpad X60s with Intel 945GM graphics chipsets. The 
> system is Debian etch with tpb installed.
> 


At least on some machines, it's necessary to enable a flag in xorg.conf, 
iirc: EnableBiosHotKeys.  Read  man `your-Xorg-driver`.

HTH,

Richard