[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