[ltp] T60 video switch

Bobby linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 17 Jun 2006 00:36:02 +0800


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can you tell us where to add these kernel parameters ?

On 6/16/06, Florian Reitmeir <thinkpad@reitmeir.org> wrote:
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> On Fre, 16 Jun 2006, Alfredo Matos wrote:
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> > Does anybody know how to get video switching to work on the T60 ? I have
> > a default ubuntu kernel, with thinkpad modules. From the acpi part i can
> > do some thing, like control the brightness and turn on/off thinkpad
> > light, but the video screen part is completely unresponsive.
> > Is this an ACPI issue, or related to the video card drivers (flgrx
> 8.25.18).
>
> to my knowledge, the ATI drivers to not support ACPI-keys, give th r300
> driver from xorg a try.
>
> > Another thing, any pointers of how to get suspend or hibernate working
> > for the T60 ?
>
> Use a recent kernel like: 2.6.17-rc6
>
> normally as root a: echo mem >/sys/power/state
> should suspend the computer, if resume doesn't work try to add some kernel
> parameters like: "acpi_sleep=s3_bios acpi_serialize"
>
> And on the T60 make sure to set the compability mode for SATA-ahci in your
> bios, or the harddisk won't work after suspend.
>
> --
> Florian Reitmeir
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can you tell us where to add these kernel parameters ?<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/16/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Florian Reitmeir</b> &lt;<a href="mailto:thinkpad@reitmeir.org">thinkpad@reitmeir.org</a>
&gt; wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">On Fre, 16 Jun 2006, Alfredo Matos wrote:<br><br>&gt; Does anybody know how to get video switching to work on the T60 ? I have
<br>&gt; a default ubuntu kernel, with thinkpad modules. From the acpi part i can<br>&gt; do some thing, like control the brightness and turn on/off thinkpad<br>&gt; light, but the video screen part is completely unresponsive.
<br>&gt; Is this an ACPI issue, or related to the video card drivers (flgrx 8.25.18).<br><br>to my knowledge, the ATI drivers to not support ACPI-keys, give th r300<br>driver from xorg a try.<br><br>&gt; Another thing, any pointers of how to get suspend or hibernate working
<br>&gt; for the T60 ?<br><br>Use a recent kernel like: 2.6.17-rc6<br><br>normally as root a: echo mem &gt;/sys/power/state<br>should suspend the computer, if resume doesn't work try to add some kernel<br>parameters like: &quot;acpi_sleep=s3_bios acpi_serialize&quot;
<br><br>And on the T60 make sure to set the compability mode for SATA-ahci in your<br>bios, or the harddisk won't work after suspend.<br><br>--<br>Florian Reitmeir<br>--<br>The linux-thinkpad mailing list home page is at:
<br><a href="http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad">http://mailman.linux-thinkpad.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-thinkpad</a><br></blockquote></div><br>

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