[ltp] video switching on x60

Irene Quintana linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Wed, 27 Sep 2006 19:09:37 -0700 (PDT)


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Hello I would like to correct my previous reply,
  I mean added Option "BiosHotKeys" "on".
   
   
  

Irene Quintana <witty_irene@yahoo.com> wrote:
    I tried pressing FnF7 while machine is booting up and it changes the video mode but after it boots up it goes back to clone mode again.
   
  I also added Option "WorkProperly" "on" to xorg.conf but still FnF7 does nothing. :(

Richard Neill <rn214@hermes.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
  >> I also have browsed the archives which talks on pressing FnF7 to
>> switch display but it doesnt work. I also tried executing "echo
>> video_switch > /proc/acpi/ibm/video" but that too doesn't work.
> 
> Afaik, FN+F7 only works when this feature is in Hardware, like the older
> thinkpads.


Some X drivers have a BiosHotKeys flag, which defaults to Off!
eg, see man radeon.

Yes, this is daft - as another commentator wrote, it ought to be called 
Option "WorkProperly" "on".


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Section "Device"
...
Option "BiosHotKeys" "on" #Enable Fn-F7 for switching between
EndSection #CRT,LCD,Both.
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