[ltp] Videoswitching with Thinkpad R60e

[Andrew Barr]

On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 19:49 +0200, Julian Hagenauer wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Sep 2006 19:18:09 +0200
> Julian Hagenauer <chaosbringer@gmx.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > i own a Thinkpad R60e with Debain etch(testing) running and kernel 2.6.18 on it.
> > 
> > I cannot get Fn+f7 to get to work, it seems that it is completly ignored. I have loaded ibm_acpi and enabled hotkeys, but with no effect.
> > /var/log/acpi shows only keyevents when i Press fn+f2, fn+f3 and fn+f12... The rest get's ignored. i810 switch seems also not work.
> > 
> > Can anyone help me out?
> 
> Hi,
> a addition:
> I don't know why, but now /var/log/acpi logs keyevents, if fn+f7 is prest. Unfortunately the screen does not switch anyhow.
> echo "crt_enable" > /proc/acpi/ibm/video does not work too...

If you just want simple cloning on the CRT, the 'i810switch' program
will usually work. What's more you can set the "CloneRefresh" option in
xorg.conf and get a high refresh rate on the CRT. Helps to remove the
dot-crawl on projectors. :)

Andrew

> Suggestions?
> 
> Thank you,
> Julian