Re: Switching LCD off on a laptop (or change to CRT)

Mario Lang
2002-09-25T17:09:25Z

Ducrot Bruno <ducrot-kk6yZipjEM5g9hUCZPvPmw@public.gmane.org> writes:

>> I recently got a JVC MP-XP7210DE. First of all, congrats,
>> ACPI worked out of the box with 2.4.20pre7. I have correct
>> ac_adaptor info, correct battery info (even for both
>> slots), and the power button works too under acpid.
>
> Have you patched your kernel with the current acpi for linux,
> or did you mean the 'old' one?
No, I ment the 'old' acpi. I now patched 2.4.20-pre7 with acpi20020918,
and everything works fine.
>> One remaining glitch I have is getting the internal
>> display to switch off. Under XP, this works fine
>> with Fn-F10. If I do this under Linux, I get a message
>> telling me that this button is not implemented (on the console).
>
> Could you send the actual message, please ?
Under acpi20020918, it does no longer happen.

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