Re: 2.6.0-test9 regression: panic on Fn+F7 hotkey

Nikolaus Filus
2003-11-03T10:58:03Z

On Mon, Nov 03, 2003 at 10:37:48AM +0100, Luca Capello wrote:
>Hello, maybe it could be useful even if the thread is (quite) old.
>
>on 10/27/03 18:08, Karol Kozimor wrote:
>>Pressing Fn+F7 to turn the LCD on / off causes 2.6.0-test9 to panic.
>I've an ASUS Centrino M3N, bios 0203A (20030514), Debian
>testing/unstable, kernel 2.6.0-test9 w/ ACPI 20031002. When I press
>Fn+F7 the LCD correctly switchs on/off and I don't have any kernel panic.
>
>Just you to know :-)

BTW: Is this a general ACPI feature or BIOS-related? I mean, I have a
Toshiba Satellite 3000-601 and was NEVER able to switch to/from external vga
using linux (no 2.4 and no 2.6 version!). The display freezes, the fan goes
on and that was it .... :(

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