From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Matthew Garrett Subject: Re: TV_out with toshiba acpi_extras Date: Wed, 6 Jan 2010 14:39:31 +0000 Message-ID: <20100106143931.GC13984@srcf.ucam.org> References: <39648cc21001041923o5aea8cf8k2e723fd44477f031@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Return-path: Received: from cavan.codon.org.uk ([93.93.128.6]:51137 "EHLO cavan.codon.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932235Ab0AFOji (ORCPT ); Wed, 6 Jan 2010 09:39:38 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <39648cc21001041923o5aea8cf8k2e723fd44477f031@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Neil Sikka Cc: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Jan 04, 2010 at 10:23:29PM -0500, Neil Sikka wrote: > Hello. I am trying to get the different display modes working with my > portege M400 laptop. Im running 2.6.32 with the toshiba_acpi module. > the problem is that when i do: > > echo "lcd_out:0;crt_out:1" > /proc/acpi/toshiba/video > cat /proc/acpi/toshiba/video > > i get: > lcd_out: 1 > crt_out: 0 > tv_out: 0 Using the BIOS to control video outputs is unlikely to work well on any hardware produced since 2000 or so. It should be controllable via xrandr. -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59@srcf.ucam.org