From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Phil Endecott Subject: Re: Toggling VGA out on Eee 901 Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:52:37 +0100 Message-ID: <48D0E175.4080107@chezphil.org> References: <1221601392651@dmwebmail.dmwebmail.chezphil.org> <1221630423.3441.147.camel@rzhang-dt> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: QUOTED-PRINTABLE Return-path: Received: from japan.chezphil.org ([77.240.5.4]:5044 "EHLO japan.chezphil.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750817AbYIQKwl (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:52:41 -0400 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=chezphil.org) by japan.chezphil.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1KfueF-0004hV-Lt for linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org; Wed, 17 Sep 2008 11:52:39 +0100 In-Reply-To: <1221630423.3441.147.camel@rzhang-dt> Sender: linux-acpi-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-acpi@vger.kernel.org To: Zhang Rui Cc: linux acpi Hi Rui, Zhang Rui wrote: > Hi, phil, >=20 > On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 22:43 +0100, Phil Endecott wrote: >> Dear Experts, >> >> I'm trying to work out how to get console video out toggling working= on=20 >> my ASUS EEE 901 (running Debian). I get the feeling that I may be t= he=20 >> first person to try to do this, and I knew almost nothing about ACPI= =20 >> until a couple of hours ago. Can anyone help? >> Output toggling for X works fine, but that doesn't use ACPI. > =EF=BB=BFwell, ACPI control method for video output switching seldom = works. > And we use xrandr to switch the display in X. > I'm not sure but I'm afraid we don't have the plan to support video > output switch in console mode. As far as I can see, the code already exists in the kernel to support=20 this. The problem is that this BIOS doesn't define the necessary=20 methods (unless I've misunderstood something). When you say "don't pla= n=20 to support", do you mean that the existing kernel functionality is now=20 deprecated, or something? Thanks, Phil. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-acpi" i= n the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html