i915 driver

[Paul Menzel]

Dear Neil,


Am Mittwoch, den 30.12.2009, 16:59 -0500 schrieb Neil Sikka:
> 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
> 
> I am following the guide at
> http://memebeam.org/toys/ToshibaAcpiDriver. Why does the state of the
> crt_out variable not change? the kernel file where this is handled is:
> kernel/drivers/portability/
> x86/toshiba_acpi.c. I have the same problem as these guys here:
> 
> http://osdir.com/ml/linux.hardware.toshiba/2003-04/msg00216.html
> 
> I tried doing what was suggested at that link, but that did not work
> either. Is there a known bug where the state of the driver (as seen by
> cat /proc/acpi/toshiba/video) is not updated by writing to it(echo
> "lcd_out:0;crt_out:1" > /proc/acpi/toshiba/video)? It seems that the
> state written to this file is not persistant. I have posted my problem
> in full detail here
> (http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-laptop-and-netbook-25/tvout-from-toshiba-portege-m400-777822/).
> thanks.

is not that problem related to the toshiba acpi driver and belongs to a
different mailing list.


Thanks,

Paul
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