On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:49:31 -0400, Madhusudan Singh wrote:

> Hi
>
> I noticed that on my laptop with my current kernel (2.6.13.1 with suspend2
> patch) some of Fn keys do not generate acpi events. My laptop is a
> Linuxcertified LC2210. Fn+F1 does generate an [SLPB] event
> in /var/log/acpid.log but Fn+F4 (monitor switch) does not. I am planning to
> use i810switch (btw. this nifty program solves the
> X-server-running-and-activating-the-external-display problem for me) and
> bind it to Fn+F4.
>
> If I boot up with an external projector connected, and then use Fn+F4, it
> works as it should (LCD->LCD+CRT->CRT->LCD), but once the xserver is
> running, it seems to be unresponsive.
>
> Thanks.

I have the same problem on my Asus A2, but after playing on my main
computer with dual monitor I have this idea that adding an extra monitor
to your device might solve the problem, at least partially. Haven't
tested it yet. As far as I figured it out, Fn- (in your case
F4) doesn't generate an acpi event at all, but is hard-coded in your
laptop. I might be mistaken though...

Chasalin wrote:

> On Wed, 12 Oct 2005 07:49:31 -0400, Madhusudan Singh wrote:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I noticed that on my laptop with my current kernel (2.6.13.1 with
>> suspend2 patch) some of Fn keys do not generate acpi events. My laptop is
>> a Linuxcertified LC2210. Fn+F1 does generate an [SLPB] event
>> in /var/log/acpid.log but Fn+F4 (monitor switch) does not. I am planning
>> to use i810switch (btw. this nifty program solves the
>> X-server-running-and-activating-the-external-display problem for me) and
>> bind it to Fn+F4.
>>
>> If I boot up with an external projector connected, and then use Fn+F4, it
>> works as it should (LCD->LCD+CRT->CRT->LCD), but once the xserver is
>> running, it seems to be unresponsive.
>>
>> Thanks.
>
> I have the same problem on my Asus A2, but after playing on my main
> computer with dual monitor I have this idea that adding an extra monitor
> to your device might solve the problem, at least partially. Haven't
> tested it yet. As far as I figured it out, Fn- (in your case
> F4) doesn't generate an acpi event at all, but is hard-coded in your
> laptop. I might be mistaken though...

Well, I need to have it recognized as an ACPI event to use i810switch with
it. Is there a way to configure acpi to recognize it as such ?