I use a product called fnfx ( fnfx.sourceforge.net ), which provides this functionality for Toshes. Googling sideways from this point seems to imply that as long as acpi is installed, these function buttons should have at least limited support on all laptops.
Is there anything worth looking at down this avenue? Cheers, Steve PS> Is the new clug wiki up yet? If so, how do I join... I've a couple of ideas that I'd like to air off mailing list. On Mon, December 6, 2004 1:27 pm, Rik Tindall said: > Nick Rout wrote: > >>well no doubt Rik has the instruction book for the projector. It worked >>the night I did my presentation, and it worked for Mike JS's >>presentation. >> >>It works apparently for Rik from windows, >> > Confirmed Win-good: it's a Compaq-Radeon/VGA-out/Linux issue, it seems. > The Function-Screen switching (LCD, external, or both) also does not > work under Linux. > Using this is necessary to project DVD-play under Windows, because one > must disable the LCD's frequency for the VGA-out/projector to settle its > own requisite Hz. > >>and as his presentation was a >>series of web pages, thats probably what should have been done. >> > I agree Nick. But I would have been flamed out of sight (viz Steve's > ^H^H^H when seeing test-XP onscreen at arrival during setup ;-). By > using Ubuntu & Gnome (which I accept is probably blameless - SuSE's KDE > does the same thing for me, from memory), warts n'all, I was at least > able to get past the introduction frame of my talk before people started > leaving. That platform was integral to the content of the second half we > never got onto too. > >>On Mon, 06 Dec 2004 10:25:43 +1300 (NZDT) >>Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>...unfortunately the problem was that the projector was seeing the >>>incoming video as 480x360, which has nothing at all to do with X, which >>>was fixed as 800x600. >>> > We went back to 1024x768, having determined this GUI setting had no > consequence. > >>>On Mon, December 6, 2004 9:20 am, David Kirk said: >>> >>>I would suggest that you create a couple of X configuration files that >>>are known to work with your projector and make them available on the >>>CLUG wiki for presenters to download and install before meetings. >>> >>>These configuration files (1 for XFree86 and 1 for X.org) should use >>>the generic VESA driver. All video cards should work with this >>>driver. >>> >>>If you don't know how to do that, then send the spec's of your >>>projector to the list and I'm sure someone can do it for you. >>> > Will keep up with this now as best I can (working with one eye currently). > > The unit (Panasonic PT-AE500E) is quite new & capable of a range of data > input. Auto-frequency-detection is the successful norm (in fact, I don't > think there's an override), & it seems simply to be displaying what > Linux is feeding it. > > Most times "it just works". > > Thanks for the input, > > - Rik > > -- Due to financial crisis the light at the end of the tunnel is switched off
