> 
> > The down side...  The ViRGE chip controls the LCD, but I don't think it
> > has to control the backlight.  I've got documentation for the ViRGE, but
> > no idea how to access the backlight if it isn't controlled by the ViRGE
> 
> Question- can you do output selection via the MX? I can manually shut down
> the backlight if I use an Fn-key combination to shunt the video to the external
> VGA connector. If that's done via the ViRGE MX, then we might have a way to
> do this for my laptop's broken BIOS.
> 
>         -Kenny

In theory?  Yes, some of our drivers even support options to specify
which output to use.  Practically speaking, I don't personally have
access to a MX, nor the time presently to implement it.  (I think this
would need hands on testing to complete.)

> 
> Hah! Guess what?! I came back from doing some stuff in the house, and my
> backlight was off!  I guess it needed to be done on it's own! "Xset"
> didn't do it the first time, but it does it now. Go figure.
> 
> You sir, are a *God*. First you fix my VT-switching, then this!
> 

Hmm, odd.  Sometimes we get lucky.  Although, maybe it's not going to be
repeatable.  (Which seems more likely, given other mail you sent me.)

-- 
Kevin
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