> > > 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 _______________________________________________ Xpert mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://XFree86.Org/mailman/listinfo/xpert
