I have had a similar experience with an Inspiron 1100 laptop, A32 BIOS, using Ubuntu. Fn-F8 under Gutsy (just rechecked, running as live CD) alternates between LCD and CRT just fine (though never both and both is convenient). For Hardy 8.04.1, there are differences in kernels 2.6.22-14-generic and 2.6.24-19-generic. For example, in 2.6.22-14 Fn-F8 switches between screens but garbles the output and in 2.6.24-19, Fn-F8 garbles the LCD output (some trash at the top but mostly readable though displaced downward) only if no CRT is connected and does nothing more than make the CRT flicker if the CRT is connected.
However, I blundered into i810switch and i810rotate and found that they do provide the desired results for both kernels. Especially with 2.6.22-14, using Fn-F8 before i810switch can cause difficulty in getting the LCD display lit. With these kernels, I can find no use for Fn-F8. I believe this workaround also applies to bug #206826. -- Switch display to external LCD fails https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/230143 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
