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Subject: Re: Dell laptops
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On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote:

> On 07/13/06 07:50, Daniel Eischen wrote:
>> On Thu, 13 Jul 2006, Eric Anderson wrote:
>> 
>>> And then if you do:
>>> 
>>> sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=1
>>> and then
>>> sysctl hw.acpi.video.out0.active=0
>>> 
>>> Does your screen do something?
>> 
>> Yes, hw.acpi.video.out0.active=1 seems to switch to the CRT,
>> but once there, setting it back to 0 does not bring it back.
>> Fn + CRT/LCD also has no effect.  The only way to get it back
>> is to reboot.
>> 
>
> Did you try to do this too:
>
> sysctl hw.acpi.video.out1.active=1
>
> Or some other combinations?
>
> Sounds like it works ok, you just need to figure out which outputs map to 
> your LCD/CRT/etc.

Yes, I tried that as well.  It might indeed switch to CRT, but
no combination will bring it back to LCD.  X is not running,
and switching consoles does not help either.  I have to reboot
to get it back.

-- 
DE