On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 11:08:15PM +0200, Florian Kulzer wrote: > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 22:55:22 +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > > On Fri, May 05, 2006 at 02:09:14PM -0500, Jason Clinton wrote: > > > On Fri, 2006-05-05 at 19:31 +0200, Søren Christensen wrote: > > > > > > > > 1) For some cards there is a command available to switch LCD and > > > > > external video on and off. Using ACPI and a bit of scripting you > > > > > can > > > > > even assign this to special keys. > > > > > > > > Does anyone know how to do this with an ATI Rage graphicscard? What > > > > packet to install? What command to use? > > > > > > > > > > > > On my laptop's ATI M200 graphics card, I use the fglrx-control GUI to do > > > this. > > > > Where do I find that, aptitude doesn't reveal it, and commandline > > doesn't give me a hint. > > You need to include "non-free" in your /etc/apt/sources.list, e.g. > > deb http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib > deb-src http://ftp.nl.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib > > fglrx-control is currently only in Sid. If you use the "radeon" driver > then "radeontool" might also be worth a look, but its package > description sounds somewhat ominous. (Disclaimer: I have no direct > experience with ATI cards, I just did a quick search through the package > descriptions.)
Thanks, I did the aptitude search on a machine running Sarge, and my laptop runs Etch. /severino -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
