[MLUG] RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] RE: dual head & toshiba hot keys

["Nowlin, Dan" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

For the keyboard you might take a look at lineak.  Not sure if it will
work but I got my volume and internet keys to work with it.

Daniel Nowlin
Datacenter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: EMAIL:PROTECTED [mailto:discussion-
> EMAIL:PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Robb
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2007 6:57 PM
> To: MLUG Off-Topic Discussion
> Subject: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] RE: dual head & toshiba hot keys
> 
> Hi Jim-
> 
> Welcome to the list!   What kind of video card are you running?   (at
> command prompt try:  lspci)
> 
> Hot keys may be a bit more involved (a kernel re-compile possibly).
> Do you know what sort of chipset your Tosh has?
> 
> Hope we can help,
> 
> George
> 
> 
> 
> On Apr 12, 2007, at 5:26 PM, Jim Cicon wrote:
> 
> > I am new to this list.  I hope you guys are doing well.  I am
> > currently a graduate student at MU and will be here a few more
years.
> >
> >
> >
> > I installed Fedora on my laptop about three weeks ago.  I have it
> > configured to dual boot WinXP and Fedora Core 6.  Most everything
> > works fine, except for two real annoying problems.
> >
> >
> >
> > 1)       I can't get dual head to work
> >
> >
> >
> > 2)       I can't decrease screen brightness because the hotkeys
> > don't work
> >
> >
> >
> > My Laptop is a Toshiba M45-S269.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Dual Head --
> >
> >
> >
> > I can get either the laptop screen to work or the monitor to work
> > separately just fine.  Also, I am able to get both working at once,
> > but they both display the same stuff.
> >
> >
> >
> > I can't get my desktop to span the two, nor can I get them working
> > as independent consoles.
> >
> >
> >
> > -- Screen Brightness --
> >
> >
> >
> > It would be nice to get the hotkeys to work, but just being able to
> > adjust screen brightness would satisfy me because it is too bright
> > to use comfortably.  Some info I found says I need to recompile
> > Fedora with Toshiba ACPI support enabled.  I don't have time to do
> > that now with finals coming up.  Isn't there a quick and dirty way
> > to decrease screen brightness without a recompile?
> >
> >
> >
> > Any and all help is appreciated.
> >
> >
> >
> > Jim Cicon
> >
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