Mon, Jun 02, 2003 at 07:22:35PM +0900, Curt Sampson:
> On Mon, 2 Jun 2003, john heasley wrote:
> 
> > to switch from the lcd to the vga, you hit Function-F7.  but, it does
> > not work on -current (as of today, never has worked afaik).  watching
> > with xev, the Function key does not generate an X event like Control
> > (etc) do.
> 
> No. That key is not a regular keyboard key, and so doesn't generate a
> scan code. Most likely it generates an ACPI event.
> 
> > would something be blocking this key?  seems odd.  any hints?
> 
> You need either kernel support (such as we have for the Toshiba
> Libretto) for switching or you need a program that can frob the chipset
> appropriately (such as the one provided by the developer of the Savage
> drivers for XFree86).

yeah, i figured out a bit of this very late last night; its connected to
the same "buss" as the jog-wheel.  suse has some kernel bits for it.  but,
that is all i know at the moment.  sigh.