CRT display on Thinkpad?

[Francois Ouellette]

> >
> > Interesting.  I have an old 600X, and the switch for that seems to be
> > entirely hardware-based.  I just hit the Function+F7 key and it
> > switches between the three modes (one screen, other screen, both
screens).
> > It's a shame that something that should be done in hardware is done in
> > software on the newer machines.
>
> I don't know if it's done in software or blocked by Linux.  I can switch
> before Linux starts, by hitting those keys, while waiting for the power
> up password.
>
After further experimentation, it seems that timing is the essence, the keys
work before Linux gets (it seems) to multi-user mode.

  François Ouellette
<fouellet-cpI+UMyWUv9BDgjK7y7TUQ at public.gmane.org>



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