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(Cleanups to the script, added mirror mode, and use --auto as noted in the Talk page)
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Create /usr/local/sbin/thinkpad-fn-f7:
 
Create /usr/local/sbin/thinkpad-fn-f7:
 
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<code>
 
#!/bin/sh
 
#@ seva sevatech.com
 
 
 
EXTERNAL_OUTPUT=VGA
 
INTERNAL_OUTPUT=LVDS
 
 
 
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--left-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
 
 
 
# This is to figure out which X11 display to work on
 
SU="su $(w -h -s | grep ":[0-9]" | head -1 | awk '{print $1}') -c"
 
export DISPLAY=$(w -h -s | grep ":[0-9]" | head -1 | awk '{print $3}')
 
 
 
# Save the state to the file until we can figure it out by running xrandr
 
STATE_FILE=/var/lib/thinkpad/screen.state;
 
if [ ! -e $STATE_FILE ]; then
 
        echo "internal" > $STATE_FILE
 
fi
 
 
 
STATE=$(cat $STATE_FILE)
 
 
 
function screen_external(){
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --off"
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto"
 
        echo "external" > $STATE_FILE
 
}
 
 
 
function screen_internal(){
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --off"
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto"
 
        echo "internal" > $STATE_FILE
 
}
 
 
 
function screen_mirror(){
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto"
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --same-as $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
 
        echo "mirror" > $STATE_FILE
 
}
 
 
 
function screen_both(){
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto"
 
        $SU "xrandr --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto $EXTERNAL_LOCATION"
 
        echo "both" > $STATE_FILE
 
}
 
 
 
function screen_toggle(){
 
        case "$STATE" in
 
                internal)
 
                        screen_mirror
 
                        ;;
 
                mirror)
 
                        screen_external
 
                        ;;
 
                external)
 
                        screen_both
 
                        ;;
 
                both)
 
                        screen_internal
 
                        ;;
 
                *)
 
                        screen_internal
 
                        ;;
 
        esac
 
}
 
 
 
# What should we do?
 
DO="$1"
 
if [ -z "$DO" ]; then
 
        DO=$(basename $0)
 
fi
 
if [ -z "$DO" ]; then
 
        DO="internal"
 
fi
 
 
 
case "$DO" in
 
        toggle|thinkpad-fn-f7)
 
                echo wtf
 
                screen_toggle
 
                ;;
 
        internal)
 
                screen_internal
 
                ;;
 
        external)
 
                screen_external
 
                ;;
 
        mirror)
 
                screen_mirror
 
                ;;
 
        both)
 
                screen_both
 
                ;;
 
        status)
 
                echo $STATE
 
                ;;
 
        *)
 
                echo "usage: $0 <command>" >&2
 
                echo >&2
 
                echo "  commands:" >&2
 
                echo "          status" >&2
 
                echo "          internal" >&2
 
                echo "          external" >&2
 
                echo "          mirror" >&2
 
                echo "          both" >&2
 
                echo "          toggle" >&2
 
                echo >&2
 
                echo "  If no command is given default is internal" >&2
 
                ;;
 
esac
 
 
 
</code>
 
  
 
As root,
 
As root,

Revision as of 16:39, 12 November 2007

This setup will let you use fn-F7 key combination to toggle between internal, external, or both screens. Tested on ThinkPad X60s running Fedora 8.

Note: you will need to change the internal and external resolution until someone fixes this script to figure it out from xrandr, you may also need to change output names from "VGA" and "LVDS" to what your xrandr tells you.

Create /etc/acpi/events/thinkpad.conf:

  1. fn-F7

event=ibm/hotkey HKEY 00000080 00001007 action=/usr/local/sbin/thinkpad-fn-f7

Create /usr/local/sbin/thinkpad-fn-f7: ...

As root,

mkdir -p /var/lib/thinkpad echo "internal" > /var/lib/thinkpad/screen.state chmod 755 /usr/local/sbin/thinkpad-fn-f7 service acpid restart