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Date:      Wed, 15 Aug 2001 14:34:30 -0700 (PDT)
From:      David Wolfskill <david@catwhisker.org>
To:        david@catwhisker.org, parv_@yahoo.com
Cc:        mobile@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dell i5000e & apm
Message-ID:  <200108152134.f7FLYUH83406@bunrab.catwhisker.org>
In-Reply-To: <20010815173138.B7382@moo.holy.cow>

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>Date: Wed, 15 Aug 2001 17:31:38 -0400
>From: parv <parv_@yahoo.com>

>why would you use Fn+f8? is it used be some necessary trickery?

To reset the video.  That's the "CRT/LCD switch" function.

It's my recollection that upon re-awakening, I had needed to toggle that
switch.  Since I noticed that I did not need it, I thought that might be
worth mentioning.

Cheers,
david
-- 
David H. Wolfskill				david@catwhisker.org
As a computing professional, I believe it would be unethical for me to
advise, recommend, or support the use (save possibly for personal
amusement) of any product that is or depends on any Microsoft product.

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