radeontool
utility to get/set registers and to control backlight on radeon based laptops
Synopsis
radeontool
[option] [command]
add an example, a script, a trick and tips
examples
source
./radeontool regset FP_GEN_CNTL 0x0023058d
description
This manual
page documents briefly the radeontool command.
This manual
page was written for the Debian distribution because
the original program does not have a manual page.
radeontool
is a program that switches on/off backlight and external
output on ATI Radeon based laptops, and is able to list or
set register values.
options
These programs
follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options
starting with two dashes (’-’). A summary
of options is included below.
--debug
Show a little debug info
--skip=n
Skips the first n cards and acts on the n+1
commands
You can specify one of the following commands:
dac [on|off]
Power down the external video output
light [on|off]
Power down the backlight
stretch [on|off|vert|horiz|auto|manual]
Adjusts stretching for resolution mismatch
regs
Show a listing of some random registers
regmatch [pattern]
Show registers matching wildcard pattern
regset [pattern] [value]
Set registers matching wildcard pattern
author
This manual
page was written by Luigi Gangitano luigi[:at:]debian[:dot:]org for the
Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission
is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2
any later version published by the Free Software
Foundation.
On Debian
systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License
can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.