I usually use nvidia-settings to do the switch/TwinView on my box with 
nVidia graphic card and it works. Not sure which graphic card are you 
with. Some other guys might know how to customized this key Fn+F5 switch 
through maybe xorg.conf.

-Alfred

Kostas Oikonomou wrote:
> I have been using OpenSolaris 2008.11 for a few months now, and I 
> suddenly discovered that the display switching (mode) key Fn+F5 
> doesn't work. It is supposed to allow you to use an external display 
> (e.g. a projector) in addition to, or in place of, the laptop's 
> screen. The rest of the Fn+Fx keys work fine, like the Fn+F9 
> mousepad/external mouse switch.
>
> I also found that if the laptop boots up with the external display 
> connected, it will use that, but still the Fn+F5 combination doesn't 
> work, so the laptop's screen is inactive.
>
> Is this a known problem, and is there any workaround?
>
> Kostas
>
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