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On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com>wrote: |
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> On 05/17/2011 11:20 PM, Mark Shields wrote: |
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> > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@×××××.com |
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> > <mailto:val.gentoo@×××××.com>> wrote: |
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> > Hello, |
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> > What controls the screen output to an external monitor connected to a |
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> > laptop during boot or when just using a plain console without an X |
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> > server running? Before a recent update the output would just |
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> > automatically go to an external monitor when one is connected. Now it |
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> > does not; not sure it has anything to do with the openrc migration. |
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> > I do get output onto the external monitor after startx runs; also the |
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> X |
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> > server/clients work fine. |
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> > Thanks for inputs. |
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> > -- |
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> > Valmor |
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> > PS: fn+F8 for switching displays does not work either; but it never |
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> did |
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> > before. |
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> > What's the make/model of your laptop? |
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> Lenovo X201. |
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> > Does the F8 key you mention have a monitor/screen icon on it? |
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> Sorry. It is the fn-F7 key that has the monitor/screen icon on it; it |
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> does not work either. |
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> > The hardware key to switch monitors is independent of software on most |
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> > (all?) laptops. Also, most laptops will output on both (clone) by |
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> default. |
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> This was the previous behavior; but not now. |
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> Thanks, |
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> -- |
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> Valmor |
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> Does it clone during the BIOS screen? |
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