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At Sun, 20 May 2007 19:13:24 +0200 Gian Domeni Calgeer <gidoca@×××.ch> wrote: |
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> Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007 17:57 schrieb burlingk@×××××××××.mil: |
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>> If you mean to physically plug the device in when you are |
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>> starting X, that is not a satisfactory option by any means. :/ |
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> That is exactly what I mean. The problem seems to be that the BIOS sets the |
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> external monitor as the default output device if it is already plugged when |
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> the computer is switched on. Unlike my father's notebook, mine doesn't have |
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> an option in the BIOS setup to set the internal screen as the default output |
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> device. |
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Have you tried booting (with the device plugged in) into single user |
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mode, then trying to convince the system to use the built in screen as |
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the default device (fn-f7 on my machine), and finally exiting the |
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single user shell to go multiuser? (One could also hit fn-f7 while |
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the system has the grub screen displayed and then go straight to |
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multiuser.) |
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I need to use such tricks since my laptop is 1680x1050 while the |
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external monitor is 1600x1200. I find that having the (text) output |
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already directed to the external monitor (mine defaults to internal) |
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prior to xdm/gdm invocation is useful (necessary?) to get 1600x1200 |
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resolution. |
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allan |
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