Hi Franco. Yes, I can turn on the computer with the laptop lid closed and the vga conected to the screen, but I have the same problem.
Thank you for your answer. Really the laptop screen is too small and this is unconfortable. El mié, 9 oct 2024 2:07 p. m., Frantisek Rysanek via Freedos-user < freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net> escribió: > > Even I closed the laptop waiting it will recognize the external VGA. > > But nothing happened. > > > You have pretty much described the root of the problem. > The routing of video outputs is nowadays a function of the OS / > assisted by software running in the OS. Be it the Windows desktop > management, or the Linux X-server and some GUI configuration applet > on top. > > There is one thing I can suggest: > Cold-start the machine with VGA already attached. > The magic can happen during VGA option ROM initialization. > If the VGA option ROM notices the VGA port loaded (= signal sink > attached), chances are that it will enable the output. And, it can > either mirror the internal LVDS video port, or it can send output to > the VGA *only* - I would expect that to happen if the notebook gets > started with the lid closed, not sure if you can achieve that. > If you have a start button under the lid (on the keyboard or such), > how much time do you have between pressing the button and getting a > POST beep / VGA on? Perhaps you could make it by closing the lid > swiftly enough... > > Frank > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-user mailing list > Freedos-user@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-user >
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