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