david battaglia: > Hey guys, > > > After installing debian and really enjoying it, I noticed that for some > reason. My external monitor does not get detected at boot. In order to have > it detected I have after hit ctl + alt and f5-f8 keys in order for the > external monitor to get deteced. > > I have tried xrandr and the gui version but still it does not detect my > external monitor at boot. Not sure if anyone else has encounter this sort > of issue before but any help is appreciated. > > summary > -laptop connected to monitor via vga cable > -debian 8 > -gnome DE > -never had any kind of issue of before with my external monitor being > detected ubuntu, fedora, arch all detect it just fine.
I find this report confusing, because it seems like details anyone would need to be able to help are jumbled and missing. - The external monitor isn't detected "at boot" -- but Ctrl-Alt-F5 is mentioned, and that only works from X *after* Linux has booted already. - No mention of what kind of video card or driver is in use. Is the VGA connected to the laptop directly or through a docking station? (The behavior of the two are different.) What kind of laptop? - If it works with Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch -- which versions of those? If it works there, can you have a look at the Xorg and report how the external monitor got detected and what driver got used? -- Chris -- Chris Knadle chris.kna...@coredump.us _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org https://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College * May 4 - Front-End Web Cli Tools Jun 1 - Selinux Jul 13 - Mad Science Fair Vi @ Lourdes
