From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1QMhAu-0003Ra-Oy for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 13:52:32 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 704821C00D; Wed, 18 May 2011 13:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com (out3.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.27]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BD851C00D for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 13:50:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute4.internal (compute4.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.44]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EFD4720679 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:51 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.160]) by compute4.internal (MEProxy); Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:51 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=subject:from:to:date:in-reply-to:references:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id:mime-version; s=smtpout; bh=Nf5oI3n1nNob0EMwHu83iMS3qoc=; b=Dgxz4kHh00OYMlZxXYmEXM/2M2HwhSznO7L/1HyPsOqBRqesTFnSvWxM7oNLnPzd5MV/XvL/1yusmxJCBDSVilhvMdEn39FM367lGicIsPkNS1Bx6sTKa7rIwhbAtN3WaeYziR5mnotY5ScFQQKfsdt2LSB7qSiN9ISDLXL5dTs= X-Sasl-enc: qfr8xBAJgxXUL+T047qhz+Atf3GfTHkq4P+7g0gBWZCr 1305726651 Received: from [192.168.0.130] (65.23.112.45.nw.nuvox.net [65.23.112.45]) by www.fastmail.fm (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 633C1400E92 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external monitor output during boot From: Albert Hopkins To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 09:50:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> References: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> Face: 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 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.0.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <1305726651.3259.2.camel@localhost.localdomain> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 051a33ffec1cb654fd182128ec280ad0 On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 22:48 -0400, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > Hello, > > What controls the screen output to an external monitor connected to a > laptop during boot or when just using a plain console without an X > server running? Before a recent update the output would just > automatically go to an external monitor when one is connected. Now it > does not; not sure it has anything to do with the openrc migration. > I think it largely depends on the particular hardware config. For my laptop it's a BIOS option. If you are using KMS however it seems to want to drive all outputs with a monitor attached.