Re: [gentoo-user] external monitor output during boot

[Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com>]

On 05/17/2011 11:51 PM, Mark Shields wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Almeida
> <val.gentoo@gmail.com <mailto:val.gentoo@gmail.com>> wrote:
> 
[snip]
>     >
>     >
>     >     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.
>     >
[snip]
> 
> Does it clone during the BIOS screen?

I checked the BIOS and there are the following options for boot display
device:

 ThinkPad LCD
 Analog (VGA)
 Digital on ThinkPad

The first is selected and I have not touched it; ever. It appears that
when the laptop boots with the external LCD connected, a signal is sent
to the external monitor since I see a resolution note and a bit of a
back light on the monitor. However none of the boot messages go to the
external monitor. They stay on the laptop lcd.

Thanks,

--
Valmor