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 1QMYbY-0001kf-UP for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 04:43:29 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BEA521C0B6; Wed, 18 May 2011 04:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-gw0-f53.google.com (mail-gw0-f53.google.com [74.125.83.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CEB91C0B6 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 04:42:06 +0000 (UTC) Received: by gwj20 with SMTP id 20so543272gwj.40 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 21:42:06 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=YvZ1s8lJ/MvTREnD2hSvR7hYvz9KiMD5HaL/J2jV41Q=; b=MK/4ZUGEGaw0tTn5Yo6+/sPBru1Pcz6s8TmHBhecO+BdRDGCCSgBM/pIHWMpYf5YCA JEAUSwAmHwhQYTRLeC6NnfAMR594CF4JhLMs2Kit2bcWyy7Up1drhbne9L4jbUFrvhtL MmUqp2Cj/bBxEsuvXLsG6WJl/kkjmAqIqPqko= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=e/TIh55LqdE5F+hI5MNjAQLmXqvtbseO85/MRwFjCiPxW/eNrk78vpDxYOdWVQuYHd gWXQDVasMjrWCRvka+aebf1Gl3zRHnooxeKQ+sF4L2namT/Dnsvvvs33EYE5Gm8GDDZm Tdvw+gEjyYBFnpXHXrlIJj+183VPk//HzXRY8= Received: by 10.236.157.132 with SMTP id o4mr1389283yhk.257.1305693725965; Tue, 17 May 2011 21:42:05 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.10.4] (c-68-32-248-84.hsd1.tn.comcast.net [68.32.248.84]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id 27sm550326yhl.25.2011.05.17.21.42.04 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Tue, 17 May 2011 21:42:04 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4DD35083.6030201@gmail.com> Date: Wed, 18 May 2011 00:52:19 -0400 From: Valmor de Almeida User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110516 Lightning/1.0b3pre Lanikai/3.1.10 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 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external monitor output during boot References: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> <4DD34375.2060509@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 39f894a08d6dc2f0004afbceb26a81d7 On 05/17/2011 11:51 PM, Mark Shields wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Almeida > > 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