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 1QMXpd-00062Y-KK for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:53:57 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 34C171C211; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:51:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f53.google.com (mail-ww0-f53.google.com [74.125.82.53]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE7CB1C211 for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:51:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1171357wwj.10 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:51:53 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=FzXioViCbFqfLBtH1dHKzwGfQvgw/hyaejgmQfL9qzI=; b=NNHSRULtAcAsoHBMXi//eZTqcpcdwg1ACBSKsfWtN4+2bruFAvtSBtV43feE6qS4vC MpTCk5f+3JiEShvkAqxi51RK3P8yP7K5shZSasqjX145IqYrngdFvgmX50S3vJ5SiJ/E iJXsNLax3jYNaawgOQtlf80c2FHmJ87C4f6nY= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; b=gJsjdv+7SfQoEGVFN+Lm+VFSUdZAJvO+9BfZ9BimLaWskMbbX6f1PCaZRh4XqhIzkN zlC0/Su3Rk7bJHx7ZDDjc/M0Ve2M1Z59FUEAGh0WMVhIoZ3w66HDqPK8pQn7OGzYz7Dw 33iuepnbD85O66EbGNHNlh4+LnBNVGr6Z/vzY= Received: by 10.227.7.146 with SMTP id d18mr1376404wbd.96.1305690713101; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:51:53 -0700 (PDT) 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 Received: by 10.227.20.140 with HTTP; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:51:33 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DD34375.2060509@gmail.com> References: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> <4DD34375.2060509@gmail.com> From: Mark Shields Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:51:33 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external monitor output during boot To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0022158df33724165304a384cf5e X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 04ee0b60a08b297167d7e8b597008b68 --0022158df33724165304a384cf5e Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Almeida wrote: > On 05/17/2011 11:20 PM, Mark Shields wrote: > > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, 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 do get output onto the external monitor after startx runs; also the > X > > server/clients work fine. > > > > Thanks for inputs. > > > > -- > > Valmor > > > > PS: fn+F8 for switching displays does not work either; but it never > did > > before. > > > > > > What's the make/model of your laptop? > > Lenovo X201. > > > > > Does the F8 key you mention have a monitor/screen icon on it? > > Sorry. It is the fn-F7 key that has the monitor/screen icon on it; it > does not work either. > > > > > The hardware key to switch monitors is independent of software on most > > (all?) laptops. Also, most laptops will output on both (clone) by > default. > > This was the previous behavior; but not now. > > Thanks, > > -- > Valmor > > > Does it clone during the BIOS screen? --0022158df33724165304a384cf5e Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Alme= ida <val.gento= o@gmail.com> wrote:
On 05/17/2011 11:20 PM, Mark Shields wrote:
> On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Valmor de Almeida <val.gentoo@gmail.com
> <mailto:val.gentoo@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
>
> =A0 =A0 Hello,
>
> =A0 =A0 What controls the screen output to an external monitor connect= ed to a
> =A0 =A0 laptop during boot or when just using a plain console without = an X
> =A0 =A0 server running? Before a recent update the output would just > =A0 =A0 automatically go to an external monitor when one is connected.= Now it
> =A0 =A0 does not; not sure it has anything to do with the openrc migra= tion.
>
> =A0 =A0 I do get output onto the external monitor after startx runs; a= lso the X
> =A0 =A0 server/clients work fine.
>
> =A0 =A0 Thanks for inputs.
>
> =A0 =A0 --
> =A0 =A0 Valmor
>
> =A0 =A0 PS: fn+F8 for switching displays does not work either; but it = never did
> =A0 =A0 before.
>
>
> What's the make/model of your laptop?

Lenovo X201.

>
> Does the F8 key you mention have a monitor/screen icon on it?

Sorry. It is the fn-F7 key that has the monitor/screen icon on it; it=
does not work either.

>
> The hardware key to switch monitors is independent of software on most=
> (all?) laptops. =A0Also, most laptops will output on both (clone) by d= efault.

This was the previous behavior; but not now.

Thanks,

--
Valmor


Does it clone during the BIOS screen? --0022158df33724165304a384cf5e--