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 1QMXL2-0003Wh-A2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:22:20 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 6426D1C06D; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:20:43 +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 F3D171C06D for ; Wed, 18 May 2011 03:20:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj40 with SMTP id 40so1159142wwj.10 for ; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:20:42 -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=LFoRWXNMOJNkgBVz7/paugUZa6iOQE4laLWe4wjK/sg=; b=a/KUMixIp/eRLtVAkkVG7SLDuRiNfeTToTH6UVV+00q8yds9vwA3svgB7vsF92l7ga V5ct0XbIJOBLcReGf5xoP1tNp7+zqR8p7ZdXNHUHj+K/7T51CPDigvApMhmCwFmYG7qg vYzcrR8EDzDAKcF/pSLhe54eO3t3jHFqn+7l4= 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=WhVPUaGTmVGKCSNiyjM2OBAb07SUAWYCUcH0TfpAO7FqdeeUOhTUFHMmr2ItrOy35F v0Q7n/xO//PEdaLqPQ1Woe+UHGbEWTAYYWOgcI1m4xNgu7nhaJZJIUbo76BDnvuwZjUk bZupfOzGhTFpDSHNFU1u+BRQ96nyaGvq3+kMM= Received: by 10.227.43.9 with SMTP id u9mr1326392wbe.74.1305688842089; Tue, 17 May 2011 20:20:42 -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 20:20:22 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> References: <4DD33380.80003@gmail.com> From: Mark Shields Date: Tue, 17 May 2011 22:20:22 -0500 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] external monitor output during boot To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=00221572690a9eb46e04a3845f9c X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: ebdede7cf263a837d7d295f2154864ea --00221572690a9eb46e04a3845f9c Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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? Does the F8 key you mention have a monitor/screen icon on it? The hardware key to switch monitors is independent of software on most (all?) laptops. Also, most laptops will output on both (clone) by default. --00221572690a9eb46e04a3845f9c Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Valmor de Almei= da <val.gentoo= @gmail.com> 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?
=

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

The hardware key to switch monitors is inde= pendent of software on most (all?) laptops. =A0Also, most laptops will outp= ut on both (clone) by default.
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