From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1HqtUA-0007VC-MD for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Wed, 23 May 2007 16:14:51 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l4NGDIL6004748; Wed, 23 May 2007 16:13:18 GMT Received: from smtp.cs.nyu.edu (SMTP.CS.NYU.EDU [128.122.140.230]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l4NG8YaV031464 for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 16:08:35 GMT Received: from ajglap.localdomain (ool-4578d5e5.dyn.optonline.net [69.120.213.229]) (authenticated bits=0) by smtp.cs.nyu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id l4NG8WUW004959 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NOT) for ; Wed, 23 May 2007 12:08:33 -0400 (EDT) Received: by ajglap.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1502) id CA1E419DA4A; Wed, 23 May 2007 12:08:27 -0400 (EDT) To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [solved] Re: [gentoo-user] Xinerama on 945GM: "Set VBE mode failed" References: <200705201913.24483.gidoca@gmx.ch> From: Allan Gottlieb Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 12:08:27 -0400 In-Reply-To: <200705201913.24483.gidoca@gmx.ch> (Gian Domeni Calgeer's message of "Sun\, 20 May 2007 19\:13\:24 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (gnu/linux) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Archives-Salt: 325ae823-ea07-4d55-8db9-cfda5b73b082 X-Archives-Hash: 277e2a5bc273e5e65c5290fb047dfa39 At Sun, 20 May 2007 19:13:24 +0200 Gian Domeni Calgeer wrote: > Am Sonntag, 20. Mai 2007 17:57 schrieb burlingk@cv63.navy.mil: >> If you mean to physically plug the device in when you are >> starting X, that is not a satisfactory option by any means. :/ > > That is exactly what I mean. The problem seems to be that the BIOS sets the > external monitor as the default output device if it is already plugged when > the computer is switched on. Unlike my father's notebook, mine doesn't have > an option in the BIOS setup to set the internal screen as the default output > device. Have you tried booting (with the device plugged in) into single user mode, then trying to convince the system to use the built in screen as the default device (fn-f7 on my machine), and finally exiting the single user shell to go multiuser? (One could also hit fn-f7 while the system has the grub screen displayed and then go straight to multiuser.) I need to use such tricks since my laptop is 1680x1050 while the external monitor is 1600x1200. I find that having the (text) output already directed to the external monitor (mine defaults to internal) prior to xdm/gdm invocation is useful (necessary?) to get 1600x1200 resolution. allan -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list