On 05/17/2011 11:51 PM, Mark Shields wrote: > On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 10:56 PM, Valmor de Almeida > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> 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
