On 05/18/2011 09:50 AM, Albert Hopkins wrote: > On Tue, 2011-05-17 at 22:48 -0400, 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 think it largely depends on the particular hardware config. For my > laptop it's a BIOS option. > > If you are using KMS however it seems to want to drive all outputs with > a monitor attached. > >
I neglected to mention that the external monitor is connected through a dock base. Actually I should test whether the external monitor works as before by connecting it directly on the vga port on the laptop... -- Valmor
