Re: External monitor with Compaq Presario 1600
Welp, I recompiled a kernel without fb enabled, but when push comes to
shove, I can NOT swap physical displays after choosing an option (i.e.
one of the kernel image flavors) from the lilo menu. I am at a loss here.
I'm inclined to think that if it is possible in the lilo menu, this should
be possible without any special software, but then not being able to do if
while the machine is booting/after it has booted leaves me flabbergasted.
The reason why this functionality seems suddenly lost is completely
unclear to me.
Does anyone have suggestions on who to bother with this intriguing
problem?
Thanks.
Arjen
On Wed, 2 Jul 2003, Heather Stern wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 02, 2003 at 10:28:05PM +0200, Arjen Verweij wrote:
> > I was playing with this some more, and I discovered that I /can/ swap
> > physical displays in the lilo-menu screen before I choose a boot option,
> > but this functionality is lost after choosing Linux. I can also swap in
> > W2K, but not in the BIOS.
> >
> > It's really puzzling to me why I can swap in lilo but no in Linux.
> >
> > Can anyone help me out?
> > Regards,
> > Arjen
>
> Curious. Are you using a framebuffer feature in the linux kernel you
> select? (You can tell because if so, a cute little penguin is painted
> in the top left corner as the boot messages begin).
>
> LILO *usually* starts in text mode; perhaps it is unhappy about doing
> this in graphics mode. And under a framebuffer, everything, even text
> consoles, are really in a graphical mode.
>
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