On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com>wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:53:46 -0400 (EDT), Alex Samad wrote: > > > > Okay a couple of things, I thing we are talking similiar and dissimiliar > > things. > > > > > > turn on laptop - not connected to ext monitor > > loads debian > > starts gdm > > login > > connect to external monitor > > use xrandr to move screen to ext monitor > > close lid on laptop > > use alt+ctrl+f1 to get to tty1 > > > > the ext monitor stays on the X screen and the laptop monitors goes to > > the tty - but the lid is closed, I want to move the tty to the ext > > monitor > > > > hope that clears it up... > > How can you use Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to virtual terminal number 1 if the > lid is closed? Are you using an external keyboard as well as an external > monitor? You never mentioned that. > yep external keyboard - does that make a difference ! > > I have an IBM ThinkPad 600. Here's what I do: > > (1) While the laptop is powered off, I connect the external monitor. > I do not connect an external keyboard. > > (2) I power on the external monitor, then I power on the laptop. > > (3) As soon as possible during the boot process, usually after "LILO" > has been written to the screen but before the timeout occurs to > boot the default kernel (which for me is a four-second window), > I use Fn+F7 on the internal keyboard to switch to the external monitor. > I don;t need to do that, my laptop autoamically picks the external monitor if the lid is closed - on boot up > > (4) By the time the kernel boots, the display is on the external > monitor for the text-mode portion of the boot. > > (5) When gdm starts, the graphical console also displays on the > external monitor. > > (6) When I use Ctrl+Alt+F1 on the *internal* keyboard, without > closing the lid, the display switches to virtual terminal 1 on > the external monitor. > > (7) When I use Alt+F7 to switch back to the graphical console, > the display stays on the external monitor. > yep this doesn't work on mine, plus I want to do it from software. I would like a xrandr for the console if such a thing exists > > I don't have your hardware, but I would assume that some function > is provided on your laptop to do what Fn+F7 does on mine. > > When I do things this way, the X server picks a decent vertical > refresh rate (about 75 Hz) for my CRT-based external monitor. > I leave the lid open and use the internal keyboard for everything. > The internal display is black from the moment I press Fn+F7 the > one and only time. I leave the lid open and I use the internal > keyboard for everything. Everything, text mode virtual terminals > and the graphical X server, stays on the external monitor. > > HTH > > -- > .''`. Stephen Powell <zlinux...@wowway.com> > : :' : > `. `'` > `- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/875011336.1550981270605358122.javamail.r...@md01.wow.synacor.com > >
