Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-08 Thread Alexander Samad
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 PM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:31:48 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 18:53:46 -0400 (EDT), Alex Samad wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > yep external keyboard - does

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-07 Thread Stephen Powell
On Wed, 7 Apr 2010 02:31:48 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Powell 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 lap

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Alexander Samad
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 11:55 AM, Stephen Powell 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

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Stephen Powell
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

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Alex Samad
On Tue, Apr 06, 2010 at 05:23:02PM -0400, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:41:53 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > >> > >> I'm not familiar with your laptop, but most laptops have a way to switch [snip] > > I'm talking ab

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 16:41:53 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: >> >> I'm not familiar with your laptop, but most laptops have a way to switch >> back and forth between the internal display and an external display via >> the internal keyboard.

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Alexander Samad
On Wed, Apr 7, 2010 at 1:03 AM, Stephen Powell wrote: > On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:17:53 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > > > > I have a hp mini, which has a 0:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel > > Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > > > > I would like

Re: how to control tty to external monitor or local lcd

2010-04-06 Thread Stephen Powell
On Tue, 6 Apr 2010 10:17:53 -0400 (EDT), Alexander Samad wrote: > > I have a hp mini, which has a 0:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel > Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 03) > > I would like to know how I can force ttyX to go to the external monitor and > t