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External monitor with TCL on Asus netbook?

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Mike7:
Oh, I see. Unfortunately, I don't get a grub boot prompt when I boot Core. It just boots up without it. And there's nothing in the BIOS setup for monitors. Is there some way to force a grub boot prompt?

What about a terminal command that will look at the external monitor port?

Misalf:
You should be able to set a countdown / timeout for your boot loader so it waits a few seconds until it loads linux.

Sys/Extlinux
--- Code: ---TIMEOUT 20

--- End code ---
GRUB2
--- Code: ---set timeout=15

--- End code ---
Grub4DOS
--- Code: ---timeout 5

--- End code ---

Mike7:
Hi, Misalf.

Thanks for the boot codes. I'll give them a try.

M.

Mike7:
Hi, all.

I did a replacement test with a borrowed external flat-screen monitor. This 2nd external monitor works with Core, proving that there is VGA at the computer port when the netbook monitor function key is set to LCD + CRT or CRT only.

So, since there is VGA output, I can't imagine why the CRT external monitor wouldn't work with Core. It's some sort of compatibility issue that I don't understand.

I'll give lxrandr.tcz atry, as Onyarian suggested, but I have a feeling that there won't be a solution to this problem, and that the CRT monitor is just too old to work with Core on my computer.

Cheers.

Mike

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