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   From: Phil Grimshaw    
   Subject: Re: TFT monitor DVI : no posting of starting when booting   
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   Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 17:13:02 +0000   
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   Gary wrote:   
      
   > Hello,   
   >    
   > I changed my old CRT monitor for a TFT one (Mirai). When I use the VGA   
   > connection, I can see all the starting sequence : post, lilo, launch of   
   > kubuntu. but if I use the DVI connection, the monitor doesn't receive   
   > any signal untill the desktop starts. In this case, I can't access bios   
   > or the boot-loader, I don't see if the OS start-up is ok or not...   
   >    
   > I use an ATI Radeon 7500 graphics board with free drivers. My   
   > motherboard is Liteon NA380.   
   >    
   > Do you know what could I do ? I already modified the /etc/X11/xorg.conf   
   > adding these lines :   
   >    
   > Option          "ConnectedMonitor"      "DFP"   
   > Option          "UseDisplayDevice"      "DFP"   
   >    
   > at the end of Section "Screen" but no way. But does it really comes from   
   > Xorg, or the graphics board, or the mother board ?   
   >    
   > Thanks for help   
      
   I can only offer my experience (but no fix I'm afraid). It's a feature of   
   the monitor and/or graphics card; I connect a PC to an LCD TV via DVI and   
   nothing displays ("Mode Not Supported") until the OS loads the drivers. So,   
   nothing to do with Linux (or any OS) I don't think.   
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