ubuntu-users Digest, Vol 5, Issue 63

[Christoph Georgi]

If "both" is set, the boot stuff will appear on both monitors, the 
external and your LCD. In case of "Auto", as far as I experienced it, on 
booting the external monitor will be used, if connected. But please 
don't ask me, why it solves the problem of the "grabled screen" (at 
least in my case with an Acer...)

christoph

Kristian Hermansen wrote:
> On Sun, 2005-01-09 at 02:11 -0500, Christoph Georgi
> <christoph.georgi at web.de> wrote:
> 
>>Concerning your "grabled screen" problem: Try and change in your BIOS 
>>the Boot Screen to "Auto" (usually it's on "Both").
> 
> 
> I don't think I have any options like that in my very crappy HP laptop
> BIOS, but maybe I'm not understanding what "both" refers to.  Can you
> specify???  Is it both monitors?