Don't search for monitors on boot

[Dotan Cohen]

On 27 April 2010 14:19, Chan Chung Hang Christopher
<christopher.chan at bradbury.edu.hk> wrote:
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I have an external monitor that I attach to my Kubuntu 9.10 laptop. It
>> must be connected when I boot, if I boot with it disconnected then
>> connect it there will be no VGA out. However, once the machine has
>> booted I can connect and disconnect the monitor with no problems.
>>
>> How can I save the configuration such that I will no longer have to
>> keep the monitor connected at boot? This is often very inconvenient.
>> Thanks.
>>
>
> That's kinda normal? Even on Windows, you have to tell it that you have
> connected a monitor. Maybe what is needed is to enable that switch
> between lcd, lcd + monitor, monitor function key?
>

I do not know what Windows does. I haven't used it in almost five years.

I will rephrase my question:
The state of my laptop when disconnected from the monitor is different
depending on if it was booted with the monitor present or not. If the
machine was booted with the monitor (which was then disconnected),
then connecting the monitor will result in a functional monitor. If
the machine was booted without the monitor, then connecting the
monitor will result in the monitor not showing video.

How can I cause the no-monitor-on-boot state to be the same as the
monitor-on-boot state?


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