[PLUG] Monitor Hardware Question

[Galen Seitz]

Rich Shepard wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Aug 2011, Wayne E. Van Loon Sr. wrote:
> 
>> I seems that my video card (evga GeForce GT 430) only provides output to
>> which ever output (DVI or VGA, have not tried HDMI yet) that it finds a
>> device (monitor) at boot-up. I think I had to restart my system when
>> switching between DVI and VGA cables.
> 
> Wayne,
> 
>    Interesting. I'm so used to not rebooting the idea doesn't occur to me.
> 
>    Getting all services running again on the server after a reboot is a bit
> of a PITA. I'll check if it's necessary to get the darn monitor to work
> properly.
> 

Ditto what Wayne said.  Perhaps this is no longer relevant given newer 
  video drivers, but I would also recommend a reboot.  I think your 
video card may need to see the DVI monitor when initializing after a 
reset.

http://lists.pdxlinux.org/pipermail/plug/2008-March/058576.html

I know I pushed you to DVI.  Sorry you're encountering difficulties.

galen
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