On Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:46:41 -0500 (EST), Odd wrote: > > Partially success. I booted the Debian Live CD, and could > see everything, until the text mode booting was over, and > Debian logo came up. Then it changed back to the laptop > screen, and remained there. Fn+F4 did not work anymore. > > I assume there's an option for changing output under > preferences, but the damage makes it impossible to see. > > I suppose there's a way to change the display output from > Bash. Anybody know how? My googling has come up short.
If you switch to text console 1 via Ctrl+Alt+F1, do you get your display back on the external monitor? (Possibly after using Fn+F4 again.) If so, the problem is probably specific to the X server configuration. With a live CD, there probably isn't an X server configuration, per se, it's relying on all default settings. But there's hope that an actual *install* of Debian will work. Use the non-graphical installer to get Debian installed, then see if you can get X working by monkeying around with the X configuration. Examining /var/log/Xorg.0.log may provide some clues. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
