On Mon, Jan 07, 2013 at 10:47:26PM -0500, James E. LaBarre wrote: > I have a system that apparently has DVI support built into the > onboard video chipset (ATI ES1000), but there is no physical DVI > port on the machine. Problem is, the system then can't give the VGA > port a higher resolution until I disable DVI-0 with xrandr after it > loads the GUI. Would like a way to switch this port off as early as > possible so X will see the correct HW configuration and I don't have > to fiddle with it. There isn't anything in the BIOS to configure it, > just a screen that tells me what the built-in video is (with the > wrong ammt of video memory while it's at it).
This is the opposite but the same trick should work: http://old.nabble.com/How-to-disable-internal-LCD-in-a-static-configuration-on-a-DELL-Latitude-601-td28724336.html So in your case, perhaps: Section "Monitor" Identifier "HDMI1" Option "Disable" "yes" EndSection Or whatever your DVI port is called (xrandr will tell you) -m --
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