Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread James Cameron
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 10:13:44PM -0400, Adam Holt wrote: > - Fun Curiosity: you can reliably pull the power cable out of the > LCD screen (or power cycle the LCD monitor with its own ON/OFF > button) and VGA video *will* quite survive amazingly, promptly > re-appearing on screen, anytime later wh

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 8:16 PM, George Hunt wrote: > I do most of my testing of real hardware, and came across the VGA problem > also, I've migrated to using the hdmi input to my monitor, and dongles > that translate to hdmi. And I'm able to swap the monitor cable > indiscriminately > Cool to

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread George Hunt
I do most of my testing of real hardware, and came across the VGA problem also, I've migrated to using the hdmi input to my monitor, and dongles that translate to hdmi. And I'm able to swap the monitor cable indiscriminately. On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Adam Holt wrote: > On Mon, Aug 29,

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:50 PM, James Cameron wrote: > Only tested one monitor? Try another; the EDID communication path > over VGA could have problems, or the data in monitor Flash unusual. > I tried a different brand of LCD monitor, and the problem remains: Fedora 22 NUC allows re-attaching

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread James Cameron
Only tested one monitor? Try another; the EDID communication path over VGA could have problems, or the data in monitor Flash unusual. Also check age of monitor. Mix not old and new wineskins. -- James Cameron http://quozl.netrek.org/ ___ Server-devel

Re: [Server-devel] [XSCE] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread Adam Holt
On Mon, Aug 29, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Alex Perez wrote: > > > On Aug 29, 2016, at 2:16 PM, Adam Holt wrote: > > > > Might anyone know why the VGA (or Mini DisplayPort) cable can never be > unplugged from CentOS 7.2 (even for a second, forcing you to somehow > reboot[*] if you want to restore video) b

[Server-devel] CentOS 7 quirk: VGA cable not re-attachable

2016-08-29 Thread Adam Holt
Might anyone know why the VGA (or Mini DisplayPort) cable can never be unplugged from CentOS 7.2 (even for a second, forcing you to somehow reboot[*] if you want to restore video) but yet this ain't a problem on Fedora 22 and similar -- as I've demonstrated with several units of the same very NUC6i