[Gllug] Monitor sensing with Debian

[Tethys]

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Chris Bell writes:

>   A server running Samba is expected to run in an otherwise all Microsoft
>environment, often without a monitor but I occasionally need to connect to a
>monitor. The monitor type is usually detected during booting, but it is not
>always possible to reboot completely to re-detect the monitor. I assume that
>there must be another way?

Run it headless all the time? Why would you need to connect a monitor?
But that aside, the monitor type is largely irrelevant. Just set the
display type to be "generic 1024x768 monitor" or somesuch in your X
config, and it should all be fine.

Tet
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