[Gllug] Monitor sensing with Debian

Benjamin Donnachie benjamin at py-soft.co.uk
Sat Nov 28 11:41:50 UTC 2009


2009/11/28 Chris Bell <chrisbell at 3966.ukfsn.org>:
>   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?

Just run without a GUI - you don't need it for a samba server and none
of GUI-less servers have a problem with connecting a monitor when you
need one.

Ben
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