On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 15:47:09 -0400, Kevin J. Cummings <cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Keith Hunt wrote: > > Thanks. I am not at the moment concerned with running a dual-headed > > display. I only have one monitor right now. Someday I hope to have > > two, so I didn't want to take the second videocard out. The "problem" > > is that the card that is not connected to the monitor is being > > selected as the primary and all the conole messages are sent there, so > > I don't see the boot messages or the login prompt without switching > > the monitor cable. Once I login I can get X started on the card I > > want. It's just an annoyance. > > > > Both cards are PCI. Perhaps the location is the determining factor. > > That is what I have suspected but I would like to know for sure, as > > well as being curious about whether the selection is "tweakable" > > somewhere. > > If it is tweakable, it would be in your motherboard's CMOS Setup. You > will need to look there. Otherwise, it's almost certainly PCI slot > specific (specific to the order in which your motherboard's BIOS > searches for videocards in the PCI slots). The simple thing to do would > be to switch the locations of the video cards.... Yeah, that might do it. > > I have seen CMOS Setup selections for choosing AGP before PCI and vice > versa, but I don't remember seeing a selection for which PCI slot in any > of my motherboards. [That doesn't mean there weren't any, just that I > don't remember seeing them!] > My system works as you remember. I can select AGP or PCI, but not any specific PCI address. > Question, does the monitor show you the BIOS messages during bootup? > This would be a simple test to know if its the video card that the BIOS > sees first.... If so, then something in the Linux video initialization > must be different. *That* I don't know how to fix. No, I don't even see the BIOS messages. Oh well, I guess I will just switch the cards or take the second one out. Not a big deal. Thanks for your help. > > -- > Kevin J. Cummings > kjchome@xxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > cummings@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > -- Keith
