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monitor black on turning on?

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FrankRamiro

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Hi guys can someone please tell me why when i turn on PC i have to have the Monitor on other wise the monitor stays black displays 680x400 resolution,i have to turn off and on in the push buttom, when i have the pc configured for 1920x1080 in linuxmint mater 14? any input i'd apreciate
 
FrankRamiro said:
I put those on the test editor and click search and nothiong shows

what should i see when i type those comnds? thanks for your patience
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Type those into the terminal. gedit is the text editor, so what those commands do is open the files using gedit, and you can then copy/paste them here. You could also browse to the locations, and click the files to open them in a text editor. If you wanted to actually change them, you have to open them with root privileges. I'm not sure how you'd do that in a gui with Mint, but with Xfce, I have a custom action that opens folders as root. To do it from the terminal, it would look like this...

Code: 
gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gksu opens gedit with root privileges, with xorg.conf ready to be edited. /etc/X11 is the file path. / is analogous to Windows C: drive, and etc is a subdirectory of that, with X11 being a subdirectory of etc.
 
lxskllr said:
Type those into the terminal. gedit is the text editor, so what those commands do is open the files using gedit, and you can then copy/paste them here. You could also browse to the locations, and click the files to open them in a text editor. If you wanted to actually change them, you have to open them with root privileges. I'm not sure how you'd do that in a gui with Mint, but with Xfce, I have a custom action that opens folders as root. To do it from the terminal, it would look like this...

Code: 
gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

gksu opens gedit with root privileges, with xorg.conf ready to be edited. /etc/X11 is the file path. / is analogous to Windows C: drive, and etc is a subdirectory of that, with X11 being a subdirectory of etc.
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Sorry but this stuff is too much for me,i only can deal with simple stuff.
i guess i will try to live with it and try to remember to turn on the monitor prior to the pc when i forget i simple restart it,sorry i can't understand all those commands.
 
FrankRamiro said:
Sorry but this stuff is too much for me,i only can deal with simple stuff.
i guess i will try to live with it and try to remember to turn on the monitor prior to the pc when i forget i simple restart it,sorry i can't understand all those commands.
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You might find this Ubuntu users guide useful. It's English, and for an older version of Ubuntu, but it'll be largely compatible with Mint Mate. It goes over the basics in a fairly easy to understand fashion. Things may not work exactly the same as what you're using, but it'll be close enough to get you started.

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
 
lxskllr said:
You might find this Ubuntu users guide useful. It's English, and for an older version of Ubuntu, but it'll be largely compatible with Mint Mate. It goes over the basics in a fairly easy to understand fashion. Things may not work exactly the same as what you're using, but it'll be close enough to get you started.

http://www.ubuntupocketguide.com/download_main.html
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Thank you for you help again you are very helpful and patient with me and i apreciate.
I got this reply from other forum text bellow,is this true?

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Well if you leave the monitor off during the boot up into windows or linux, the O/S will assume there is no display attached because it probe for EDID and didn't get a response. Newer monitors have EDID on the standby voltage to fix this issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...ification_data
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My display monitor is a Cob Hd 15" TV with VGA and HDMI
i guess there is no EDID for this cheap display,
 
FrankRamiro said:
Thank you for you help again you are very helpful and patient with me and i apreciate.
I got this reply from other forum text bellow,is this true?

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Well if you leave the monitor off during the boot up into windows or linux, the O/S will assume there is no display attached because it probe for EDID and didn't get a response. Newer monitors have EDID on the standby voltage to fix this issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...ification_data
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My display monitor is a Cob Hd 15" TV with VGA and HDMI
i guess there is no EDID for this cheap display,
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Hi it's me again i found this article, good info to reed about EDID


http://www.extron.com/company/article.aspx?id=uedid
 
FrankRamiro said:
Thank you for you help again you are very helpful and patient with me and i apreciate.
I got this reply from other forum text bellow,is this true?

--------------------------------------------------------------------
Well if you leave the monitor off during the boot up into windows or linux, the O/S will assume there is no display attached because it probe for EDID and didn't get a response. Newer monitors have EDID on the standby voltage to fix this issue.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extende...ification_data
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My display monitor is a Cob Hd 15" TV with VGA and HDMI
i guess there is no EDID for this cheap display,
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This makes sense. That's why I wanted to see your xorg.conf. I think you should be able to force a resolution by editing that. Honestly though, letting it go to standby is the most convenient, rather than turning it off. It uses a trivial amount of power on standby, and it's one less button to press when starting up.
 
lxskllr said:
This makes sense. That's why I wanted to see your xorg.conf. I think you should be able to force a resolution by editing that. Honestly though, letting it go to standby is the most convenient, rather than turning it off. It uses a trivial amount of power on standby, and it's one less button to press when starting up.
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Thanks lxskllr: i could not do that xorg thing and besides i don't want to change the resolution i want it to be max 1920x1080 this way i have the best hd pic and don't have to change anything,so if i have to turn on monitor display before pc that's fine i will no biggie.
 
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