From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Johannes Erdfelt Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:48:42 +0000 Subject: Re: [Linux-ia64] Disable VGA on motherboard ? Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Jun 15, 2000, Hiram Clawson, 831-427-7519 wrote: > > Has anyone successfully turned off the motherboard > VGA graphics system and used a plug in video board ? > I have set the BIOS setup option to "Absent" for > on-board VGA, but it continues to be used. > This is a server version of the SDV. We've done this with the Lion without any problems. We didn't need to configure anything in the BIOS either. I do think you need to place the video card in a specific set of slots. I'll check on that. JE