I use Debian 13 on my shitty junk desktop computer.
Problem is, it has VGA and DisplayPort, and my monitor only has a DisplayPort input, and all of the bootup shit defaults to the VGA. No way to change it in the BIOS as far as I can tell.
I installed my favourite GRUB theme, such a great tool to manage my depression (it was a great way to start the day on my work laptop back when I had work), but I never actually get to see GRUB menu on this system. 🙁
On my EIZO monitor with DP connected I have no issues seeing all of the boot process (Gentoo and Debian 13). I just have to ensure I power up the monitor 1 second before starting the computer. This monitor has great colors for it’s age, only 60Hz, though.
At work I noticed the newer Dell monitors seem to boot for 2 to 5 seconds, but the BIOS on both work machines is slow enough to don’t bother counting down 5 seconds until I boot them.
Generally, I find it a bit annoying and great that everything “monitors” is so dynamically detected. This is why I always power on the monitors first and I can live/work in peace.
I use Debian 13 on my shitty junk desktop computer.
Problem is, it has VGA and DisplayPort, and my monitor only has a DisplayPort input, and all of the bootup shit defaults to the VGA. No way to change it in the BIOS as far as I can tell.
I installed my favourite GRUB theme, such a great tool to manage my depression (it was a great way to start the day on my work laptop back when I had work), but I never actually get to see GRUB menu on this system. 🙁
On my EIZO monitor with DP connected I have no issues seeing all of the boot process (Gentoo and Debian 13). I just have to ensure I power up the monitor 1 second before starting the computer. This monitor has great colors for it’s age, only 60Hz, though.
At work I noticed the newer Dell monitors seem to boot for 2 to 5 seconds, but the BIOS on both work machines is slow enough to don’t bother counting down 5 seconds until I boot them.
Generally, I find it a bit annoying and great that everything “monitors” is so dynamically detected. This is why I always power on the monitors first and I can live/work in peace.