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Is there any way to force grub menu to show it’s content in external monitor (for selecting the os to boot on win or ubuntu), I use my laptop more like a desktop with a monitor connected to it because of broken laptop fan socket. Either HDMI or VGA would work. Here is a bad way to do this, for most, that may just be good for you.
The menu-specific commands have to be used before any others. The files mustbe in plain-text format. `#’at the beginning of a line in a configuration file means it is only a comment. Options are separated by spaces. All numbers can be either decimal or hexadecimal.
Why is the Grub mkconfig disabled by default?
The grub-mkconfig has a feature to use the external os-prober program to discover other operating systems installed on the same machine and generate appropriate menu entries for them. It is disabled by default since automatic and silent execution of os-prober, and creating boot entries based on that data, is a potential attack vector.
Which is the default image for Grub early initrd?
‘ GRUB_EARLY_INITRD_LINUX_CUSTOM ’ is for your custom created images. The default stock images are as follows, though they may be overridden by your distribution:
Why is my BIOS not working on my HDMI monitor?
What’s even stranger is when I connect a HDMI monitor with a HDMI connector, I get BIOS and Boot menu, but after Windows boots it switches to the DP/VGA monitor as main. I tried the above mentioned method but to no success.
How do I run grub as an administrator?
In Windows, go to the menu. Search for Command Prompt, right click on it to run it as administrator. This is strictly for Ubuntu. Other distributions might have some other folder name. You don’t need to enter a password or anything like that. The command should run just fine given that your account has admin rights.
Why is my BIOS not displaying with DisplayPort?
In Nvidia control panel, it actually showed up as two different monitors: one for displayport and one for HDMI. So I disabled the “monitor” using HDMI to force it to use displayport. Works fine in windows, but I can’t get into the bios unless I switch inputs to HDMI.
Why does Ubuntu not boot if my monitor is disconnected?
This sounds very similar to an issue I had with my monitor connected via HDMI to an NVIDIA GPU running 14.04. The GPU would not boot if the monitor was disconnected. If the monitor is connected, then everything boots fine. We ended up changing a setting that allowed for an empty configuration and it worked fine.
Why does Grub-Ubuntu forcing HDMI output when booting?
After rebooting with the server NOT selected as the A/V source, and running xrandr it appears that CRT is enabled, but not the HDMI Source: