thinkpad x200 not external monitor not working

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tomlukeywood
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i have a x200 thinkpad that i tried to connect to a tv with a VGA cable
when i connected it the message telling me it wasn’t connected disappeared but all i got was a blank screen

its running libreboot but i was told on #libreboot that this was nothing to do with libreboot and external monitors work for other people using libreboot
so its probably something to do with the os i am running(trisquel 7)

dose anyone else on this forum have a x200 running libreboot
or anyone who knows what my problem could be?

404
404
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Joined: 04/09/2015

I have an x60 running libreboot.VGA port is working on Trisquel 7.
Did you bought it on the Gluglug website or did you flash it by your own?
You may give a try other distros and check if is Trisquel the problem.

tomlukeywood
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Joined: 12/05/2014

i flashed the x200 myself(well someone did it for me at libreplanet but you know what i mean)

do you know of any distros other than trisquel that boot with libreboot?
i could only get trisquel and parabola(no idea how to use it)
to work

mprodrigues
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Joined: 05/03/2014

Dragora works with libreboot, I have a x60 running Dragora, never tried vga on TV, but it worked with a video projector.

pizzaiolo
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Joined: 03/12/2015

Why only those two?

tomlukeywood
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http://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_boot_installer.html

i think its because libreboot's grub payload tries to parse
ISOLINUX boot-loaders(a bootloader lots of distros use the live usb/cd/dvd's) when booting from a usb or cd/dvd drive
and some times it may fail?...

you can almost certainly boot anything with a linux kernel
on libreboot but you have to it manualy

please correct me if i am wrong

pizzaiolo
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Joined: 03/12/2015

What if you flash libreboot from a distro like Ututo, would it work? Or does libreboot require Trisquel/Parabola to work?

tomlukeywood
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if your running any gnu/linux distro it will work for flashing

its just some are a bit harder to boot if your booting from a usb stick

if its already on the hard-drive you will have no problems

pizzaiolo
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Joined: 03/12/2015

Great! Thanks.