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hi Dogcat : Well I trust your judgement and so I am going to say you've fixed my problem , and I'll find out the next my system crashes which is usually every week or so. I don't get a screen that says " welcome" I get a screen that says Xenial and a blue puppy picture , is my recognition.

So ...

Hi Puppy Help guys :
A) Mike I have no idea where I got this version; the real answer would be a long ramble on my view of , well life basically, ah ha - i am 63 years old just starting to wander in my thoughts and time is going SO fast these days ..but mostly my view of life that so many things in ...

Ok I tried typing in the following :


xrandr --verbose --output "VGA-0" --primary

Console responded something like : crtc 1: 1024 by 768 75.08 +0 +0 vga-0

Is this what I was supposed to do, and will this now make the external monitor my default ? Thanks so much for your kind help!!! Kevin

Thanks well it says some thing like this when I type that in console :

VGA-0 connected primary with a bunch of display size numbers, then it says LVDS connected and a bunch more screen sized numbers.

I do not understand what you mean by quote :

Then substitute the VGA1 with your correct display ...

hi Puppy people; this is my first problem in years, I am not really a beginner but I am quite incompetent so thought posting here would be appropraite...

So after using an old old HP laptop for many years, the screen started to flash and roll yesterday...I ran to my closet found an old external ...