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I have a motherboard with a simple 2D onboard graphics accelerator (I believe it sits on the PCIe bus). I have also installed a separate PCIe Nvida GeForce card which I would prefer to use exclusively. The onboard device only has a single VGA out - this is what GRUB defaults to using. I would like to not have to use the VGA interface at all. Is there a way to force GRUB to be displayed through the Nvidia adaptor?



This is particularly painful as I have to enter in the LUCKS HDD password over VGA rather than HDMI. Once booted Ubuntu will switch to the Nvidia adaptor.



Currently I am using two monitors - one connected to the VGA port, and one connected to the HDMI port on the Nvidia card. If I disconnect the VGA port, nothing changes, I just can't see the prompt for the LUKS password.










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    I have a motherboard with a simple 2D onboard graphics accelerator (I believe it sits on the PCIe bus). I have also installed a separate PCIe Nvida GeForce card which I would prefer to use exclusively. The onboard device only has a single VGA out - this is what GRUB defaults to using. I would like to not have to use the VGA interface at all. Is there a way to force GRUB to be displayed through the Nvidia adaptor?



    This is particularly painful as I have to enter in the LUCKS HDD password over VGA rather than HDMI. Once booted Ubuntu will switch to the Nvidia adaptor.



    Currently I am using two monitors - one connected to the VGA port, and one connected to the HDMI port on the Nvidia card. If I disconnect the VGA port, nothing changes, I just can't see the prompt for the LUKS password.










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      I have a motherboard with a simple 2D onboard graphics accelerator (I believe it sits on the PCIe bus). I have also installed a separate PCIe Nvida GeForce card which I would prefer to use exclusively. The onboard device only has a single VGA out - this is what GRUB defaults to using. I would like to not have to use the VGA interface at all. Is there a way to force GRUB to be displayed through the Nvidia adaptor?



      This is particularly painful as I have to enter in the LUCKS HDD password over VGA rather than HDMI. Once booted Ubuntu will switch to the Nvidia adaptor.



      Currently I am using two monitors - one connected to the VGA port, and one connected to the HDMI port on the Nvidia card. If I disconnect the VGA port, nothing changes, I just can't see the prompt for the LUKS password.










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      I have a motherboard with a simple 2D onboard graphics accelerator (I believe it sits on the PCIe bus). I have also installed a separate PCIe Nvida GeForce card which I would prefer to use exclusively. The onboard device only has a single VGA out - this is what GRUB defaults to using. I would like to not have to use the VGA interface at all. Is there a way to force GRUB to be displayed through the Nvidia adaptor?



      This is particularly painful as I have to enter in the LUCKS HDD password over VGA rather than HDMI. Once booted Ubuntu will switch to the Nvidia adaptor.



      Currently I am using two monitors - one connected to the VGA port, and one connected to the HDMI port on the Nvidia card. If I disconnect the VGA port, nothing changes, I just can't see the prompt for the LUKS password.







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