No I tried that. However something else I discovered. I have hdmi and a D connections. When both are plugged in the HDMI and the D connected monitors display text untill the Elive_OS .......... Sequence shows on bothe screens then in goes off on the D connected one, never to return.
I then unplugged the HDMI and re-booted and did the same. It displayed the exactly the same up till Elive_OS...... and went blank.
Actually I have never used a D conector before with this system always HDMI. So tomorrow on my day off I will see if I can discover why it is not recognising the VGA display after the intial boot.
Thanks for all the tips received so far.