Questions tagged [multi-monitor]
Encompasses the configuration, usage, and control of additional displays / monitors / screens. Often termed dual-monitor or dual-head (for two monitors), and often in involving external displays. Connection methods include VGA, DVI, HDMI, and DisplayPort. For single displays, use "monitors" instead. For directing a program's graphical output, you may also want the "display" tag.
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Cannot Connect Second Monitor via Docking Station Linux Mint
I have two monitors connected to my laptop via a J5 Create docking station. Both monitors connect fine in Windows 11, but in Linux Mint only one of the monitors will switch on. There aren't specific ...
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Monitor continuous blanking issue on Ubuntu 20.04
I have a workstation at work that was given to me for a project and it's on my desk with my work's laptop. Not liking the idea of having 2 mice and 2 keyboards on my desk and all, I decided to buy a ...
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Session resets after rearranging the monitors on Fedora
I have an external monitor on my laptop, but it's placed wrong on the right instead of on the left from of my laptop display. When I go to displays configuration on my Fedora 42, I can rearrange it. ...
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External Monitor Not Working via DisplayLink (JUA365) on Fedora 42
I’m running Fedora 42 installed on an external NVMe (2TB) drive connected to my MacBook Pro (Early 2015). My system setup is as follows: CPU: Intel i7 (Broadwell, MacBook Pro) Graphics: Intel Iris ...
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Cannot set full native resolution of external monitor
I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 12 with the following specs: $ inxi -Fzxx System: Kernel: 6.14.9-300.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1....
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ThinkPad Universal USB-C Dock: Somehow recognized, but monitors, ethernet and fwupd don't work with T570
I have a "ThinkPad Universal USB-C Dock" (Link to German Lenovo page) that works reasonably well with a DELL 5560: Monitors via Displayport, Ethernet, USB, fwupd all work. The DELL is ...
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How to achieve the following dual-monitor configuration using xrandr?
I have two displays: a large 4K one, and a smaller 1080p one (oriented as shown in the image). They are connected to Display port and HDMI on the rear IO of my Ryzen 5700G desktop (integrated graphics;...
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What do I need to make my Debian see my external monitor?
I am trying to make my Debian Linux (KDE Plasma desktop environment, Wayland, stable channel) see my external monitor. My /etc/apt/sources.list : #deb cdrom:[Debian GNU/Linux 12.6.0 _Bookworm_ - ...
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