I'd like to disable my laptop monitor at startup (when an external monitor is connected), but make it available in X.By default, my boot looks like :* Grub2 displays only on my external monitor (at maximum resolution)* Kernel displays only on my external monitor (maximum resolution)* udev (I think) is started and turns on my laptop screen.
Hello!
So I have yet another dual monitor setup question.
I am using ubuntu 12.10, with gnome classic (not unity)
I have a laptop with my LCD screen (duh), and an external monitor that is connected most of the time, but not always, and sometimes I have to disconnect it while working to use it for other things.
Problem is: When the external monitor is connected, I use that as my main display, a
Hi,
Apologies if this is somehow covered elsewhere. I've done a good bit of searching to no avail.
I'm running 2 monitors from a fresh install of F17 on my Dell Latitude D410.
Monitor 1: the laptop's LCD screen - detected, all fine and dandy.
Monitor 2: an external flatscreen monitor.
hi. i've just installed fedora 18 (default options) on an acer aspire 5735 laptop. i use an external monitor with this laptop so the sequence of events when turning it on are as follows :
open laptop
press power button
close laptop
as the laptop boots i see the grub menu and the luks password prompt on the external monitor.
I'm having some problems with a multi monitor setup in Ubuntu:
The launcher will appear on the laptop monitor if the external monitor isn't plugged in on startup. If the external monitor is plugged in on startup it will appear on that monitor.
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop. The problem I am having is that when I close the lid on the laptop it also shuts off the video signal to my external monitor. I do not want this to happen. I have no reason to have the built in laptop monitor running while I am plugged into an external monitor.
I installed ubuntu 12.04 on my old laptop with SiS671 video card and its working fine with 1280x800 screen resolution.
I have been trying to connect my laptop to an external monitor (different resolutions). My idea was to setup the external monitor as a clone of the laptop screen.
In Ubuntu Quantal's display settings I can detect both displays but I can only setup as an expanded dual monitor.
The mirror option is visible but disabled.
Is there a way to "enable" mirror mode?
Hi,
anyone seen this problem, which I have been suffering with for a couple of weeks.
Basically I am running 12.04 in virtualbox on my HP laptop.
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