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My old HP Pavilion is running 12.04. I want to be able to connect it to the Smart TV at home, it's from Philips, in case you wanna know.

Anyways, I use a VGA cable to connect it to the TV, then I go into Ubuntu System Settings. There I turn the TV ON and it displays a Ubuntu desktop on the TV.

However, I want it to show the same screen. I chose to have Mirror screens, it works, but after a few seconds (5-10), it goes back to the setting it was before, even if I execute it.

This is very annoying. Do anyone know what the problem can be? I've used different resolutions, but it doesn't help.

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Do you have another Ubuntu PC you could try? That would narrow down whether the problem is with Ubuntu or your HP Pavilion. – bntser Aug 26 '12 at 2:29
It's the same problem with my friends Asus laptop running Ubuntu.. – Dave Aug 26 '12 at 14:31

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