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Secondary Monitor Goes off upon logging in

I am using dell xps 14z laptop with Ubuntu 12.04, when booting up it detects the secondary monitor [Viewsonic] but upon entering the username/password , the secondary monitor goes blank . when I open ...
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12.10 Black screen on boot after unplugging external monitor

Here is my story: 1. I plugged an external VGA monitor to my laptor (Dell Vostro 3550) and configured dual display using System Settings/Displays. Everything worked well 2. I unplugged the external ...
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How to disable laptop's LCD and use external monitor as only output?

My laptop's LCD broke and I removed it. Now I permanently added a monitor via HDMI. How can I set up Ubuntu 12.10 to only use and show the external monitor and disable the LCD? Right now, I cannot ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 dual monitor “unknown monitor” problem

I have a problem with my monitors, one of them is detected as samsung electric company 19", and another is unknown and I cant set resolution for it higher then 1024x768.
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dual monitor setup with extended desktop

I am trying to setup a dual monitor settings in ubuntu which will extend the desktop over two monitors. That means single panel, single launcher over two monitors. Actually I was going to setup two ...
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Display and projector got messy after screensaver or energy saver

I'm a professor and I use Ubuntu to show my students presentations about the content. I get my laptop connected to a projector available in the room and, that works just fine at first glance. No keys ...
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dual monitors w/ different workspaces?

I have two monitors connected by vga, but both are showing the same workspace. I want to know how to fix this problem and get back to having separate workspaces on each monitor
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Not working Dual monitor on Radeon HD 5450

I use Radeon HD 5450. I need work with Dual monitor. One try (Not Working): The first monitor is in VGA onboard input. The second monitor on VGA Radeon 5450. Second try (Not Working): The first ...
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Ubuntu QUAD Monitor Display

I am a huge linux (Ubuntu) fan, but I had to switch back to Windows 7 for a little bit due to school....In that process I setup a 4 Monitor Setup on my desk...When I load Ubuntu, I can only get two of ...
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Do I need the ATI driver or open source for dual monitor setup (ATI HD 4350 - 1GB PCI-e) in Pear Linux 12.04?

I think I covered my question in the title. Right now both monitors are mirrored (both 19" at 1440x900). I guess what I need to know is do I need the ATI proprietary driver or will the open source ...
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Problems with secondary monitor in Ubuntu 12.04

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Asus EEE PC 1015bx. I am a true novice with regards to Ubuntu. I started running Ubuntu via usb stick but this seemed to stall often; I think that this ...
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Dual Monitors Won't Work

I am running version 12.04 LTS with the additional driver installed for my graphics card; HIS Radeon HD 5450 Silence 1GB DDR3 HDMI HDCP. I have an LG (don't know model) and a Dell (also no model) ...
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Changed my monitor cable, now monitor can't be detected (12.04) [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: changed a DVI cable, Ubuntu now can't recognize monitor The monitor works -- displays POST information, works fine in Windows 7 -- and worked perfectly in 12.04 ...
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changed a DVI cable, Ubuntu now can't recognize monitor

I upgraded my VGA-with-converters cable to a straight DVI-D cable yesterday, and now Ubuntu 12.04 can't find the monitor I upgraded the cable for. I've tried switching the cables around on the video ...
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New window, when starting maximized, goes to secondary monitor

I've been searching around but only found solutions for compiz and nvidia. i am using 12.04 with the default ATI drivers, the ones from ati website crashes for me on dual monitor setup. i have to ...
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Enabling a multi display desktop completely broke Gnome Shell. Help?

I've been trying to get my dual desktops working on Ubuntu for a while. I previously had them as one large desktop, but that was incredibly slow for some reason. I tried to switch them to multi ...
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Dual Monitor: Second Screen is Rotated. Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

I have a laptop connected to a second monitor using a vga port. No proprietary drivers used. When I go to System Preferences --> Monitor and I turn that on it doesn't look as it should, and it's ...
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Dual Monitor Maximize Problem

I have a laptop with an external monitor attached. However everything maximizes to the external monitor, no matter how or where I maximize the windows. I want to be able to have windows maximized in ...
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Disabling monitor reconfiguration when closing lid

I often need to move my laptop from one working place to another. When I do this, there are two events Ubuntu responds to by changing the monitor set up: Removing/attaching the VGA cable ...
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multiple monitors

The machine was originally connected with two monitors and worked perfectly fine. One of my colleagues used one monitor for his laptop without disconnecting either of these two monitors from the ...
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Turn off laptop display and have monitor

My laptop display has stopped working and is unfixable! Anyway, I got a full HD monitor and plugged that into the HDMI port of the laptop. I have changed the power settings so that I can close the ...
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How do I list connected displays using the command line?

Is there a command that will list displays connected to the computer? Specifically, I'm looking to find out how my external monitor is being detected by the system when connected by HDMI cable and ...
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Dual Monitor with high resolution

I got some trouble with my dual monitor setup. My monitors: Iiyama 22" 1680x1050 Samsung SyncMaster TA350 24" 1920x1080 My graphics card is an AMD Radeon 5750 and I installed the additional AMD driver ...
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Why can't I run dual monitors in widescreen mode at the same time? [closed]

I have a widescreen laptop, and a Viewsonic widescreen monitor. For some reason, I cannot have both of them running in widescreen mode at the same. In other words, if I have my Laptop in widescreen, ...
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How to only have one display?

I have a laptop that is hooked up to a monitor via a VGA cable. I'm trying to get the display set to the external monitor only (I don't want any display on the laptop screen). However, whenever I ...
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Can I make one monitor act like two, split in half

Context: Ubuntu 11.10, Unity Let's say I have a screen at resolution 1000x500. What I'd like to do is split the screen down the middle so [Unity or X or ?] acts as if there are two displays (each of ...
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Notebook: detect and use currently connected monitor [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Is there a way to autodetect when a display is disconnected? At first my configuration: I'm running Ubuntu 11.04, GeForce GTX460m. Problem: I connect my notebook to 2 ...
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Vertical lines on one of my dual monitors [closed]

I've been living with this problem for over two months now and have asked questions off and on about this as well but nothing helpful in resolving this issue. To give this a final try I've taken ...
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How do I open a new window in the same monitor?

I have 2 monitors and using Oneiric Ocelot Ubuntu. If I have opened firefox on my first monitor and want open new window, new window is always opened on the second monitor. How I can set using 1 ...
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How can I get both of my monitors working with Ubuntu?

I have two W2252TQ Flatron screens, both were working in windows 7 prior to installing Ubuntu 10.04. The active monitor is connected via DVI with the VGA one dark. If I disconnect the DVI one then the ...
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Cannot change monitor configuration without causing black screen

I have a laptop (Sony Vaio E series), with an external monitor attached to it. By default, it puts the two screens in mirror. I don't like mirror mode for various reasons and want to change it (turn ...
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Dual Screen Monitor not working after 11.04 upgrade

Launchpad bug #794975 I have a nVidia GeForce 8600 GT video card. I'm not using closed source drivers (so I'm using what ever the default ubuntu/linux drivers are). I have 2 monitors plugged in the ...
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Prevent external monitors from shutting off when laptop lid is closed? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How can I tell Ubuntu to do nothing when I close my laptop lid? I'm running my laptop essentially as a desktop, I have two external monitors hooked up, a bluetooth ...
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Multi screen external monitor unrecognized

I have the ATI graphics manager (Catalyst Control Center) configured for my external monitor, attached to my Toshiba laptop, and the external monitor is recognized by this utility. However, the ...
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How can I stop the panel from showing on an external projector/monitor?

In Ubuntu 10.10 (and possibly previous versions), when I connected my laptop to an external source (monitor/projector) and set it not to clone my desktop the display on the external source would not ...
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Monitor Calibration software

I was wondering if there is any software for monitor calibration available for ubuntu? Like the tools they have available for TVs, when you first buy them. I would especially appreciate answers with ...
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Notebook + external monitor = system crash [closed]

I would like to use an external monitor with my HP Probok, but when I connect the cable to my notebook, it's screen turns black and the external screen starts to flicker pink and green. I use 11.04. ...
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How do I turn off the laptop screen while using an external monitor?

When I close my laptop lid, all my screens are turned off (my laptop screen and my LG M237WA monitor). I'd like to know how do I make it turn off only the laptop screen and keep the monitor on (I ...
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notify-osd and dual monitors

I use Ubuntu 10.10 on a laptop, with an external monitor, which is used as the primary. Notify-osd alerts show on the connected monitor, as I want. However, some days ago I removed both gnome panels ...
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Monitor height differences & the mouse going off screen

In ubuntu 10.10 I have a dual monitor setup. I have an nVidia graphics card and am using twinview. One of the monitors is 1024 pixels high and the other is 900. In the monitor configuration screen ...
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Is it possible to use more than two monitors?

Is it possible to use more than two monitors in Ubuntu? If so, which graphics cards are known to work for example with three monitors in Ubuntu?
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Where can I find an automatic day-night color balance adjuster similar to f.lux/Redshift that works with multiple monitors?

I tried f.lux, and I like what it does (automatically adjust the color balance of your monitors depending on time of day), but it seems to work on only 1 of my monitors. Can I configure it to work on ...
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How to set resolution higher than maximum shown?

I just bought an external monitor for my laptop (Asus VH242H) but cannot set its resolution to anything higher than 1600x900. I tried both from System/Administration/Monitors and the ATI Catalyst ...