Questions about multiple monitors (Including projectors), how to set them up, troubleshooting the configuration, etc.
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Gnome-shell: after unplugging second monitor desktop is messed up
Ubuntu 12.04, Gnome-shell 3.4
Hello everybody,
when I unplug my secondary monitor from my notebook, desktop begins to look like this:
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As you can see, desktop is being "dived" into two ...
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Laptop with AMD GPU, howto set a definitive brightness
The hardware:
Sony SVE171A11M
Intel Core i3
AMD Radeon HD 7500M/7600M Series
1600x900 screen
The problem
I start the system, I set the screen brightness to 100%. When I restart, the brightness ...
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laptop screen won't show up
I just installed ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop, and for some reason I can't use the laptop screen WITHOUT an external monitor; it functions fine as the only monitor in windows 8, and it functions fine as ...
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How can I make my onboard HDMI to work with my GPU?
I want to use my TV as a second monitor through HDMI in the motherboard, while use my main monitor through my graphics card since my motherboard is the only one who allows it.
Ubuntu won't detect my ...
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Restore monitor settings (turn 2nd monitor back on)
I have a program which does not quite play nice: it's a fullscreen program, and when it starts, it turns off all monitors except the primary monitor.
Is there some way to for instance create a start ...
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Mouse error with multiple screen
12.04 here using ATI/AMD proprietary drivers.
When I move mouse from 2nd screen to main screen I get the mouse icon corrupted as shown in the image.
My graphic card is
*-display
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Desktop switcher, on one monitor only?
I have two screens, one I'd like one to be left alone when I switch desktops.
I have my IDE open on a vertical monitor and then my main monitor I have email, browser etc. all open in their open ...
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Switching monitors as in Windows 7
One thing I loved in Windows 7 was the ease of switching between single monitors/extending/mirroring them using Win+P. This shortcut produced the following:
Is there something similar in Ubuntu? ...
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Intel hd3000 with HDMI output causes USB mouse and keyboard conflicts?
I really don't know where to look for help with this problem, so I'm starting here.
I am running a clean install of 12.10, on Gigabyte z68a-dh3-b3 mobo, Core i5 2500K, integrated Intel HD 3000 (Sandy ...
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After reboot Lubuntu has forgotten screen settings. How to save them?
I use a second screen with my Lubuntu 12.10 64 bit. But after a reboot I've to reconfigure the settings. Lubuntu doesn't remember the settings. What do I've to do so that Lubuntu remembers my settings ...
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Fullscreen bug using dual monitors on top of each other (GNOME3)
OK, so I have this weird bug.
I have set up my monitors on top of each other
As you can see the screens aren't totally aligned which is the way I want it.
Now, here's the bug: I can't fullscreen ...
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add 2nd vga card, reboot and no display [closed]
When I add a VGA card for a 2nd monitor, then reboot, I get no display at all.
The original monitor works fine from the VGA on the motherboard. If booting with the VGA card added (NVidia) is ...
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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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xrandr three screens
I have 2 cards and three screens. I got them working before after a lot of difficulty. The solution was to add a setting to the boot config to increase memory allowed for display. Then, I had to do a ...
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Dual monitors on Ubuntu? [closed]
Simple things in Ubuntu often seem to require annoying, long google-hunts - however as a scientist, I love Ubuntu because complicated things are never harder than they need to be. I'm looking to ...
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1answer
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Unity cropping external monitor: how do I fix it? [duplicate]
I I have a dual-screen setup with my laptop (1366x768) and an external monitor connected through HDMI (primary 1920x1080).
I don't know if this is cause by different aspect ratios (16:10 on laptop, ...
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AMD Video Cards: Force full-screen game to one monitor?
I have a AMD Radeon 7850 and a dual-montior setup, configured in the AMD Catalyst Control Center (amdcccle). My monitors are configured to act as a single screen (3360x1050). However, when I launch a ...
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keyboard shortcut for multiple monitors
Is there a keyboard shortcut for switching focus from one monitor to the next in Unity?
Basically, if I am working on my web-browser on my right screen, how can I switch to my terminal on my left ...
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Alt + tab to switch between windows that are only in one screen
I am using GNOME-Classic and my window switcher is the Compiz Static Application Switcher. My problem is, when I press Alt+Tab, the switcher gives me the choice between windows of the whole workspace.
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Mac Pro with ATI RADEON 5770 - Ubuntu 12.04 x64 and 3 monitors
Does anyone know whether I'll be able to run 3 monitors on my Ati Radeon HD 5770 with latest version of Ubuntu.
I'm completely new to running Ubuntu as my operating system, but after today's disaster ...
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can not detect second monitor
I have a Packard-Bell laptop with Nvidia graphics card and it does not detect the second monitor automatically, and from some other posts it seems that i need to change some options but i cant do it ...
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XFCE Display Setup
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on another PC, and decided to install XFCE (by installing xubuntu-desktop)
Everything works great, except XFCE refuses to store my screen resolution and setup.
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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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12.04 Wrong TV when detected when plugging in HDMI
When I plug my little Bush (1080i) 22" TV into the HDMI port on my laptop (pretty sure it uses the Intel graphics chip not the NVIDIA GT 650M GDDR3 2GB GPU) it gets detected as Mars Tech 32" screen.
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Dual Montiors, One Stuck at 640x480
I have a dual monitor setup using the ViewSonic below as my primary and the Acer as my secondary. I'm assuming that the Acer does not send the EDID so it's not picking up on the correct native ...
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Toshiba nb 305. Extended monitor crash
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 on a tosh nb 305. All is stable until I attach my nec multisync LCD 195vxm+ and I have no end of troubles with running two displays. Mirror mode works fine but when this is ...
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Separate X screen - autohide left launcher on secundary screen?
I have two monitors configured (separate x-screen, xinerama) with nvidia x-server.
One is rotated by 90deg so its standing vertically.
How can I autohide the left launcher bar on the rotated screen ...
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possible to move windows between x-displays? Hopes lifted because bin/gimp can do this
For the longest time I have been convinced that it is not possible to move windows between X displays, and this question has been asked a few times only to be shot down as here: Cannot move monitors ...
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Third monitor doesnt detected in Lucid
I have trouble to madee my third display(15" DELL E151FPp, conected to nvidia via VGA cable(without driver instaled, an on motherboard graphic adapter)) work in addition to an ati pci-e card with two ...
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Native resolution not available in Displays (Unity)
I have an nVidia GeForce 9600 GT with dual DVI connections in a desktop computer.
Scenario 1:
DVI-1 is connected via DVI cable to a 22" Samsung panel. Ubuntu 12.04.2 64-bit is running successfully. ...
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How do I choose which display shows “full screen” modes?
I run Ubuntu 12.04 on an laptop.
I use the laptop screen and a projector plugged in via VGA.
When I run presentations in Libre Impress and click to "run show" (F5), it always shows in my laptop ...
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force dual screen in Ubuntu
I'm trying to control a Ubuntu 10.04 machine through a Windows 7 machine using Putty and Xming. Meaning, I'm sending the display from Linux to Windows through xservice.
The Ubuntu machine has only ...
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Projector on Display Port
Problem:
How can I get Ubuntu to send the screen image to my projector on the Display Port of my notebook?
Symptoms:
Nothing happens when I plug in the DP cable (projector is on) or use the ...
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Systray duplicated using TwinView
I'm using TwinView to use me TV as a second screen (watch movies and so). The thing is than using it makes the systray appear twice in the right corner above. Is there a way to fix it?
I have a ...
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How to reset monitor settings to default through terminal?
I have a tricky problem regarding multiple monitors on KDE (Kubuntu). I have a laptop which, at home, is connected to two monitors - VGA and HDMI. That works only when the built-in laptop display is ...
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My Laptop is not dectecting my External Monitor through the HDMI
Part I - The Problem:
My Dell laptop is not detecting my Samsung external monitor through the HDMI cable on Ubuntu 12.04. The same computer with the same monitor is working perfectly under my Windows ...
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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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How do I make a game play in a single monitor?
Recently downloaded Multiwinia and Darwinia, some old favourites, from a buy of the Humble Introversion Bundle. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04, and when I try to launch either game, it always stretches ...
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nvidia GeForce 210 2 monitors switchable, not the same desktop
I want to have zwo separate Monitors, my computer-monitor to work and my HD-TV for watching movies. I work with the normal nvidia driver from the ubuntu repositories with Ubuntu 12.04. Now I only have ...
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Mix AMD and Nvidia cards in X?
Is there a way to use 2 monitors on an Nvidia card and an extra monitor on an AMD card?
Acceleration would be fine, but fbdev would also suffice.
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nVidea 2nd Graphics card not detected
I have installed two video cards on my new desktop in which I installed Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS 32 bit, each of the cards has both DVI and VGA. On the first video card I have 2 screens, which worked out of ...
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Problem extending laptop's Monitor
I am using MSI VR440 laptop http://www.msi.com/product/nb/VR440.html#?div=Specification . The laptop uses SIS Graphics card and has the resolution of 1280x800.
When I connect a desktop LCD monitor ...
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Dual monitor alignment on Ubuntu 12.04
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a laptop on a docking station with dual monitors (both of them external) set up as shown below (where monitor 1 is primary, and where monitor 2 has been rotated 90 ...
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When using one monitor on top of another with different width, how to center the top one?
I'm trying to center the top monitor which is smaller then the bottom monitor. Normally it wouldn't be a great issue but since I am splitting those into "virtual" screens using nvidia options in ...
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Dual monitor with ATI Radeon HD 3870
I have got 12.04 on my Desktop machine. I have also two dell monitors 24" and 22". My graphics card is "04:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc R680 [Radeon HD 3870 x2]". I have ...
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Laptop display is not detected
I have a laptop with hybrid video system - Intel+AMD 7700HD and an external monitor connected by HDMI. My laptop display is not detected until I unplug and plug in back HDMI cable, the same issue on ...
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Dual Monitors constant changing of resolutions
I've been having a strange issue with Ubuntu 12.10 and dual monitors. When I boot up for the first 30 minutes of use the display settings change, for example sometimes my laptop monitor will change to ...
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Did my updates in 12.10 break my display driver (nvidia) [duplicate]
I was so stoked, it's been my best linux experience to date. Everything was running grandly, til I let the updates do there thing, post reboot only one display worked which was labeled as laptop and ...
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Getting DVI to work through Lenovo USB Port Replicator in 12.10: Instability and getting it to use xorg.conf file
Setup:
Computer is a Lenovo Thinkpad SL500 using the USB Port Replicator running LiveCD for Ubuntu 12.10.
Computer has USB attachment to port replicator. Port replicator has DVI to HDMI convertor ...
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dual screen resolotion not working
I have a wide 1920*1080 screen and 1680*1050 screen.
by them self, they work properly.
but with dual screen only the wide screen work's properly and the other cut's the edges.
it seems no ...
