Questions tagged [multiple-monitors]
Questions about multiple monitors (Including projectors), how to configure,customize, and troubleshoot, etc.
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Ubuntu 18.04 dual monitor doesn't work
I used to run 17.10 and things were working perfectly. when i upgraded the second monitor stopped working. It works just fine in windows but I don't want to use windows. I have a AMD RX 480 as my ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 HDMI not working
I just upgraded from one LTS to another, (only format /boot partition). HDMI connection hangs on a black screen and blinking pointer, TV starts auto search for source input.
I'm running on Intel ...
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help with dual monitor configuration (Ubuntu 16.04)
in system settings -> monitor I only have 1 monitor shown (build-in).
I have 2 external monitors connected, this is my current monitors.xml:
<monitors version="1">
<configuration>
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Xubuntu 18.04 and DPI setting always resetting to 96 DPI
I have a problem that every time I lock screen and log back in in Xubuntu it changes DPI setting back to 96 as reported by xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution. I have two monitors set up as one screen. I ...
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How to scale second monitor resolution using xrandr
I have a 3840x2160 laptop that I wish to connect to a 3440x1440 monitor, but the scaling on one of them will either be too small or too big using the Ubuntu (Ubuntu 18.04 LTS) screen display settings.
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Ubuntu 18.04 Dual Monitor Gnome Crashes
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my Dell Inspiron 13 ( Tried an upgrade from 16.04, didn't succeed, then reinstalled without data loss )
Here is what happens -
Switch on / Login to Gnome ( x11 ) with an ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 with DP connection doesn't recognize Dell Ultra Sharp UP3017
I recently clean installed Ubuntu 18.04 LTS. I have two monitors: Samsung and Dell. The samsung monitor is recognised with DBI cable, but Dell is not recognized (the first boot up menu appears, but ...
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Maximize window over two displays (Ubuntu 18.04)
I'm using two displays in portrait mode. When I'm using a diff tool (Meld in my case), I want to have the window spread over both displays, such that I see one file version on the left and the other ...
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Image broken with 4 monitors, but everything works with 1,2 or 3
I have a macbook pro 2015 set up running linux natively. Through this I have 3 monitors plugged in.
2x Thunderbolt
1x HDMI
1x Laptop Monitor.
If I have 3 monitors the image is as expected. However ...
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Second monitor not detected in 16.04 with Radeon Rx580 card
I have recently had dual monitors working on Ubuntu 16.04 but after an upgrade I was unable to get my dual monitor setup to work. I have tried to install the amdgpu-pro install of the 18.10 version ...
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multi-monitor screen flashing GTX 1050
I have a Ryzen system powered by a GTX 1050 which originally used a triple-monitor setup comprised of two HP 23" 1080p monitors and a 20" 1600x900 Samsung monitor. I used this configuration on both ...
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How to make 3 screens w/ 2 GPUs work on ubu18?
My PC has an AMD+APU and an Nvidia 680TI.
I am booting a fresh install of Ubu18Desktop and when I have 3 monitors plugged in (HDMI, HDMI/DPort) I can only get as far as the login screen. After logging ...
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How do you set scaling for a high dpi monitor and low dpi monitor independently? Dell 7567
I have a problem scaling my 2 monitors. I have a Dell 7567 with a 4k display 3840x2160 and a external 34" monitor 2560x1080. the problem is that I cannot scale then separately. I have the 34" monitor ...
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17.10 with Intel HD 5500 freezes when secondary monitor is plugged in
Ubuntu 17.10 with Intel HD 5500 (Toshiba Z 30) freezes when secondary monitor is plugged in.
dmesg output:
[ 1131.717318] WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 1176 at /build/linux-cg_do7/linux-4.13.0/drivers/gpu/...
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Ubuntu 17.10 Nvidia XORG settings do not save (resolution, orientation, hz, color correction... etc)
Ubuntu 17.10.1. Nvidia Driver 384.111
3 Monitors (1440p 144z, 1080p 144hz, 1080p vertical)
My settings DO NOT SAVE, they dont. I have tried everything from scripts to changing Xinitrc files. Every ...
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Multi workspace shifting with multiple screen
I have Xubuntu 16.04.4 LTS. I am using it with two monitors.
Second monitor is the extended view of the first monitor.
When I use Ctrl+Arrows (it's not the default setting) to shift the workspace, it ...
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ubuntu workspaces with extra monitors
I'm new to Ubuntu and I really don't know how workspaces work. I'm using a laptop hooked up to a desktop monitor. My laptop runs Ubuntu 17.10
I have the gnome tweak tool installed. (I think. There's ...
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Dual Monitor (2x Acer R271) with Geforce GT 555 [duplicate]
With my Schenker XMG A 501 I have a problem with my 2nd Screen in Dual Mode. It's the one which is plugged in via VGA.
I only get it work with resolution 640 x 480 instead of 1920 x 1080.
With my ...
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How to change default action on the second monitor in XUbuntu
I was using LTS for a long time, and when a new monitor was getting connected a dialog would pop up asking me what to do. Now i'm on 17.10, the dialog also comes up when i connect the monitor, but by ...
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How to maximize a window to more displays on Gnome 3?
How to maximize a window in Gnome 3 to f.e. two 1080p screens in pivot?
I've seen some relevant answers but not for Gnome 3 which is now "most default" windows environment in the Linux world.
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Screen Corruption on Multi Monitor DisplayPort using Intel Graphics
DP1 displaying correctly:
eDP1 with corrupt display:
My new machine has two monitors connected directly to the motherboard (using DisplayPort I think - they are identified as eDP1 and DP1). My issue ...
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Allow fullscreen (F11'd) program to NOT have focus
I love using F11 for my terminals but sometimes I have another app on the same monitor. Fullscreen apps always fight for focus so if I tab to a third app on my other monitor, the fullscreen one will ...
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Cannot log in to ubuntu 17.10 - stopping user manager for uid 121
I'm new to linux and can't really follow previous solutions, because the slight differences confuse me.
I have installed linux 17.10 yesterday and everything seemed fine. I had a small problem with ...
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How to make notifications larger?
I tried to use osd configuration tool, but font size goes up to 100%. I really need much larger font size on my screen. Two or three times larger at least.
I currently miss all my notifications ...
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Reduce brightness on external monitor in Wayland in 17.10
I used to be able to control the brightness of my external monitor using xrandr.
How do I do this with Wayland? The brightness control in the upper-right corner does not do this. /sys/class/backlight/...
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Ubuntu 16.04 - No sound out of laptop or external monitor
Recently purchased a new laptop (Razer Blade Pro) and am dual booting windows and ubuntu 16.04. Windows works perfectly, Ubuntu does not. Most problems have been ironed out now, but sound has not. ...
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Terminal window stuck with the corner of another window drawn on it
This is a weird one. Every time I open a terminal window the buttons at the top right corner are covered up by the corner of another window that doesn't exist. The problem persists even after a reboot!...
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Suddenly my HDMI 2nd monitor stopped being detected today, and VGA 1st monitor is stuck at 640 X 480
I am hoping to find a solution to this very annoying issue. I turned on my PC today and noticed that only my VGA monitor was detected, which is odd because just last night both monitors were working ...
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Second display(displaylink USB) not updating right in ubuntu 17.10
I'm still a bit new to Ubuntu,
I've got an Asus MD169B+ USB monitor that uses the DisplayLink driver and I've got a 1050 ti in my laptop. After a bit of fiddling I've got the driver to work but now I'...
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Stop ubuntu moving windows when screens power off
I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 with an AMD video card (driver=amdgpu) with 4 screens: 2x DisplayPort screens plus 2x HDMI (one via DP -> HDMI adapter).
Whenever the screens power off, Ubuntu moves some of ...
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Xorg increase virtual screen size past 8192 x 8192
I have one 4K monitor (3840 x 2160) and two QHD monitors (2560 x 1440) and I want to have them side by side. This is currently not possible though, since the horizontal virtual resolution required for ...
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TV screen not detected anymore
I have had a dual monitor (one tv, one monitor) setup for a few month on Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS. And I've had this setup before for a few years on xubuntu 14 and older.
Whenever I've watched some MP4 ...
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plasma desktop configuration file for dual monitor
I don't understand how the plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc (in ~/.config/) deals with dual monitors.
Mine seems to only have the options for one of my two monitors.
Is there also some ...
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Unable to set specific tablet active area mapped to 1 of my 2 monitors
I use a graphics tablet to play a game called osu! and it's important for me to have a specific region of the tablet mapped to the monitor for comfortable play. With only 1 monitor it works fine. But, ...
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External monitors connected via Dell dock have no signal after booting
When I boot my Ubuntu Mate laptop with 2 external screens connected via a dock, the primary (laptop) screen works immediately, but the external screens are not functional. They show up in Displays but ...
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How can i "spy" on my second dual monitor output from the main screen?
I have a dual monitor setup, but have no way to view the second monitor screen, unless i leave and go into a different area of the building, how can i view the contents of the second monitor output on ...
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How to setup dual monitor?
I have problems with configuring dual monitor on ubuntu 16.4.3 LTS on my notebook (MSI destroyer GX70 3CC). Currently when I connect external monitor, the built-in monitor turns off and I cannot see ...
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How to swtich monitor order in the login screen?
I have a dual monitor setup using Kubuntu 17.04. The monitors are connected via DisplayPort to the GTX 1080 of my PC. The dual monitors work fine after the login, and their order is correct.
However ...
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HDMI Display Stopped Working
It used to work, but it suddenly stopped working. (no display in monitor, monitor power led just keeps blinking)
System Logs: (Please tell if I need to add something more)
(Every command was run ...
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Using both onboard video and Nvidia video card
I have a 4 monitor setup. 2 monitors are connected to my onboard intel video and 2 are connected to my Nvidia video card. When I reach the login screen for Ubuntu I can see all 4 monitors however as ...
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Multiple displays: Where did my window controls go?
Here's an interesting problem, which happens fairly often, and can be temporarily fixed by restarting the DE or re-loading the Unity Theme.
Here's how the window looks on the primary display:
Now ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 - How do I extend my monitor? Non-mirrored mode stretches display across additional monitor
I just bought a new computer(MSI GS63VR) and I've set up a dual boot with Ubuntu 16.04. The graphics card is an Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060. I have a second monitor(HP) that I want to use as my primary ...
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How can I prevent detached monitors from disappearing?
In a multi-monitor setup, when I physically disconnect a monitor it goes blank but Ubuntu won't mind, when I re-attach it, image comes back alright.
Now, I put HDMI switches into the signal path to ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 External monitor slow to turn on after suspend
I have a desktop with 3 monitors running Ubuntu 16.04 with graphics card: Gallium 0.4 on AMD PITCAIRN (DRM 2.43.0 / 4.4.0-72-generic, LLVM 3.8.0).
One monitor is a Chimei CMV221D connected via a DVI ...
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Ubuntu as Hyper-V guest : multi-monitor and auto-detect resolution
This post was really helpful to figure out resolution issues.
How do I setup grub such that the resolution auto-resizes when the VM window is moved from one monitor to another with different ...
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Dual monitors on laptop via Thunderbolt
Running 16.04 on a Dell XPS 13. I have one monitor connected with a Thunderbolt --> HDMI adapter. What hardware do I need to connect two external monitors via Thunderbolt? Is there even support for ...
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Dual Monitor - One outputs from graphics card and other from the motherboard
I tried to do a dual monitor setup on ubuntu 16.04, the monitor connected to the graphics card worked, but the motherboard one didn't.
By the way, it works perfectly on windows, and when I shutdown, ...
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Window Scaling Problem
I have 2 monitors:
One has a resolution of 3840x2160, and the other one has 1280x1024.
Every time I move a window from one screen to the other the scaling of it gets messed up.
Lets say I lunched ...
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Multiple (triple) monitor configuration suddenly broke in 16.04 Gnome
I have a laptop with 3 external displays running 16.04 Gnome.
The laptop (a Thinkpad T450) can support up to 3 external screeens (as long as I keep the built in display off). The external displays ...
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Dual monitor configuration finicky and not saving
So I just installed Ubuntu today for the very first time on a new SSD I got. I have two monitors and when I first booted up, they were flipped (it thinks my right monitor is on the left and vice versa)...