Questions tagged [multiple-monitors]
Questions about multiple monitors (Including projectors), how to configure,customize, and troubleshoot, etc.
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External monitor not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04, my laptop has been unable to detect/use an external monitor attached via HDMI. Even when plugged in, the "detect displays" button within the default settings app doesn'...
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Is it possible to have different DPI configurations for two different screens?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 with NVidia drivers (319) for my Quadro K2100M graphic card, and when I switch my main 3200x1800 laptop screen to mode 1920x1080 (using nvidia-settings), the display goes ...
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Is there to make the login screen appear on the external display in 18.04?
On Ubuntu 18.04, I have connected my laptop to an external display and I am able to set the external display as primary and external display only mode. But when I turn on my laptop or log out from my ...
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How do I disable mouse magnet on middle edge with multi monitors?
I use Ubuntu 12.04 on a two screen setup. Multiscreen on 12.04 has generally become much better, but there is one thing that really gets on my nerves: there's a mouse magnet of sorts on the middle ...
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External Monitor not working. Ubuntu, nvidia
I'm having a precision 7530 with i7-8850H and NVIDIA Quadro P2000 and using ubuntu 18.04. Now after some time the external monitor connected over displayport (displayport to hdmi cable, where the ...
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How do you use an android tablet as a second display?
I've noticed people using a product for Windows and Mac called iDisplay which lets you use your Android or iPad as a secondary display. This seems like a great idea, and something that could be done ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 does not recognize second monitor
I did a clean install of Ubuntu 20.04 and it is not recognizing my second monitor
I have already executed the following commands (I believe that only these worked in version 19.10):
sudo apt update &...
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How do I setup dual monitors in XFCE?
I've got an laptop with a intel chip, and I'd like to setup dual monitors in Xfce.
How do I do this?
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Quickly place a window to another screen using only the keyboard
I know that using Alt+F7, I can use the keyboard to move the window around. I can also use the "Grid" plugin of Compiz to position quickly the window around my current monitor. The grid plugin doesn't ...
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Personalize monitor position before login
I'm using multiple monitors.
When logged in everything is fine: The left monitor is positioned to the left and the right monitor is positioned to the right, but before I log in, the login-screen ...
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How do I get the Ubuntu Dock off the secondary monitor?
I updated to Ubuntu 18.04 a few weeks ago with little to no problems until now. After an update I installed and a reboot, my sidebar (Ubuntu dock) shows on the secondary screen, which is my Laptop, ...
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Dual monitor applications opening on wrong monitor
I am new to ubuntu, been using it for about a month now.
I created a desktop for MythTV, and so I use a dual monitor configuration (one monitor for watching shows, and one for everything else). But ...
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How can I make gnome-shell treat both monitors in the same way?
Gnome-shell seems to like to leave one monitor as "fixed" when you switch workspaces.
Additionally, there is no preview in the Activities view of my secondary monitor.
Also, on the second monitor, ...
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Can't get internal and external monitor working simultaneously with 20.04 on laptop with AMD Ryzen 7 4800H and Nvidia RTX 2060
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On Ubuntu 20.04 cannot get internal and external monitor working at the same time.
Can have internal only with default drivers OR external only with manually installed NVIDIA driver. ...
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How can I remove duplicate second Unity Launcher on a Dual Screen setup?
On my dual screen display I have a Unity Launcher on the left hand screen and also on the right hand screen. Both work perfectly fine.
However, I don't want this second launcher present on my right ...
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HDMI port not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
The HDMI port of my Lenovo IdeaPad 500S with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is not working.
I also executed the xrandr command, but only the primary monitor is detected.
How can I solve my problem?
How can I check ...
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Ubuntu Detects 2 monitors when I only have one
Ubuntu Detects 2 monitors when I only have 1. This causes an issue when booting up because it's detecting 2 monitors and by default it is mirroring the display; which is causing a distorted picture ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - get Ubuntu dock to only display the windows from the current screen (monitor)
I am using Ubuntu 18.04 (with Linux kernel 4.15.0-33-generic) on a setup with laptop and an external monitor. Is there a way to make the dock in Ubuntu 18.04 only display the windows from the current ...
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Displayport 1.2 MST/daisy chain - Dual Monitor setup - Intel graphics
I am running ubuntu 13.10 on a desktop system and I have 2 monitors that I am trying to connect via Displayport's 1.2 multi-streaming support.
The system is equiped with an Intel Core i7-4770K ...
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Run script when monitor is connected
I am trying to run a script located in usr/local/bin/ when I connect an external monitor to my laptop. I have tried to add a new udev rule but that did not work. I created a new file in /etc/udev/...
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Internal laptop screen not detected when using Nvidia driver
So, for a bit of background: I'm using Ubuntu 18.04 on an HP laptop, which uses a dual GPU setup. Before, I have been using it with just the Nouveau driver, but recently I wanted to add in a second ...
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Move windows between screens in dual screen mode
I have a laptop and a 27 inch monitor. I have Qt running on one monitor and Pycharm on the other. Is there a way to make a key combination to swap all the windows between both screens. The reason is ...
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Saving and restoring window positions
I'm experiencing a bug where when the machine comes back from standby a monitor connected via displayport (MST) does not come back on, however the windows are still in the area it cover if it did come ...
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VGA not listed in xrandr output: Projector not working, Intel Kabylake Graphics
I have been trying to get output on a projector through the VGA port on my Laptop (Dell Latitude 5480, Ubuntu 16.04). I have only Intel HD Graphics and no dedicated GPU.
I am not able to get any ...
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Multiple monitors, multiple workspaces?
I connected my laptop to my LCD. Using the laptop display hotkey I can switch between different modes - only laptop monitor on, only LCD monitor on, both on and display the same view, both on and the ...
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How do I calibrate a touchscreen on a dual monitor system?
I have a dual monitor setup of two different sizes. My primary monitor is a 23 in widescreen Acer T230H touchscreen, and the second is a regular 20 in. When I go to use the touchscreen, the cursor ...
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Ubuntu 14.10 Aero snap in two screen horizontal setup?
I managed to get Aero snap left and right working in metacity Ubuntu 14.10 and now I would like to come up with the correct winctrl commands so that I can mimic the same effect on a two screen setup, ...
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How does Unity work in multi-monitor configurations?
Unity in 10.10 appeared to be focused around single monitor configurations with a single tasking workflow. This works quite well on a netbook which has limited screen real estate.
How does the ...
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Laptop freezes after connecting external monitor, since 16.04 update
I have a Zenbook UX303U with integrated Intel HD5000, and using an external monitor worked fine until I updated to Ubuntu 16.04LTS this weekend. Now, when I plug my second screen and then move the ...
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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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How can I mirror one of the screens in a 3-monitor setup?
Is it possible to have 2 extended monitors and get the third being a mirror of one of the two extended?
I'm pretty sure it's not possible through the interface but it may be possible through ...
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How to display custom formatted clock in top bar on multiple displays in Ubuntu 18.04?
I have a pretty specific problem, that I have had no luck trying to find a working solution to. I have a laptop running Ubuntu 18.04 docked using 2 external monitors resulting in 3 screens. I want to ...
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Xorg server configuration fail - no screens detected
I have a serious problem with Xorg server on ubuntu 12.04 (with nvidia 420M GT card).
At home I am using an external monitor connected to my laptop's HDMI port - the external display is used as ...
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Two monitors when only having one in 13.10
I just did a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.10 64bit, and it says that I have 2 monitors, when I actually only have one
I have a Dell XPS 15 with Nvidia graphics card if that helps in anyway
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Different display scale settings - 18.04
I have a Dell monitor set to a scale of 200%:
I then set the laptop built-in display to 100%:
However, if I then switch back to the Dell monitor settings, the scale there has reverted to 100%.
Is ...
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How to maximise a window across two monitors?
It's easy to maximise windows on a single monitor (press the maximise button, or drag the window titlebar to the top of the screen).
How can I maximise a window so that it takes up two screens?
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Force gdm login screen to the primary monitor
I have two monitors attached to my video card. Primary monitor has a resolution equal to 1280x1024 and the second has 1920x1200. My gdm login screen always appears on the second monitor even if it is ...
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How to have a terminal mirrored onto a second screen in a two-monitor setup?
I teach using a two-monitor setup, so what I see in my desktop is different from what my audience can see. This works fine for presentations: while the students see the slides, I can see my notes.
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ubuntu 20.04, second monitor on hdmi port not detected
It seems to be a common issue but I could not find a solution.
just clean installed Ubuntu 20.04 Desktop and updated it with the "Software & updates" tool.
PC:HP ProDesk 400 G4 Desktop-Mini-PC
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How do I remove top panel on dual screen on secondary monitor?
How do I remove top bar on secondary monitor??
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HDMI not detected on Ubuntu 18.04
After upgrading to Ubuntu 18.04 from version 16.04, the external monitor is not detected anymore. I have tried using both VGA and HDMI monitor ports to connect using the USB-C adapter to my laptop. ...
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Move semi- maximized windows across multiple (2 or more) monitors
I frequently use Ctrl+Super+Arrow -Keys to move windows around. However, with a multiple monitor set up, the shortcuts only move the windows on the current screen.
**Example of my situation:
I have ...
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Stop monitor from going to sleep in ubuntu 16.04
I want to stop monitor from going to sleep in ubuntu 16.04. I am using /etc/X11/xorg.conf file in Ubutnu 14.04, which has below lines written in it.
Section "ServerFlags"
Option "BlankTime" "60"
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USB to HDMI adapter that works with Ubuntu
I am fairly new to Ubuntu, and am running 20.04. When I was using Windows I had a Startech USB to VGA adapter (https://www.startech.com/en-us/audio-video-products/usb2vgae3) to add 2 external monitors ...
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Is there any ability to set my primary monitor?
I want my primary display be at the right and my TV (additional) be at the left.
In that case new windows shall appear at the TV. Can I somehow set where new windows will appear ?
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How to span single wallpaper over dual monitors?
I have dual monitor set up in Ubuntu 11.10. I want to have a single wallpaper spanned across both monitors. How do I do this?
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Top bar for all monitors (Ubuntu with GNOME Shell)
I just installed Ubuntu 18.04. Since the top bar is only on the primary monitor, I can't use the mouse to grab and move my Chrome window (the top of the screen looks like below). Trying to do so ...
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Saving monitor settings?
Is there a way to save my monitor settings? I have an external monitor at work, but each morning i have to plug it in, rearrange the windows from being side by side to being on top of each other. Can ...
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How to select on which monitor YouTube fullscreens?
I have a dual monitor set-up. When I'm on YouTube, and I click the fullscreen icon, the fullscreen automatically goes to the second monitor. How do I get it to go fullscreen on my main monitor?
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How do I get three monitors working with Nvidia?
My workstation has two Geforce 7300GTs and three monitors, and I'd like to put them to good use. Dual monitors works out of the box, but triple doesn't. How can I get the third monitor up and going ...
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