So this is an issue of both my monitors ARE working, but they're being treated as if they're one monitor with a resolution of 3840x1200 * 1 instead of 1920x1200 * 2. I'm looking for the standard setup of each monitor acting independently.
When I open System Settings > Displays
it only shows 1 * Dell 24". I'm running an HP EliteBook 1040 plugged into a dock with 2 display ports. I'm converting both display ports to DVI into the 2 monitors. I'm also not using my laptop screen. The laptop is closed. If I select a resolution of 1920x1200 it mirrors the display on both but the Display window isn't reporting 2 monitors exist, even if I click Detect Displays
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laptop:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1200, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1920x1080 60.0 + 59.9 40.0
1680x1050 60.0 59.9
1600x1024 60.2
1400x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1440x900 59.9
1280x960 60.0
1360x768 59.8 60.0
1152x864 60.0
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 59.9
DP1 connected primary 3840x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 519mm x 324mm
1920x1200 60.0 +
3840x1200 60.0*
2560x1024 60.0
1600x1200 60.0
1680x1050 60.0
1280x1024 75.0 60.0
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 75.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
I know just enough to look at all this, but not enough to change any settings to fix this.
xrandr --output eDP1 --left-of LVDS1
xrandr --output eDP1 --left-of LVDS1
and it didn't do anything. I realized that for some reason ubuntu is thinking that all 3 monitors (includes the built in laptop display I'm not using) are the same display. The little tags that identify the moniters in the top left corner of the displays are all stacked on the far left display.