Hello,
I just discovered this only happens when I log into KDE. When I log into
Gnome, both monitors are used properly.
Best,
Oliver
On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:15 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <cur...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 12:05 PM, Dale Dellutri <daledellu...@gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Oct 29, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Oliver Ruebenacker <cur...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> Until this morning, my Lenovo Thinkpad T430 running KDE on Fedora 19
>>> was working fine sitting on a base with a second monitor attached. I
>>> removed it from the base and connected another second monitor (a projector)
>>> and things were still fine. When I put it back into the base, the laptop
>>> screen went blank, and it was using only the second screen. When I remove
>>> it from the base, it uses the built-in screen, but as soon as I put it into
>>> the base, it only uses the second screen. Interestingly, when I restart, it
>>> uses both screens properly until after I log in.
>>>
>>> Any advice? Thanks!
>>>
>>
>> In a terminal window, type:
>> xrandr
>> to determine whether it thinks that the laptop screen and the external
>> monitor are connected or disconnected.
>>
>
> [oruebenacker@localhost ~]$ xrandr
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
> LVDS1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 1600x900 60.0 + 40.0
> 1024x768 60.0
> 800x600 60.3 56.2
> 640x480 59.9
> VGA1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 604mm x 342mm
> 1920x1080 60.0*+
> 1600x1200 60.0
> 1680x1050 60.0
> 1280x1024 75.0 60.0
> 1440x900 75.0 59.9
> 1280x960 60.0
> 1280x800 59.8
> 1152x864 75.0
> 1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
> 832x624 74.6
> 800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
> 640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 60.0
> 720x400 70.1
> LVDS-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> VGA-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> [oruebenacker@localhost ~]$
>
>
>> If the laptop screen is connected
>> but blank, then it sounds like a hardware problem.
>>
>
> I'm not sure how it can be a hardware problem. The laptop screen is only
> blank if the second screen is connected and I am logged in. If I disconnect
> the second screen, it uses the builtin screen. If I restart it uses both
> screens next to each other until I log in.
>
> Also, some laptops have a key that you can press to rotate through whether
>> all the screens are active or not. Does the Lenovo have one?
>>
>
> I'm not aware of it and have not needed it so far.
>
> Best,
> Oliver
>
> --
> Oliver Ruebenacker
> IT Project Lead at PanGenX (http://www.pangenx.com)
> Be always grateful, but never satisfied.
>
--
Oliver Ruebenacker
IT Project Lead at PanGenX (http://www.pangenx.com)
Be always grateful, but never satisfied.
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