On Wed, 12 Mar 2025 00:03:27 -0400 H <age...@meddatainc.com> said: > On March 11, 2025 11:18:03 PM EDT, Django Reinhard <django...@gmx.de> wrote: > >Hi, > > > >> Does anyone have experience with an external display running at a > >lower > >> resolution than the laptop display itself? > > > >Not with a laptop, but my second pc has 2 monitors connected with > >different > >resolution. KDE does recognize them correctly and I can position them > >by drag > >and drop in the screen settings. No problem so far. > > > >My problem was/is, that I'm looking for a desktop that spans multiple > >monitors, which apparently does not exists for the reason of different > >sized > >monitors. > > I understand your issue but did not know if a laptop was involved. I am > hoping to find someone with a laptop with a UHD display and an external > monitor running at a /lower/ resolution. > > I need to be able to establish where the problem lies, with: (1) Mate; (2) X; > or (3) the video driver...
have you run xrandr to see what modes the external screen is offering - which is claims is native etc.? -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- Carsten Haitzler - ras...@rasterman.com
