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[LUG]Re: Dual monitor set up

 

On Thu, 15 Jun 2023, Henry Bremridge wrote:

arandr shows a single monitor... which makes me think it is one
of the following

-       A complete screw up by me

-       Dell only drives one monitor (I do not think this is the case) but..

My desktop is a Dell. No HDMI ports though, but VGA and 2 x DP. I bought a DP to HDMI adapter...

-       get a graphic card so that each monitor has its own graphic
        card.

I have a little GPU card as well, but I decided I didn't need it.

There is the usual - is it plugged in, is it turned on ...

Currently with the monitor off xrandr says:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 
531mm x 298mm

There's also stuff in the BIOS too - worth checking.

Gordon
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