Re: Dual screen

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On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:14:22 +0100
"Patrick Dupre" <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> > 
> > Two things you need to know. Read careful:
> > 
> > -- 0:
> > You probably have a file like
> > 
> > ~/.config/monitors.xml 
> > 
> > in your home dir - or wherever. Find it. Read it: It might be that this 
> > file keeps setting your monitor(s?) to wrong settings/resolutions, 
> > if these values in that file do not correspond with the actual
> > capabilities of your monitor(s) ...  
> 
> cat .config/monitors.xml
> <monitors version="1">
>   <configuration>
>     <clone>no</clone>
>     <output name="DP-1">
>       <vendor>SAM</vendor>
>       <product>SyncMaster</product>
>       <serial>HVYL606149</serial>
>       <width>1600</width>
>       <height>1200</height>
>       <rate>60</rate>
>       <x>0</x>
>       <y>0</y>
>       <rotation>normal</rotation>
>       <reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
>       <reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
>       <primary>yes</primary>
>       <presentation>no</presentation>
>       <underscanning>no</underscanning>
>     </output>
>     <output name="HDMI-1">
>       <vendor>SAM</vendor>
>       <product>SAMSUNG</product>
>       <serial>0x00000000</serial>
>       <width>1920</width>
>       <height>1080</height>

Last two lines seem to be wrong. But your xrandr command seems to have
ignored them. Good, AFAICS  ... ;)

>       <rate>59.940200805664062</rate>
>       <x>1600</x>
>       <y>0</y>
>       <rotation>normal</rotation>
>       <reflect_x>no</reflect_x>
>       <reflect_y>no</reflect_y>
>       <primary>no</primary>
>       <presentation>no</presentation>
>       <underscanning>no</underscanning>
>     </output>
>   </configuration>
> </monitors>
> 
> 
> 
> > If in doubt: move the file away for a while - don't delete it. Then
> > connect the external monitor.
> > 
> > -- 1:
> > On many (?) computers there's something like a built-in (?) key combo: 
> > <WindowsKey - p> - Seems to work both on Linux and Windows.
> > 
> > If you have that on your computer, you might be able to change your
> > monitor settings (external, and, IIRC, also the internal ones) with
> > that combo: While this can be extremely convenient to attach
> > monitors you can end up all monitors turning into black screens. In
> > that case: press the combo again. If that does not help anymore I see
> > four options to save you:  
> 
> I can switch to 1024x768 and back to 1366x768

And the fonts, and the rest, look nice at these resolutions?

> 
> Thank.

You're welcome! 
-- 
Wolfgang Pfeiffer
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