Re: Laptop screen doesn't activate when disconnect from external monitors
On 2016-02-26, Albin Ludvig Otterhäll <Albin@Otterhall.com> wrote:
> I've my Thinkpad T430 connected to a docking station, which itself is
> connected to two external monitors. When I dock my laptop the laptop
> screen is blacked out and the two monitors starts showing the desktop.
> No problems here.
>
> But when I disconnect the laptop from the docking station the desktop
> doesn't return to the laptop screen. I've to reboot for the desktop to
> return to local screen. But if I reconnect the thinkpad to the station
> the image return on the external displays.
>
> I think that xrandr is trying to output the desktop on the two monitors
> that doesn't "exists" after I've disconnected the computer. Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks in advance!
> --
> Best regards,
> Albin Otterhäll
>
Have you tried adjusting the brightness of the latop screen after
disconnecting the external monitors? I've seen cases where the desktop
returns to the laptop screen correctly, but with the brightness at a
minimum. One could be forgiven for thinking that the screen was
inactive.
--
Liam
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