Re: Laptop screen doesn't activate when disconnect from external monitors
On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 22:06 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote:
> 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.
>
>
You are correct! The laptop's screen brightness is set to minimum.
Thanks!
--
Best regards,
Albin Otterhäll
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