Hi, I have two external monitors that I am trying to connect to my laptop. I can connect them one at a time but never both at the same time. here is the output of ´xrandr´ command:
I tried to make a config file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d that you can see in the following but that did not work either!
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 173mm
1920x1080 60.02*+ 60.01 59.97 59.96 60.00 59.93
1680x1050 59.95 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 59.99 59.94 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1440x810 60.00 59.97
1368x768 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.99 59.97 59.81 59.91
1280x720 60.00 59.99 59.86 59.74
1024x768 60.04 60.00
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
700x525 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 60.02
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
684x384 59.88 59.85
640x400 59.88 59.98
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
512x384 60.00
512x288 60.00 59.92
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
320x180 59.84 59.32
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Section "Monitor"
### Monitor Identity - Typically HDMI-0 or DisplayPort-0
Identifier "eDP-1"
### Setting Resolution and Modes
## Modeline is usually not required, but you can force resolution with it
Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
### Positioning the Monitor
## Basic
Option "LeftOf" "DP-1"
## Advanced
Option "Position" "0 0"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Monitor Identity - Typically HDMI-0 or DisplayPort-0
Identifier "DP-1"
### Setting Resolution and Modes
## Modeline is usually not required, but you can force resolution with it
Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
### Positioning the Monitor
## Basic
Option "RightOf" "eDP-1"
## Advanced
Option "Position" "1920 0"
## Disable a Monitor
Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
### Monitor Identity - Typically HDMI-0 or DisplayPort-0
Identifier "HDMI-1"
### Setting Resolution and Modes
## Modeline is usually not required, but you can force resolution with it
Modeline "1920x1080" 172.80 1920 2040 2248 2576 1080 1081 1084 1118
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080"
Option "TargetRefresh" "60"
### Positioning the Monitor
## Basic
Option "RightOf" "DP-1"
## Advanced
Option "Position" "1920 0"
## Disable a Monitor
Option "Disable" "false"
EndSection
output of inxi -v7azy
System:
Kernel: 5.10.105-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
root=UUID=16817bea-e6bc-4c71-8ad3-f681a4deeb09 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 41.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.33 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 41.3
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 80K5 v: Lenovo Z41-70
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Z41-70
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: Lenovo Z41-70 v: No DPK serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: LENOVO v: C2CN19WW(V2.00) date: 07/14/2015
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 37.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 37.7/39.6 Wh (95.2%)
volts: 16.9 min: 14.9 model: LENOVO PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion
serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
RAM: total: 7.68 GiB used: 2.42 GiB (31.5%)
RAM Report:
permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-5500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1626 high: 2395 min/max: 500/3000 scaling:
driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 941 2: 2395 3: 2368
4: 801 bogomips: 19160
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid
invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr
nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln
pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow
tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt
xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass
mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616
class-ID: 0300
Device-2: AMD Topaz XT [Radeon R7 M260/M265 / M340/M360 M440/M445 530/535
620/625 Mobile]
driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max:
gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:6900
class-ID: 0380
Device-3: Chicony Lenovo EasyCamera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
bus-ID: 2-6:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b50f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: gnome-shell driver: X:
loaded: amdgpu,modesetting unloaded: radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x1b3d built: 2014 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 gamma: 1.2 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.105-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b4 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IF-ID-2: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 2-7:6 chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 3 state: up address: <filter>
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 463.06 GiB (49.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD10JPVX-08JC3T5 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
rev: 1A05 scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD-RAM UJ8HC rev: G801
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 540.11 GiB size: 530.63 GiB (98.25%)
used: 391.53 GiB (73.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
uuid: 16817bea-e6bc-4c71-8ad3-f681a4deeb09
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 280 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
uuid: B6F4-3B3C
ID-3: /mnt/E raw-size: 391.11 GiB size: 383.97 GiB (98.18%)
used: 71.53 GiB (18.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: E
uuid: 3e0f0ec2-85a1-4d6e-a8d1-0357aa7d9e2f
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 8087:8001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-2:2 info: MosArt 2.4G Keyboard Mouse type: Keyboard,Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 062a:5918 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 2-3:3 info: Logitech Corded Keyboard K280e type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c328 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 2-4:4 info: Realtek RTS5129 Card Reader Controller
type: <vendor specific> driver: rtsx_usb,rtsx_usb_ms,rtsx_usb_sdmmc
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0129
class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 2-6:5 info: Chicony Lenovo EasyCamera type: Video
driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
chip-ID: 04f2:b50f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-5: 2-7:6 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: 27.8 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 41.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 268 Uptime: 46m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.2.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 1885 apt: 0 pacman: 1863
lib: 487 flatpak: 6 snap: 16 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: terminator
inxi: 3.3.14