Problem to configure 2 Monitors on laptop with Intel gpu

Hi, I connectet my laptop to my TV with hdmi. I want to use it primarly on my tv, leaving the screen of the laptop closed. But when i close the laptopscreen the tvscreen goes off too. With my former Distro I had the same problem, but I could switch to an Intel-driver which solved it (I think it was i915)

Here are the specs of my machine.

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.28-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=d0bc7191-a1c7-4201-a5f3-e37e56238f7e rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor resume=UUID=a2cb04dd-618c-4f19-a445-4ea08c13fd41
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.16.0 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.16.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Packard Bell product: Easynote ENTG71BM v: V1.10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Packard Bell model: Easynote ENTG71BM v: V1.10
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI-[Legacy]: Insyde v: 1.10 date: 12/15/2014
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 29.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 29.0/36.7 Wh (79.1%)
    volts: 11.9 min: 11.4 model: LGC AC14B18J type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
  Device-1: hid-20:73:34:07:30:5d-battery model: ECBK02 serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 1.82 GiB used: 1.2 GiB (65.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Celeron N2840 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Silvermont
    family: 6 model-id: 0x37 (55) stepping: 8 microcode: 0x838
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 112 KiB
    desc: d-2x24 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 1x1024 KiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 531 high: 563 min/max: 500/2582 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 563 2: 500
    bogomips: 8671
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon bts clflush
    cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms
    est flexpriority fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx
    monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pdcm pebs
    pge pni popcnt pse pse36 pti rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss sse sse2
    sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust
    tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq tsc_reliable vme vmx vnmi vpid xtopology
    xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Not affected
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series Graphics & Display
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel ports: active: HDMI-A-1
    off: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f31
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony VGA Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-4:4
    chip-ID: 04f2:b47f class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.3 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x286mm (20.00x11.26")
    s-diag: 583mm (22.95")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 pos: primary model: 43FHD_LCD_TV
    built: 2015 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 38 gamma: 1.2
    size: 1280x720mm (50.39x28.35") diag: 1093mm (43") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 note: disabled model: LG Display 0x0456 built: 2014
    res: 1920x1080 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Atom Processor Z36xxx/Z37xxx Series High Definition Audio
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:0f04 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.28-1-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:

When I look for possible drivers for the gpu I get this:

mhwd -l --pci
> 0000:03:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0f31) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

Is there a way to install the Intel-Driver or a way to close the Laptopscreen without affecting the hdmi-port? Thank you

You have already correct driver, nothing to do here.

You should instead consult your display and power settings.

It seems to be a pending issue.

Thanks for your reply,
in the power-settings is the only option “by closing the laptop-screen”, where I choose “turn off screen”. But as told, this turns off the tv too. I have dissabled the power settings for the screen. Even so I dissabled the Laptopscreen, when I close it it turns off the tvscreen too. I found nothing to change this behavour.

Please read the information in this link carefully.

There are all the options available to test.
Try the solutions mentioned in those comments.

Thank you, I could solve it with the settings in the link and uninstalling light-locker. First there was no change in behavour, but after rebooting it works as expected.

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