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#1 2018-03-04 14:05:57

fiti
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Registered: 2018-03-04
Posts: 1

Dual Monitor setup not working

Hi everyone,
I did my first install of Arch yesterday but I can't put my second monitor to work, xrandr detects it but it has no output, posting xrandr:

xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
DisplayPort-2 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-A-2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 544mm x 303mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  50.00    59.94 
   1680x1050     59.88 
   1600x900      60.00 
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02 
   1440x900      60.00 
   1280x800      59.91 
   1152x864      75.00 
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94 
   1024x768      75.03    60.00 
   832x624       74.55 
   800x600       75.00    60.32 
   720x576       50.00 
   720x480       60.00    59.94 
   640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94 
   720x400       70.08 
DVI-D-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-D-1 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 531mm x 299mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.95 
   1600x900      60.00 
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02 
   1440x900      60.00 
   1280x800      59.81 
   1152x864      75.00 
   1280x720      60.00 
   1024x768      75.03    60.00 
   832x624       74.55 
   800x600       75.00    60.32 
   640x480       75.00    59.94 
   720x400       70.08 
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

I didn't config anything or touched any config file. (even in the live install from usb of arch I had 0 output on second monitor)
(Second monitor is DVI-D-1)

Thanks.

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#2 2018-03-15 17:26:40

Docbroke
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From: India
Registered: 2015-06-13
Posts: 1,433

Re: Dual Monitor setup not working

Have you tried setting up with xrandr, for example to clone the output of your primary monitor on external monitor

xrandr --output $IN --auto --output $EXT --auto --same-as $IN 

replace $IN with HDMI-A-2 and $EXT with DVI-D-1

Last edited by Docbroke (2018-03-15 17:27:05)

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