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xyybab00ba

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Registered: 2018-03-26

Posts: 2

External monitor crash

Hi,

Today is my first day with Arch Linux. After installation I go to option "Display"  to change external monitor to be  "Extend to the right" because it was "Mirror display" and after opening option "Display" the external monitor crash with message "Entering power save mode".
I'm Linux user from more than year. I tried couple of distributions and today I decide to try Arch.

My hardware configuration:

Acer Aspire VN7-592G
Monitor Dell S2340L
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz × 8
2 video cards - Intel® HD Graphics 530(from processor) and nVidia 960m

Slithery

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From: Norfolk, UK

Registered: 2013-12-01

Posts: 5,776

Re: External monitor crash

What do you mean by 'I go to option "Display"'?

Which DE/WM are you using? I don't have a 'Display' option on my Arch installation.

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xyybab00ba

Member

Registered: 2018-03-26

Posts: 2

Re: External monitor crash

I'm using XFCE4 and i'm talking about "Options" -> "Display" where you can manage monitors.

lo1

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Registered: 2017-09-25

Posts: 584

Re: External monitor crash

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Multihead

Start from here, and let us know if/where you got stuck.

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