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Switchboard Displays Plug
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Disconnecting VGA external monitor makes half the laptop screen unusable #19

Open elementaryBot opened 7 years ago

elementaryBot commented 7 years ago

Hi,

I connect an external VGA monitor to my laptop as an 'extended desktop'. When I disconnect the VGA cable, as expected, the display reverts to only the laptop screen; but all applications windows are limited to the lower half of the screen! The upper half of the screen displays the wallpaper, the wing-panel, allows mouse movement over it; but does not allow me to drag any applications onto it. All applications are limited to the lower half.

VERY frustrating guys, as I have to often give presentations and sometimes don't have the time to reboot the system. Once I presented all my data to my prof. using just the bottom half of my 12" laptop screen. So embarrassing. And perhaps curiously funny for the prof. :P

Hope there's an easy fix for it. And surprised no one has reported it yet. Pardon me if they have already. But I think it's a major bug and deserves re-reporting!

Cheers to you lovely folks, TC

Launchpad Details: #LP1429955 TC - 2015-03-09 17:50:45 +0000

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elementaryBot commented 7 years ago

I had same problem here. I disabled my GPU offboard as main card graphic (in NVIDIA X Server Settings) and the integrated graphics (Intel) works again - show whole screen.

Launchpad Details: #LPC Diego Medeiros - 2016-07-01 19:14:38 +0000