(03-20-2017, 07:43 AM)Jerry link Wrote: They use MATE and KDE so either that's the difference, or they are using newer or patched packages, or newer kernel. You'd have to ask them how they achieve this.

(12-18-2017, 06:09 PM)m654321 link Wrote: In September 2017, I posted a question asking if instant plug-n-play capability for external monitors could be developed in LL (see https://www.freecinema2022.gq/forums/suggestions-and-feedback/pclos-instant-plug-and-playexternal-monitor!!!-can-we-have-this-with-ll/msg35043/#msg35043).

My own experiments showed that Manjaro and PCLinuxOS could instantly plug-n-play with either our Samsung TV monitor or with two other displays (Dell & Hanns G).  However, LL and all the Ubuntu-based distros that I've tried, did not instantly plug-n-play; instead you need to fiddle around with settings, e.g. which one is required as the primary display and whether mirror displays are required or not, etc, which is time consuming and a bit complicated.

Jerry suggested that the issue might be kernel related as, at the time, Manjaro & PCLinuxOS were using kernel 4.6, while LL still had 4.4.  To test this idea, I did the following two things:

(1) Upgraded kernel from 4.4 to 4.6 then 4.9 for LL: still no plug-n-play with external monitor
(2) Downgraded kernel from 4.9 or 4.6 to 4.4 with Manjaro & PCLinuxOS: plug-n-play capability maintained

Therefore, I concluded that the lack of instant-plug-n-play capability of LL (or other Ubuntu-based distros) with external displays was not due to the kernel.

My question therefore, thinking about LL's future, is as follows ...
Would it be possible to develop external display plug-n-play capability in LL, even though this feature appears to be absent in its Ubuntu 'parent' ?  Such a feature would be really useful.   

Many thanks for any feedback.

Quote:[member=411]bitsnpcs[/member]: What do you mean by plug n play ?

(12-30-2017, 12:08 PM)m654321 link Wrote:

Quote:[member=411]bitsnpcs[/member]: What do you mean by plug n play ?

"Plug and Play", sometimes abbreviated as PnP, is a catchy phrase used to describe devices that work with a computer system as soon as they are connected, i.e. which instantly work without the need to (1) download additional drivers and/or (2) fiddle around with PC settings.

It's commonly used for devices that work out-of-the-box with Windows computers.

(12-27-2017, 06:24 PM)Peejay link Wrote: [member=458]m654321[/member]
I couldn't really reproduce your problem. I first tried using a friend's quite new laptop running Ubuntu 16.04. We plugged in the HDMI cable and the display came up - albeit as an extension to the laptop display rather than as a mirror of it. Clicking a checkbox on the info box that appeared solved that and I got the impression that that could become a default setting.

I've now tried it with Linux Lite on my 2006 Philips Freevents laptop and again the display came up right away, using a VGA cable. This time it would not accept mirroring at all because of a difference in the size of displays, so I suppose that would have required some fiddling about - possibly unsuccessfully too, but that looks more like a hardware issue to me given that the laptop is 11 years old. It would still display immediately on the external monitor though if you accepted it as an extension display or alternative display (ie laptop screen blanked).
This seems OK to me., really. Are you used to seeing something better than that with the other distros?

(12-20-2017, 12:19 AM)Jerry link Wrote: My previous message in that thread still stands:

[quote author=Jerry link=topic=3997.msg30202#msg30202 date=1489995832]
They use MATE and KDE so either that's the difference, or they are using newer or patched packages, or newer kernel. You'd have to ask them how they achieve this.