06-14-2017, 12:42 AM
[member=5414]firenice03[/member]
I've actually searched the entire disk (including hidden files/folders) for monitors.xml. I don't see it.
I did boot to live USBs for Ubuntu 16.04, Mint 18.2 beta XFCE, Mint 18.1 XFCE, and Manjaro 17.0.1 XFCE.
For Ubuntu, it got to the splash screen and then it settled on a blinking cursor. For Mint 18.2 Beta, and 18.1, same result as with LL 3.4 (blank screen after GRUB). For Manjaro, same result as Ubuntu 16.04--blinking cursor.
When I showed a coworker how I got both screens to display on a docking station (by booting to LL 3.4 off the docking station, adding the laptop to the docking station, and then using the Advanced Display options to add each monitor), he said "You basically need a way to create a script to load the way the display manager is sees your monitors at this moment, and have that script run during boot or just after you log on."
But I don't know how to do that. It also seems like something I wouldn't want to run if the laptop is not connected to the docking station. I wonder if this has anything to do with going from upstart to systemd. As I said, this worked smooth like butter on LL 2.x. It's all Dell and Intel equipment. I'm surprised I'm running into this.
I've actually searched the entire disk (including hidden files/folders) for monitors.xml. I don't see it.
I did boot to live USBs for Ubuntu 16.04, Mint 18.2 beta XFCE, Mint 18.1 XFCE, and Manjaro 17.0.1 XFCE.
For Ubuntu, it got to the splash screen and then it settled on a blinking cursor. For Mint 18.2 Beta, and 18.1, same result as with LL 3.4 (blank screen after GRUB). For Manjaro, same result as Ubuntu 16.04--blinking cursor.
When I showed a coworker how I got both screens to display on a docking station (by booting to LL 3.4 off the docking station, adding the laptop to the docking station, and then using the Advanced Display options to add each monitor), he said "You basically need a way to create a script to load the way the display manager is sees your monitors at this moment, and have that script run during boot or just after you log on."
But I don't know how to do that. It also seems like something I wouldn't want to run if the laptop is not connected to the docking station. I wonder if this has anything to do with going from upstart to systemd. As I said, this worked smooth like butter on LL 2.x. It's all Dell and Intel equipment. I'm surprised I'm running into this.
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