Dual Monitors Reset Intermittently When Certain Programmes Are Run

I'd suggest you first hit up the Event Viewer and what exactly crashes the system. The OS usually logs what happens under the system log. That is where I would start first. Next I'd go under Control Panel/Performance Tools/Advanced tools. Windows automatically flags misbehaving device drivers. If not, click the "Generate System Health Report" tool. That will force Windows to check your device drivers. Lets at least exhaust our tools before we start speculating. .

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Dual monitors (30inch -> 2560 * 1600) on a MacBook Pro

There's nothing that will allow you to do that. The output on the MacBookPro only supports a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 (for the current model). There are USB display adapters, but those only aren't going to support 2560x1600 in any case.

You'd need a laptop that supported dual external displays, but then it wouldn't be a Mac.EditDoing some searches, there is this:It is pretty expensive however. See this question

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kvm-switch, dual monitor, only share one monitor

I had this setup. It worked great.For each machine, I had the center, shared monitor be the secondary monitor. The outside monitors were the primary monitor for each system, holding the task bar and menus.I did not use Synergy. Rather I used the keyboard and mouse attached to the kvm switch. Each machine also had an additional mouse attached, so that I could affect the machine when the kvm switch was pointed at the other machine

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How to properly configure external monitors in Arch with MacBook Pro 11,4

It appears, as though I was using the current linux 4.8 kernel which apparently has issues with the intel display drivers. Switching to the linux-lts 4.4 kernel (also installing the headers) did the trick. Make sure when you do this to either update grub, or your systemd settings which i had to do.sudo pacman -S linux-lts linux-lts-headersthen for systemd I updated the fileWhich refers to this entry (that I did not have to modify if I recall correctly)

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windows missing by dual monitors in Fedora 15/Gnome 3

I found something similar here. The following is a quote from the site that could be helpful.1) install gconf-editor ( yum install gconf-editor ). 2) run gconf-editor either via a terminal or else from Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor 3) navigate to apps --> compiz --> general --> allscreens --> options and edit the active_plugins node on the right 4) put "place" in the series right after "resize" (with commas and such to keep them seperate) 5) disable & re-enable desktop effects.

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How do I fix a greyed-out dual monitor on a machine with NVidia graphics?

After such a struggle with settings here and settings this I clicked on dash, typed in driver selected additional driver. Here you should see that you 2 options after clicking on it. I had 1 selected as this is how I installed my driver initially. This then broke and after a struggle as mentioned above I selected 2 and clicked on activate, restarted my machine and boom. Up and working np. Here is my xorg.conf file paste bin entry

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Enable dual monitor on a broken screen

On my laptop, in the displays settings dialog, I have the ability to select either display, then turn it on or off with the switch under the graphic (ipod-style on-off switch). If I turn off the one for the laptop, next time I boot, it will not display, even if the other monitor is not connected - I found this out the hard way, of course. :)This is using the standard settings dialog with a default driver on an old Thinkpad.

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how do i set on dual monitors?

If one of the outputs is coming from the "on-board" video port, that is the one built into the mother board, and the other is on a video card, when you plug the monitor into the video card, it will disable the "on-board" port.

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Transparency problem with different monitors

The issue is with the color calibration of the display/tablet/etc. I actually had a similar problem with my dual monitor setup. When I got the second monitor I forgot to calibrate the colors so subtle design details weren't showing up in the other display, which drove me crazy. Unfortunately, as Scott mentioned, you can't control how other people calibrate their equipment. You'll have to:Yet another challenge chalked up to designing for the masses

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Quitting Braid causes dual monitors to switch to mirror mode

I don't have braid myself but have found this issue else where. What I can only suggest is two workarounds: 1) run in windowed mode, as detailed in comments above, which sounds like it works. 2) create a new launch script as detailed on the WINEHQ page linked above, to use xrandr after braid quits to return the correct resolution.

/opt/braid/braid && xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1024x768 && xrandr --output DVI-1 --mode 1440x900 edit: changed suggested xrandr command to match OP output

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Extended desktop (dual widescreen monitors)

That's actually a limitation of compositing. It affects Unity 3D and (I think) Gnome Shell. However, if you change to a different environment such as Unity 2D or Gnome Classic, that limitation should disappear.

When you log in, you can click the gear icon next to your name and choose Unity 2D. To get Gnome Classic, you have to install gnome-shell.I presume that other interfaces such as Xfce (Xubuntu) or Lxde (Lubuntu) should work, as well.

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Using a 3rd monitor on a hardware switch with dual display Graphics card

I managed to fix it a bit by trial and error. I just went into display configuration under system settings and picked the correct screen resolution and refresh rate for the third monitor and this time it worked.I had deleted monitors.xml from /home/user/.config/monitors.xml This was a very obvious solution and one I'm sure I tried before so I'd be interested if someone could offer a more suitable explanation or solution.

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Login screen doesn't support dual monitors closed

This is a known bug and the only way around it is likely to fix the bug. This is not necessarily true, but most likely is seeing as it appears to affect all installations with multiple, variant screen resolutions. Seeing as the burden of proof is always on the claimant, and I see no evidence that there would be a solution to this, I am going to close this as a duplicate of a bug report.

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screen resolution and dual monitors

xorg works very strangely without specific resolution settings within /etc/X11/xorg.confYou need to put the specific resolutions and it would work perfectly.Here is how I set up my xorg.conf and you can use this as a guide for yours (search on google for your resolution) or for a short time you can backup yours and use this one but it will let you use a maximum resolution of 1024x768@60Hz (I love this xorg.

conf):.

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Second monitor on 16.04 from AMD RX 460 (pro 16.60)

I solved this issue by uninstalling the AMDGPU-PRO drivers and installing the ones from this PPA:I'd assume the default ones that launch with 16.

04 would work as well. Apparently the AMDGPU-PRO drivers have some issue, at least for me, with dual monitors.One thing I am curious about, did you have the dual monitor setup before installing the AMDGPU-PRO drivers or after? I added my second monitor after and had this issue

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Elementary OS different wallpapers on each monitor

You can use HydraPaper. It's available to install with flatpak. To install it on Elementary OS you need first to install flatpak:sudo apt-get updatesudo apt install flatpakflatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathubyou can install HydraPaper by running:flatpak install flathub org.gabmus.hydrapaperTo run the program just run:flatpak run org.

gabmus.

hydrapaperThe next time when you login to your system you will find the program in your application menu

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Calibrating Dual Monitors

What version of Windows are you running?If you use Windows 7, it has a monitor calibrating tool built in. Type 'Calibrate' in the start menu search box, and open the link 'Calibrate Display Color'. This will open the calibration window (seen below). Just follow the instructions through on one screen to calibrate it, then when you're finished, move the window to the other screen and do the same thing.You should then have two properly calibrated monitors!

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Dual Monitors only one working?

I am assuming the graphics card has 2x DVI output, and your mobo has 1x VGA output?

When you install a graphics card, your mobo graphics are overridden. The VGA port will not work.

You need to get a DVI to VGA adapter, to allow both monitors to plug into the DVI ports on the graphics card. Most graphics cards come with at least one in the box. If not, they're about 99p to buy in the shops.

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Dual Monitors Won't Work

I have an HD 5450 card with dual monitors. Using the displays setting dialog will only work with the default open-source driver, which works pretty well for most things, although probably not for games.If you use the added proprietary driver, then you need to use the AMD catalyst settings app - the one with administrative privileges is the only one that will change settings. This app should be installed, and you can search for it in the applications

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Dual screens with one workspace on each?

As far as I know, Compiz doesn't support what you want.I've heard that there are other window managers that can. I don't remember which ones in particular -- Xmonad? Awesome? I remember that the one I heard about was a tiling window manager, and decided changing all my window-managing habits was too great a cost for this feature.

As a workaround I sometimes mark windows as visible on all workspaces and then keep them on one monitor

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Windows Split Desktop Utility closed

It is only a sample program for a .NET library...,

but I like NeatKeys for resizing windows so that they align to each other (for presentations etc.). There are several modes (one with presets like Winsplit Revolution, one where you draw lines and then assign your windows to the existing rectangles, and one where you can just save current sizes and attach shortcuts to them). Most features can be used both by keyboard and by mouse.

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How can I get dual pivot monitors working with nvidia?

I had the same problem with a 460. Try using TwinMode. Save the configuration to X without applying the changes. Logout and login, should be working then. It creates a virtual kind of monitor where Ubuntu detects your two monitors as one giant one made up of the combined resolutions. The top bar is a bit buggy with unity and the two screens, but the sidebar works perfectly. This is solution so far, but I'm currently looking for a better way

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How can I stop missing the corners of my dual-monitor setup?

In all honesty, the simplest solution is to learn to use the keyboard shortcuts. Windows 8 is no longer a mouse-oriented operating system, and pointing devices have become a second-class citizen to the keyboard and touch input.Put the time into learning how to use the keyboard for these things, and you'll find it's far faster to do things than to use the mouse.

Pulling from Microsoft's List of New Shortcuts and a few pre-existing shortcuts from Windows 7:

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Is it possible to control which monitor is considered the primary monitor?

The OP speaks about ATI card, so I would like to suggest an alternative, specific to NVidia cards, but consider that the accepted answer more generic and would work for both...My monitors have different max resolutions.I got these info after using nvidia-settings, configuring the monitors, and trying to create a xorg conf file (but not applying it, just reading it).

After the boot, I just click on a desktop icon I created, to activate one of these configs

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Buying dual monitors of different size and resolution

There's absolutely no reason why you can't have different resolution and/or size monitors. There might be "jump" in cursor position when it crosses from one screen to another, but the OS should cope.Most graphics cards come with multiple outputs these days. Just look for one that mentions "dual view" or "double headed".If you're on Windows there are quite a few apps that allow you to put different images on each monitor. DisplayFusion is just one