[kwlug-disc] HELP -- Very new to Ubuntu

Kiwi Ssennyonjo kiwi at ssenn.com
Tue Oct 4 15:59:19 EDT 2011


the monitors are both on but nothing being displayed.


On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 15:53, L.D. Paniak <ldpaniak at fourpisolutions.com>wrote:

> What do you mean by "monitors go crazy"?  Do you get desktop backgrounds
> on each monitor?
>
> Try popping open the System->Preferences->Monitors (that's the location
> in 10.04) window and see if all three screens appear as options and if
> changes there help.
>
>
> On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 15:39 -0400, Kiwi Ssennyonjo wrote:
> > I was recently given a laptop at work.
> > They gave me a corporate image of windows 7 that has 'known issues' as
> > identified by IT.
> >
> > It was sugguested to me that I convert my 'Windows 7' to a VM and use
> > Workstation in Ubuntu; A supported configuration.
> >
> > My setup is as follows
> > -Dell E6320
> > -Dual monitors
> >
> > I Install Ubuntu 11.10. I am having a real problem with
> > -docking
> > -undocking
> > when i start my laptop on the dock all is well until I undock and
> > redock.
> > my monitors go crazy; to the extent that i have been resorting to
> > restarting (keep in mind i am new to this ubuntu thing)
> >
> > May you please sugguest a solution?
> > Or I will have to go to plan B.
> > --
> > Kiwi Ssennyonjo
> > http://www.ssenn.com
> > twitter:@kiwoneka
> > m:519-744-3200
> >
> >
> >
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Kiwi Ssennyonjo
http://www.ssenn.com
twitter:@kiwoneka
m:519-744-3200
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