Two monitors when only having one in 13.10
I am not an expert but I had the same problem. I have finally find the solution on this forum (here).
First, enter xrandr
in your terminal. You will see that there are several outputs which are connected. The LVDS1
is your laptop's screen.
Normally, there is another outpout called VGA-1
orVGA-2
which is also connected. You have to note the name of this output.
Then, edit your grub with gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
and add video=VGA-1:d
(VGA-1 is the name of the wrong output) in the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX
line (you must have something like GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="video=VGA-1:d"
).
If your output is called like
VGA-1-1
, setvideo=VGA-1:d
(settingvideo=VGA-1-1:d
won't work).If your output is called like
VGA-1-2
, setvideo=VGA-2:d
(settingvideo=VGA-1-2:d
orvideo=VGA-1:d
does not seem to work, although one may still try them out separately to be certain).
Then update your grub with sudo update-grub
and reboot.