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#1 2020-05-24 10:04:00
- krvkir
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Second monitor not working via Thinkpad Onelink dock
Hi everybody!
I try to connect external monitor to my Thinkpad Yoga S1 laptop via Onelink dockstation (I have a non-pro model with only hdmi video input). Strange things happen:
- the monitor works when I'm at graphical login screen, but I see no window with login/password prompts, only the wallpaper;
- when I log in to the DE, the monitor turns off and says "No signal";
- XFCE display settings show the monitor but say it's "disabled";
- when I say $ xrandr --verbose --output eDP1 --auto --output DP1 --auto --right-of eDP1 (or enable the display in arandr), the monitor winks (but shows no picture), windows kind of move from laptop display to the monitor (at this moment XFCE display settings stop showing "disabled" title for the monitor) but return back few seconds later. After few more seconds, the monitor shows "No signal".
When the monitor is connected directly to the laptop, it works well. Also, the monitor connected via this dock works well on another Thinkpad with Windows.
One time, after few attemmpts to set up displays with xrandr, the monitor suddenly became enabled and started showing second desktop, but when I disconnected the dock and connected it back, monitor stopped working again. Couldn't reproduce that yet.
Found some relevant topics here but no one was exactly like my case:
- https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12268: here xrandr says it failed to configure something — not my case
- https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=12560: here xrandr says that the monitor is disconnected — but mine says it's connected
I'm on Manjaro, XFCE 4.14-3.
xrandr ] 12:14
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 280mm x 160mm
1920x1080 60.04*+
1680x1050 59.88
1400x1050 59.98
1600x900 60.00 59.95 59.82
1280x1024 60.02
1400x900 59.96 59.88
1280x960 60.00
1368x768 60.00 59.88 59.85
1280x800 59.81 59.91
1280x720 59.86 60.00 59.74
1024x768 60.00
1024x576 60.00 59.90 59.82
960x540 60.00 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.32 56.25
864x486 60.00 59.92 59.57
640x480 59.94
720x405 59.51 60.00 58.99
640x360 59.84 59.32 60.00
DP1 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
1920x1200 59.95 +
1920x1080 60.00 50.00 59.94
1920x1080i 60.00 50.00 50.00 59.94
1680x1050 59.88
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1440x900 59.90
1280x960 60.00
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)$ xfconf-query -c displays -lv ] 11:55
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538 two_displays
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/DP1 AOC International 24"
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/DP1/Active false
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/DP1/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2 AOC International 24"
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Active true
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Position/X 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Position/Y 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Primary false
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Reflection 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/RefreshRate 59,950171
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Resolution 1920x1200
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/HDMI2/Rotation 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1 Laptop
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Active true
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/EDID e9dafc3b21b583ba74c9ef2b1f24ffc5210927ac
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Position/X 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Position/Y 1200
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Primary true
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Reflection 0
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/RefreshRate 60,041543
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Resolution 1920x1080
/2bffc44ab8b62477746a4516494828aae8173538/eDP1/Rotation 0
/ActiveProfile d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039
/AutoEnableProfiles true
/Default/DP1 AOC International 24"
/Default/DP1/Active false
/Default/DP1/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/Default/DP1/Position/X 1920
/Default/DP1/Position/Y 0
/Default/DP1/Primary false
/Default/DP1/Reflection 0
/Default/DP1/RefreshRate 59,950171
/Default/DP1/Resolution 1920x1200
/Default/DP1/Rotation 0
/Default/HDMI2 AOC International 24"
/Default/HDMI2/Active true
/Default/HDMI2/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/Default/HDMI2/Position/X 0
/Default/HDMI2/Position/Y 0
/Default/HDMI2/Primary false
/Default/HDMI2/Reflection 0
/Default/HDMI2/RefreshRate 59,950171
/Default/HDMI2/Resolution 1920x1200
/Default/HDMI2/Rotation 0
/Default/eDP1 Laptop
/Default/eDP1/Active true
/Default/eDP1/EDID e9dafc3b21b583ba74c9ef2b1f24ffc5210927ac
/Default/eDP1/Position/X 0
/Default/eDP1/Position/Y 0
/Default/eDP1/Primary true
/Default/eDP1/Reflection 0
/Default/eDP1/RefreshRate 60,041543
/Default/eDP1/Resolution 1920x1080
/Default/eDP1/Rotation 0
/Fallback/DP1 AOC International 24"
/Fallback/DP1/Active false
/Fallback/DP1/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/Fallback/DP1/Position/X 0
/Fallback/DP1/Position/Y 0
/Fallback/DP1/Primary false
/Fallback/DP1/Reflection 0
/Fallback/DP1/RefreshRate 59,950171
/Fallback/DP1/Resolution 1920x1200
/Fallback/DP1/Rotation 0
/Fallback/HDMI2 AOC International 24"
/Fallback/HDMI2/Active true
/Fallback/HDMI2/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/Fallback/HDMI2/Position/X 0
/Fallback/HDMI2/Position/Y 0
/Fallback/HDMI2/Primary false
/Fallback/HDMI2/Reflection 0
/Fallback/HDMI2/RefreshRate 59,950171
/Fallback/HDMI2/Resolution 1920x1200
/Fallback/HDMI2/Rotation 0
/Fallback/eDP1 Laptop
/Fallback/eDP1/Active true
/Fallback/eDP1/EDID e9dafc3b21b583ba74c9ef2b1f24ffc5210927ac
/Fallback/eDP1/Position/X 0
/Fallback/eDP1/Position/Y 0
/Fallback/eDP1/Primary true
/Fallback/eDP1/Reflection 0
/Fallback/eDP1/RefreshRate 60,041543
/Fallback/eDP1/Resolution 1920x1080
/Fallback/eDP1/Rotation 0
/Notify true
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039 home_office
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/DP1 AOC International 24"
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/DP1/Active false
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/DP1/EDID 1cfe4c0f43805aae710bc4fea9e30edb1d2aa651
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1 Laptop
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Active true
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/EDID e9dafc3b21b583ba74c9ef2b1f24ffc5210927ac
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Position/X 0
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Position/Y 1200
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Primary true
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Reflection 0
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/RefreshRate 60,041543
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Resolution 1920x1080
/d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039/eDP1/Rotation 0Offline
#2 2020-05-24 10:24:36
- krvkir
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Re: Second monitor not working via Thinkpad Onelink dock
Update: I plugged HDMI cable out and in from the dock, and after that the monitor started to work. Have no idea why though...
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#3 2020-05-24 11:01:56
- eriefisher
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Re: Second monitor not working via Thinkpad Onelink dock
It's good that it's working. I have read some reports about turning off the compositor though. I guess it's getting in the way.
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#4 2020-05-24 11:29:42
- ToZ
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Re: Second monitor not working via Thinkpad Onelink dock
Running xfsettingsd in debug mode may yield some useful information.
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#5 2020-05-25 12:20:40
- krvkir
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Re: Second monitor not working via Thinkpad Onelink dock
For the record: I realized that before plugging the HDMI cable in and out, I went to XFCE display settings and deleted monitor configuration profile which was active at the moment (d2e7d420158f3b134f0ee7aeeb3c4cadb16a6039 in my case, see xfconf-query output). Can't remember any other possible reason.
Now the monitor works fine. Thank you all for your responses.
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