Comment on Daily Discussion Thread: š» Monday, July 01, 2024
just_kitten@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© agoYeah. Iām spending too much time going down rabbit holes about what the cause is (maybe itās because the processor doesnāt support DP 1.4? Is it the port? I donāt know!)
Worst case if I need two screens, the laptop itself has a 17" screen so thatās not so bad. Just takes up a heap of space and isnāt at the right height. I donāt do that much work on this laptop atm so Iāll survive. At least the dock generally works, last time I tried using a USB-C dock with this a few years ago nothing worked.
Duenan@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© ago
This sounds stupid but do you have to toggle it to dual display on the laptop itself or go through the display settings?
just_kitten@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Just display settings. The keyboard button for toggling multiple displays does basically the same thing (choice of extending, duplicating, etc)
I can technically run two external screens by plugging one monitor into the laptopās HDMI port, but that kind of defeats the point of a port :( donāt think Iāll do it unless I really need to.
Duenan@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© ago
Hmm Iām not sure how it really works through the dock to be honest.
What happens when you put it into extending the screen option?
just_kitten@aussie.zone āØ2ā© āØmonthsā© ago
It extends onto the laptopās own screen (which is pointless as the laptop is closed)ā¦ Ah well, Iāve simply accepted that I can only use one monitor with this particular laptop via the dock. Itās too complicated for me to understand!