On Fri, 2016-02-26 at 22:06 +0000, Liam O'Toole wrote: > On 2016-02-26, Albin Ludvig Otterhäll <al...@otterhall.com> wrote: > > I've my Thinkpad T430 connected to a docking station, which itself is > > connected to two external monitors. When I dock my laptop the laptop > > screen is blacked out and the two monitors starts showing the desktop. > > No problems here. > > > > But when I disconnect the laptop from the docking station the desktop > > doesn't return to the laptop screen. I've to reboot for the desktop to > > return to local screen. But if I reconnect the thinkpad to the station > > the image return on the external displays. > > > > I think that xrandr is trying to output the desktop on the two monitors > > that doesn't "exists" after I've disconnected the computer. Any > > suggestions? > > > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > > Best regards, > > Albin Otterhäll > > > > Have you tried adjusting the brightness of the latop screen after > disconnecting the external monitors? I've seen cases where the desktop > returns to the laptop screen correctly, but with the brightness at a > minimum. One could be forgiven for thinking that the screen was > inactive. > >
You are correct! The laptop's screen brightness is set to minimum. Thanks! -- Best regards, Albin Otterhäll
