Re: Thinkpad T440s with built-in display + external monitor

2015-04-08 Thread André Pinto
Thank you all! The problem was effectively the one Eugen said. For some reason the brightness of the built-in display changes to 0, which looks the same as effectively disabling the display. So I guess every time this happens I will need to turn the brightness up again. I don't know what causes t

Re: Thinkpad T440s with built-in display + external monitor

2015-04-08 Thread ken
On 04/08/2015 04:03 AM, André Pinto wrote: Hi, I'm having problems with having both the built-in display of my Thinkpad T440s and an external monitor working. If I boot the system without the external monitor connected, the built-in display works, but as soon as I connect the external monitor th

Re: Thinkpad T440s with built-in display + external monitor

2015-04-08 Thread Eugen Wintersberger
Hi Andre I have a T440s and had a similar problem. However, at least in my case, the solution was quite simple: the built-in screen is not blank, only its brightness is reduced to 0 (for some stupid reason) when an external monitor (or in my case a beamer) is connected. In order to bring your bu

Re: Thinkpad T440s with built-in display + external monitor

2015-04-08 Thread André Pinto
Also, I don't know if that is relevant or not, but I'm using the Mini DisplayPort connector to connect to the external monitor. On Wed, Apr 8, 2015 at 10:03 AM, André Pinto wrote: > Hi, > > I'm having problems with having both the built-in display of my Thinkpad > T440s and an external monitor w

Thinkpad T440s with built-in display + external monitor

2015-04-08 Thread André Pinto
Hi, I'm having problems with having both the built-in display of my Thinkpad T440s and an external monitor working. If I boot the system without the external monitor connected, the built-in display works, but as soon as I connect the external monitor the external monitor starts working and the bui