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   Carlos E.R. to bad sector   
   Re: "I got up to wash my *&^(% face"   
   28 Dec 21 00:13:37   
   
   From: robin_listas@es.invalid   
      
   On 27/12/2021 23.44, bad sector wrote:   
   >   
   > a familiar line from "Cecilia", not a week goes by without   
   > something getting totally fubarred   
   >   
   > Last month I plugged my laptop's only hdmi output into   
   > the AvAmp which feeds the 'smart' Samsung TV. I opened   
   > a beer and watched a movie. Now I do the same thing and   
   > the hdmi output seems to be directed at some non-existing   
   > additional monitor. The Av amp is being seen as a 3000x500   
   > or so device and no settings on the laptop monitor are   
   > possible because the mouse pointer is now on a non-existing   
   > monitor i.e. on a device that is not a monitor.   
   >   
   > A long time ago the kde System Settings (hardware/monitor)   
   > allowed the simultaneous i.e. identical image output, this   
   > kind of setting is nowhere to be seen. IT was the DEFAULT  so   
   > IT just worked!  Now If I plug the laptop directly into the TV   
   > it doesn't recognise the laptop. Both the TV and the laptop   
   > are 1920x1080, the TV and the AvAmp are both 'smart', so the   
   > logical conclusion is that Suse Leap is stupid?   
   >   
      
   Using XFCE I get a popup, on both displays, asking me what I want to do   
   with them. If not, I press a key on my laptop keyboard, I forget which,   
   something about display change, and I get the same menu.   
      
   Works perfectly.   
      
   --   
   Cheers, Carlos.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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