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Ok, so the Dell E2210 is an older display unit (I was given both when I left Blackberry in 2014) & they've always worked so never needed to change them. Which leads into the possibility that the even older laptops (higher spec for the time, old lappy -2009) BIOS may need to be updated, so now...

Howdy Condo Thanks & nice to say hi. So I checked BIOS. Only 2 settings for display - Autoselect & LCD. By default it was set to Autoselect so adjusted to LCD, rebooted & sat back to watch the fireworks. THIS time it got further - both screens showed boot sequence, then LM logo - & then we got...

In the interim am looking to see if I have a VGA -> DisplayPort adaptor to see if this would fare better.

ideally I'd like it to be a screen extension I can slide the mouse over into & use, but a mirrored secondary screen would be a step forward. To qualify, do you mean modify the VGA entry to reflect a secondary screen, then plug it in and see if it livens up? output from xrandr below:-...

Muchas gracias

Hey Rob - Cheers! Yeah, kinda a catch-22 one - I have to disconnect the external monitor to activate the laptop screen, thus when you check display it only shows the 1 primary monitor with it's associated resolution & refresh rate. As soon as I attempt to plug the external display, the screen...

Hi all. So over the last few days have taken an oldish Toshiba Satellite L500 laptop, installed a new internal 500GB disk & installed/configured Mint 21(Vanessa), tweaking accordingly. Next step. head to the mancave, unplug the existing windows lappy from the external display (Dell E2210 24"...