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atsaloli

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Registered: 2022-04-06

Posts: 9

Q4OS stops using external monitor if I switch off the monitor's power

Hello,

Happy Q4OS user here.  Running Q4OS version 4.11 on a ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2nd generation (released in 2014). Connected to external monitor.

If I power off the external monitor, Q4OS stops using it.  And even when I turn it back on, it doesn't use it.  It doesn't move the windows to the laptop, they just disappear.  I have to reboot the laptop to get it usable again.

Is there some way to get it to resume using the external monitor when it turns back on?

Same thing happens when I unplug the monitor cable (DisplayPort).

$ inxi -F
System:    Host: q4os-desktop Kernel: 5.10.0-21-amd64 x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: dwm 6.4 Distro: Q4OS 4.11.1-n1
Machine:   Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20A8S15V00 v: ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2nd serial: <superuser required>
           Mobo: LENOVO model: 20A8S15V00 v: 0B98417 PRO serial: <superuser required> UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO
           v: GRET58WW (1.35 ) date: 06/01/2018
Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 12.0 Wh condition: 12.2/45.0 Wh (27%)
CPU:       Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4300U bits: 64 type: MT MCP L2 cache: 3 MiB
           Speed: 1796 MHz min/max: 800/2900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1796 2: 1796 3: 1796 4: 1798
Graphics:  Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
           Device-2: Lite-On Integrated Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
           Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: loaded: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1: 2560x1440~60Hz
           2: 3440x1440~60Hz
           OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) v: 4.5 Mesa 20.3.5
Audio:     Device-1: Intel Haswell-ULT HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Device-2: Intel 8 Series HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
           Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.10.0-21-amd64
Network:   Device-1: Intel Ethernet I218-LM driver: e1000e
           IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: 54:ee:75:1f:41:68
           Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi
           IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: e8:2a:ea:1e:f3:07
Bluetooth: Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb
           Report: ID: hci0 state: up running bt-v: 2.1 address: E8:2A:EA:1E:F3:0B
Drives:    Local Storage: total: 119.24 GiB used: 73.06 GiB (61.3%)
           ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON IT model: LGT-128M6G size: 119.24 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 115.38 GiB used: 72.9 GiB (63.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-1
           ID-2: /boot size: 469.4 MiB used: 163.5 MiB (34.8%) fs: ext2 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 976 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/dm-2
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A
           Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2516
Info:      Processes: 253 Uptime: 12m Memory: 7.44 GiB used: 3.14 GiB (42.2%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.01
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I've attached qreport.tar.gz

Thank you!
Aleksey

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