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Ubuntu 14.04 with 3 screens and a docking station - Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics
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Jun 10, 2016 - 04:02am
Hello,
I just got a new Dell E7450 laptop with an Intel Broadwell-U Integrated Graphics card built in.
I wanted to set up the way I did on my previous laptop - with 2 monitors plugged into DVI ports in my docking station, and as the 3rd monitor - my laptop screen.
The problem is - Ubuntu only sees my laptop screen and 1 monitor. When both standalone monitors are switched on the signal gets cloned to both of them (so they all work, but two of them show the same image).
A collegue of mine also has the same setting, but he has the 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller in his laptop, and all 3 monitors are detected by Ubuntu.
I managed to override this problem temporarily by plugging a DisplayPort -> DVI converter into the laptop directly, but that forces me to attach cables to the laptop every time i put it into the docking station, which I would like to avoid.
Does anyone have any knowledge if this Broadwell-U card can support 2 separate monitors over a docking station?
I noticed that lshw -c video shows "capabilities" for my friend's laptop which include "msi" and "pm", whereas mine doesn't. Could this be the problem?
some outputs:
lshw -c video
uname -a