Only use External Monitor with Laptop

Support & Help Requests
#1

Hi Ubuntu MATE Community,

I am recently new to Ubuntu MATE, just installed 16.10 after playing with Budgie for a bit. I’m staying with MATE!

I have a wee bit of an annoyance that I wonder if someone could help me out with. I have a ThinkPad T410 with an attached HP LA2205wg 22" monitor. I do not use the laptop screen and always have the laptop lid closed.

When I reboot the machine I ALWAYS have to open the lid to log on. This wasn’t the case when I had Budgie installed, the login window would pop-up on my external monitor and was able to log on without a problem with Budgie.

How might I configure Ubuntu MATE to allow the use of the external monitor ONLY? I have already “turned off” the laptop display in Configuration, but that doesn’t seem to help when I reboot. Still have to open the lid to log on.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

#2

Try setting your boot display device to the one you want to use in the BIOS. You can get to it through the Thnkvantage button at boot.

#3

@randomdave Thanks for the tip!! I’ll give it a try tonight when I get home from work.