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Bazzite•17mo ago•
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BrenIngham

Black screen when switching to desktop mode while docked

I am having this issue on a steam deck, LCD 512Gb.

When docked, (note: in this case I'm not using a steam deck dock, rather a run of the mill dell dock)

It keeps my TV on as if it is connected and the back light is still on on the deck, but no display and no input (cannot Ctrl+alt+F1 e.g) , unless I disconnect my dock. Then desktop will load on the deck but when connecting back to the dock, it does not allow me to reconnect to the monitor, it's disabled in "display configuration" but will stay turned off even when enabled...

Any ideas?
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