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Bazzite•7mo ago•
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External Display - Framework 13 native display will not work w out external monitor!

Hey, I have a bug with external displays I'm hoping to get help on:

I have an LG 22" external monitor connected by HDMI port (FrameWork HDMI expansion bay)... the laptop native display is in the native 2256 x 1504 (3:2) resolution, but for some reason all desktop elements & text look absolutely, eye-hurtingly TINY! It didn't do that before I had it hooked to the display, and maybe I'm missing the appropriate setting somewhere but I could always scale it, I guess... the bigger problem is that the built-in display no longer works WITHOUT the external display attached... it just goes black. If I 'turn off" the external monitor the native display works, but if I unplug the external (even if it's "off" in display settings) built-in screen goes black. If I restart w/o external display attached, I see the framework logo, get to log in, then... black screen again. No display output until I plug in the HDMI cable. Can't seem to get anywhere with it. Suggestions for next step in troubleshooting? Thank you!
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