[PLUG] Dual Monitor Mint 17.1 Compiz question
Ken Eshelby
eshelbyk at gmail.com
Mon Jan 4 00:35:39 UTC 2016
I've found that the older kernels that Mint uses (even Mint 17.3 on 3.13 or
3.16) aren't usually modern enough to handle Intel onboard graphics
hardware, but I don't know where the HD 3000 hardware fits into that
compatibility timeline. Maybe a kernel upgrade will ease the hardware
issue. This was the case recently for a newer Braswell chip using HD
6000. Went to a 4.2 or 4.3 kernel and it came right up with Ubuntu.
The other thing I've done in the past is use Mint with XFCE. It played
well when I was using dual monitors (from around Mint 13 to ~17), but I've
since gone from two Samsung 204Bs to a larger single monitor (refurb ASUS
PB278Q 27" from amazon for about $300). Uses less energy and is a simpler
setup, though it may require more powerful graphics hardware to drive.
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Ken
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