I am loving Kubuntu and KDE but am a bit new to systems level stuff. I am on Kernel 4.7.6 and Kubuntu 16.04. I was hoping someone could help me with an issue I am having with my MSI GS63VR with a NVIDIA GTX 1060 in it. I have two ports, an HDMI and a thunderbolt, neither of which are working to use an external monitor. I've done some research but my issue seems to be a few steps short of where everyone else is. In Display Settings the external monitor(s) are not being detected.
When I run
The output is...
and when I run
the output is
I appreciate any help anyone can offer!!
Added:
Well, that was fast. Here is what I did to fix it.
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
disable UEFI secure boot
reboot
External monitor now recognized via thunderbolt port.
:-)
When I run
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xrandr -q
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Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767 eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm 1920x1080 60.02*+ 59.93 1680x1050 59.95 59.88 1600x1024 60.17 1400x1050 59.98 1600x900 60.00 1280x1024 60.02 1440x900 59.89 1280x960 60.00 1368x768 60.00 1360x768 59.80 59.96 1152x864 60.00 1280x720 60.00 1024x768 60.00 1024x576 60.00 960x540 60.00 800x600 60.32 56.25 864x486 60.00 640x480 59.94 720x405 60.00 640x360 60.00 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
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lspci
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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake Host Bridge/DRAM Registers (rev 07) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sky Lake PCIe Controller (x16) (rev 07) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Skylake Integrated Graphics (rev 06) 00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H USB 3.0 xHCI Controller (rev 31) 00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H Thermal subsystem (rev 31) 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H CSME HECI #1 (rev 31) 00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SATA Controller [AHCI mode] (rev 31) 00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #1 (rev f1) 00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #5 (rev f1) 00:1d.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #9 (rev f1) 00:1d.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #14 (rev f1) 00:1d.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PCI Express Root Port #15 (rev f1) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H LPC Controller (rev 31) 00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H PMC (rev 31) 00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H HD Audio (rev 31) 00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Sunrise Point-H SMBus (rev 31) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 1c20 (rev a1) 3d:00.0 Ethernet controller: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10) 3e:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Wireless 8260 (rev 3a)
Added:
Well, that was fast. Here is what I did to fix it.
sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall
disable UEFI secure boot
reboot
External monitor now recognized via thunderbolt port.
:-)