AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"message-squaremessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up181arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up180arrow-down1message-square"I hooked up a second monitor and neither are working!"AllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.world to Sysadmin@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square18fedilinkfile-text
I go to investigate, and they had managed to plug the HDMI cable of one monitor into the other monitor.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 days agoTo be generous, maybe they’re familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.
minus-squareflambonkscious@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 day agoYou are a saint with that kind of compassionate thinking - well done!
minus-squareAllOutOfBubbleGum@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-22 days agoInteresting. Never heard of that. It’d just be a guess, but I’m doubting this was a person familiar with that. Just a humorous oopsy.
minus-squareCriticalMiss@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 days agoYou just blew my mind. I didn’t know it’s even possible.
minus-squareikidd@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·16 hours agoDisplayport is pretty versatile. You can get an active DP hub and split DP into more independent screens if your GPU will support the total resolution.
To be generous, maybe they’re familiar with DisplayPort daisy-chaining, which is a thing.
You are a saint with that kind of compassionate thinking - well done!
Interesting. Never heard of that. It’d just be a guess, but I’m doubting this was a person familiar with that. Just a humorous oopsy.
You just blew my mind. I didn’t know it’s even possible.
Displayport is pretty versatile. You can get an active DP hub and split DP into more independent screens if your GPU will support the total resolution.
TIL. Nice