HP Pavilion dv6700 Notebook PC
Linux Mint 17.3, Cinnamon
Neither the screen projector nor the external monitor work correctly.
Everything appears to work as I expect. Displays correctly getting into and completing the login screen.
After entering my password and the system logs me in, the only thing that is displayed on the projector or monitor is the wallpaper. No icons, no mouse. I don't know any Linux keyboard commands to try to open a window.
Sometimes the mouse will disappear from the laptop display and appear on the monitor, sometimes it doesn't.
When I do have a mouse on the monitor, there is no mouse I can see on the laptop. But the system opens to a full sized browser window (Firefox) and there may be something hidden behind the browser.
There may be some connection with initial user input, such as a right mouse click. One time when I performed a rt. click, the dialog box and mouse showed up on the monitor! That was a surprise.
So, if anyone has ideas about how to solve this, without having to modify code somewhere (way above my paygrade!
), I'd appreciate it.
