[solved] My laptop's screen is blank but my external monitor works just fine

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Hello and my laptop's screen doesn't work on linux and only gives me a black screen but my monitor works just fine but on windows the laptop screen works just fine.
I tried many distros like linux mint, and kubuntu and the same thing.
Ubuntu says that my laptop's screen is unknown and i know what is nomodeset and it makes gaming worse.

os:
Ubuntu 20.04
Windows 11

specs:
core i5 1035g1
16gb of ram
256 ssd
intel uhd graphics
1920x1080 14 inch screen

laptop model:
gateway GWTN141-4 from 2020
 


laptop's screen doesn't work on linux
I dont think there is an inherent problem with gateway products, your laptop screen is of they type used by many manufactures,
two things are going through my mind at the moment a driver problem ... please cut and paste back the the result of terminal command inxi -G [depending on your current distribution you may need to install inxi]
or it could be a switching problem coding wise [not my area of expertise]
addendum
sudo apt install inxi
 
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G'day young @theoctoguy and welcome to linux.org :)

Subject to what we find with the output from my friend's question above, we may take a look at output from a command called

xrandr

which is useful where more than one screen/monitor is involved.

Cheers

Chris Turner
wizardfromoz
 
I dont think there is an inherent problem with gateway products, your laptop screen is of they type used by many manufactures,
two things are going through my mind at the moment a driver problem ... please cut and paste back the the result of terminal command inxi -G [depending on your current distribution you may need to install inxi]
or it could be a switching problem coding wise [not my area of expertise]
addendum
sudo apt install inxi
ok
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel driver: N/A
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: fbdev
unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3
using safe graphics because i don't feel like hooking up my computer to a monitor
update on normal graphics mode only shows the 2nd display's because that one is working just fine
 
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sorry but we need the report with both screens connected but I spot one problem imidiatly
 
and fun fact this happens if you go to mirror display
 

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Still need the inxi report with both screens connected [there could be more than one problem]

Now to look at the immediate problem, ubuntu 20.4 comes with an older Linux kernel and doesn't contain the drivers required for your Intel graphics, your machine is less than 2 years old, so options..
1] update your Ubuntu to the latest version
2] update your Kernel to the latest version
3] manually install the drivers
4] change to a distribution that already has the latest drivers included.

Bwiz
 
i tried 21.10 and same issue, tried other distros same issue, i don't know how to manually install drivers and i don't know what are my display drivers, same as updating my kernel
 
and now my laptop's screen turns off when i connect my monitor to my laptop and i can't change it to join displays
 
and my monitor
Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: fbdev
unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
 
Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel
that looks like the correct driver so the problem lays with the computers connection to the monitor, now your leaving my area
please run terminal command .. xrandr ..[with both screens connected] and paste back the Full report
hopefully someone with a bit more practice with multiple screens will pick up on it
 
and the second issues that isn't that bad is windows boot loader goes first all of the time so i must go to the bios just to boot ubuntu
 
that looks like the correct driver so the problem lays with the computers connection to the monitor, now your leaving my area
please run terminal command .. xrandr ..[with both screens connected] and paste back the Full report
hopefully someone with a bit more practice with multiple screens will pick up on it
ok bye
 
some useless info
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1848, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP-1 connected 1024x768+120+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.04 60.00*
960x720 60.00
928x696 60.05
896x672 60.01
1024x576 59.95 59.96 59.90 59.82
960x600 59.93 60.00
960x540 59.96 59.99 59.63 59.82
800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25
840x525 60.01 59.88
864x486 59.92 59.57
800x512 60.17
848x480 60.00
700x525 59.98
800x450 59.95 59.82
640x512 60.02
720x450 59.89
700x450 59.96 59.88
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x405 59.51 58.99
684x384 59.88 59.85
680x384 59.80 59.96
640x400 59.88 59.98
576x432 60.06
640x360 59.86 59.83 59.84 59.32
512x384 60.00
512x288 60.00 59.92
480x270 59.63 59.82
400x300 60.32 56.34
432x243 59.92 59.57
320x240 60.05
360x202 59.51 59.13
320x180 59.84 59.32
HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+768 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 474mm x 296mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 50.00 59.94
1920x1080i 60.00 59.94
1680x1050 59.88
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1440x900 59.90
1280x960 60.00
1366x768 59.79
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1440x576 50.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
1440x480 60.00 59.94
832x624 74.55
800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
720x576 50.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
 
Graphics: Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: fbdev unloaded: modesetting,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3
and report when both are on
 

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