Select the desired location, in my case I will select the bottom left location: Right click the existing Panel and select Panel Settings: Move to monitor to the desired location, for instance my monitor is to the left of my laptop display: Select your second monitor and turn Active On: If you have multiple monitors plugged in. Linux Vendor Firmware Service Multiple Monitors with Multiple Panels Linux Vendor Firmware Serviceįor newer systems you may be able to use the Linux Vendor Firmware Service to keep your UEFI BIOS and Firmware up to date. Likely a newer Firmware Update is required for these Thunderbolt Docks.īooting the laptop without the Dock and then plugging the Dock it seems to work. When the Laptop Lid was closed, Mint seemed to Boot but only return a Black Screen. Select USB/Thunderbolt Configuration and change to the following: Select Dell Type-C Dock Configuration and change to the following: To change these setting, power up your Dell Laptop and press to enter the UEFI BIOS Setup: On my with a TB16 or WD19TB the system hung during Boot when the Laptop Lid was open unless paradoxically Always Allow Dell Docks was Disabled and the Thunderbolt Security was set to No Security. Linux seems to have issues with Dell Thunderbolt Docks during Boot. UEFI BIOS Settings for Thunderbolt Dell Dock Compatibility It is designed for the KDE Desktop Environment but also works with the Cinnamon Desktop Environment using in Linux Mint: This can be fixed by using the KDE auto-rotate script which will add a service that will reconfigure both the screen rotation and touch input in response to the rotation sensor. Behind the scenes, the auto-rotation sensor is built into the Linux kernel and the screen rotates but the touch input doesn't. This makes it extremely frustrating to use the system in tablet mode or tent mode as you cannot scroll through a webpage or a pdf properly. In my case it remained in the same location.

The touch point for the start button should move from the following location as the screen is rotated: On my the screen now autorotates but the Touch Input did not automatically rotate alongside it.

To enable it go to the settings tab and uncheck Disable Automatic Screen-Rotation: Optimizing for Touchscreens Auto-Rotating Screen and Touchscreen Inputīy default automatic screen rotation is disabled.

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