[SML] Ubuntu 16.04

[Steven Hood]

Wow. That's a pretty dumb OS "feature". You'd think the EDID that tells the 
OS that it's a projector would make the OS want to make that a secondary. I 
think we had the same problem once... it was when I had an external monitor 
and a projector both plugged into the MacBook. The OS kept trying to make 
the projector the primary and the laptop screen #2, and the extra monitor 
#3. Just too weird.


On November 22, 2016 3:38:10 PM Jon Ares via Stagecraft 
<stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:

> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 2:24 PM, Alf Sauve' via Stagecraft <
> stagecraft at theatrical.net> wrote:
>
>> Did I mention how much I hate EDID (and HDCP)?    For those of us who want
>> to dictate what our settings should be we're constantly having to do
>> workarounds, like the Extron DA, to hold a fixed resolution regardless of
>> what we plug in to the system.
>
>
> I have the most obnoxious problem with our QLab Mac Mini (with
> next-to-latest OS on it) - always, ALWAYS grabbing the external display
> (Extron/projector setup) as the primary display.... EVERY TIME.  We have
> our desktop (true primary) display on HDMI, and the Extron/projector on a
> Thunderbolt/HDMI adapter.... and even if I switch them and power up, the
> damn thing ALWAYS takes the Extron/projector as the primary - even if it's
> not powered on.....  Ugh.
>
> Our workaround is to power up the Mac BEFORE plugging the adapter in.  But
> plugging in the adapter BEFORE opening QLab, otherwise all our projection
> settings are gone.
>
>
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