It doesn't matter if the 2nd screen is connected or not, the settings look the same. What might be the issue? I am connecting the screen via HDMI. USB-C didn't work.
Gday @garfunkel
If the 2nd screen is not appearing in setting/display "As per your photo"
This indicates that the machine is not detecting the 2nd screen.
First with the 2nd screen connected please run the "software Updater" shut down the pc,restart & test.
If you still have no 2nd screen in display settings.
Please show us the output of the following
Is it possible that the screen is working while not being recognized by the system, perhaps because the driver is mindlessly sending output to the HDMI?
Yes Zen, 100% correct.
It's like some cheap cables are built to mainly charge & & are very very slow to transfer or tether/etc.
So if the cable is at fault it will do funny thing's as we see, this also applies to bad or incorrect driver.
As it's the 1st time trying a 2nd screen i hope the update may work (this may take a 2nd update).
If the driver looks good then we should look at the cable & connection ports.
eg:
we'll need further machine info.?
is the HDMI cable, Passive/active/optic/etc?
distance to 2nd screen?
Its also possible that its a shared port, i had a netbook that the hdmi port would only mirror and even in windows was not separate from the built in lcd.
I would also check in updates -> additional drivers as you might need an additional propriety driver to use the hdmi - common with intel igpu and nvidia carded laptops ,
If it is a Starlabs notebook, usually Intel which is included in the kernel. If it is AMD, that too is included in the kernel.
Have you raised your kernel?
In your app menu, type in software and you should see an Application Listed that is labeled Software & Updates
Click on that application. It is not reached by going through the Software Updater application.
Secure Boot is a BIOS Setting reachable when you boot the computer and select an F key for it. Often it is F2.
In the BIOS settings, look for a Security tab.
I also recommend you check your kernel, as well:
That is unexpected.
Don't worry, very easy to fix.
Reboot and tap esc or tab to show the Grub Menu. This is the menu that offers to boot Zorin
Or underneath that is the option of Advanced Options for Zorin.
Select Advanced Options for Zorin and on the next screen, arrow key down to the previous working kernel Zorin on 5.15.0-83... or which ever it was. Might be up to -86 now.
Then boot up. Once you reach the desktop, you can remove the non-working kernel:
Sorry to take so long to reply - I was first testing that this removal method will work.
(Interestingly, the errors you showed in your photo are generally totally harmless. Something else with that kernel must have caused a problem that did not generate an error at that point).