so when u connect the display there is no interaction with the display (turns black) shifts. nothing?
I reread my initial post and it seems worse than it is. I can only get 1 of the displays to work over thunderbolt.
You may want to install install Prime Indicator extension. Set it to Nvidia GPU only, see if that improves things.
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1275/prime-indicator/
I don't know if my experience is relevant or not. I'm running a new LG 4k display. I purchased a KVM switch to switch between three machines I have. I wanted to use the same keyboard, mouse, and display. But the LG display does not like the HDMI output of the switch. The usb devices seem to work fine, but not the display. I have pulled the switch and use it in another test bench with three machines with an old 1080P monitor. It works for the most part there. (M1 mac won't share usb keyboard and mouse but display works for all three).
One of the things that I have found, is that when people buy hardware for 1080P, 4K, or 8K, they often forget about the cables.
To prevent issues, when I bought my HDMI switchbox, I made sure the box support 4K at 60 hertz. And then I made sure to buy cables that were rated for UHD 4K or higher resolutions at 60 hertz.
Believe it or not, non-gaming hardware for displays are bellow gaming standards. It was like pulling teeth to find out that supports 4K at 60 hertz instead of 30 hertz.
You look at gaming hardware, and they often go as high as up to 300 whopping hertz, its like crazy lol. But yes, double check the resolution and refresh rate of the switch.
And double check the cables you are using, you will know, cause of writing on the cables, look for UHD 4K 8K 60 hertz or even 10GBPS or higher transfer rates, these things should be listed on the cables themselves.
If you see a cable that says 1080P, buy a new cable. If you see a cable that says 4K but only 30 hertz, buy a new cable. You want 4K or UHD at 60 hertz minimum. Hope this info helps!
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I did some more research on my machine to see if others were seeing similar issues at the hardware level. Turns out the 2018 Huawei Matebook X Pro doesn't utilize all 4 pcie lanes in its Thunderbolt configuration (found out why they were able to sell it for so cheap 
), meaning it only technically supports a single display stream over thunderbolt. I've gotten it to work with 2 displays in the past at my company's offices over DisplayLink, but that's not implemented at the hardware level the same. If I want two monitors, I'll probably just have to verify I can still get DisplayLink to work at the office and just buy whatever the office is using since I know it works 
.
Both my countries government, and me as a person, have a ban on Huawei brand. I don't trust a single thing from the manufacture, they have make things far too cheaply, and they are like Microsoft, NEVER to be trusted EVER.
From a spyware perspective, there isn't anything more Huawei, and the Chinese government if ya nasty, can learn about me that Apple, Facebook, Reddit, Google, and literally any other social network I've used in the past already knows about me; and I believe the Chinese government requires at least some of that information for those services to operate in China anyways. I trust my device more that I'm on Linux, but I can't deny the fact my digital footprint is larger than I much control over anymore. From a hardware perspective, this is the first issue I've ever run into. Everything else has been absolutely amazing and 100% worth the money. It's a great machine for more than 90% of things.
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ohhhh, and, since we are talking about cables, I wanted to make sure and post this, as the results are interesting.
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I think that there is a difference between acceptance and complacency.
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Fair enough. In reality, we need to hold tech, and hardware, companies with wild amounts of personal data more accountable and they need have the courage to deny it to entities that might use it for more nefarious designs as they chase profits.
I'm just too realistic to believe my digital footprint is invisible.
I can find it interesting how a person can talk about privacy and data protection, while sharing tons of it at will over an open chatbox.
I have learned a lot about people that I never wanted or needed to know by sitting in any restaurant, partly because of what they spew forth and partly because they choose to do so at high volume.
In Ninjitsu, (actual, not hollywood), invisibility or stealth is often achieved by being beyond notice, not by being hard to see. In history, Ninjas wore not black outfits, but peasants clothing and looked so ordinary, they did not draw attention to themselves.
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In interesting take on data privacy. In a similar vein, I'm puzzled by people who, honestly and vehemently, believe taking a Covid vaccine will somehow inject a Bill Gates designed tracker into their blood stream. There's no need for a tracker. They own a cell phone. They use apps that ask for and are given location permissions without giving any indication as to why. They share insanely intimate details about their family, whereabouts, lives, on platforms that sell that information for profit. The human species has not evolved enough to know how to handle the instantaneous transfer of information and communication via the internet. In recent years I've done more to interact more anonymously on the internet, but unfortunately... data lives as long as it retains value to whoever holds it.
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Or that 5G causes it...
And they click "accept" without reading the EULA.
If one thing is made apparent by technology, it is the self-centered nature of humans.
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I would argue it makes the self-centered nature of capitalism more apparent. The "need" for large and complex EULAs that seek to hide what most consider nefarious in thick legalese is evidence of that to me. I believe technology, among general users, taps more into the need to connect and be connected to others. Case and point: this conversation
Both capitalism and socialism are just aspects of human nature. Like "money", they only exist as an extension of ourselves.
A feeling like you owe me something. And as you and I owe eachother nothing on this forum, my willingness to take my time helping you solve a problem in a troubleshooting thread ain't exactly altruism either. I do it for myself, just as much.
Capitalism unchecked gave us the Radium Girls. Job loss. Exploitation of overseas labor.
A little bit of Capitalism is a good thing. It feeds our need for advancement and ambition. A lot of Capitalism... not so much. It enables our self-centric nature and lack of concern for anyone outside of our Dunbar Number.
But the exact same can be said for Socialism (and in Socialism, I am including the highly social behavior of people).
Either can be abused and exploited and both will be for the Same Reason: Self-centered personal gain.
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And boy has there been a ton of exploitation done to us humans from both major corporations, and our own governments. Its a vicious cycle that never ends, it only expands, and gets worse and worse.
Back when the movie Imposter came out, everybody saw it as science fiction and that would never happen. Oh really? What do you think is going on today with all this AI tracking and facial recognition and stuff? Why are companies like Apple pushing that stuff?
Wake up people, Imposter is already here, its just not obvious to you yet, but it will be soon.
I feel this way about Gnome. 
It seems so Obvious...
I bet many people feel this way when they look at many things. For example, on-topic-of-the-tangent: How obvious it is that whether we support a more capitalist or more Socialist stance is often based on what we were told growing up, more than by Critical Thinking.
We are taught Capitalism by being told that we grow up Big and Strong and if We Work Really hard, we can achieve wonders.
Uhhh...
Working really hard usually leads to more labor. Not always but... The general trend is that the richest work the least.
We are taught that More is Better. Jeff Bezos and ilk have more money than they know what to do with. You could swipe a few million and unless an accountant informed them, they would never know.
Like a squirrels nuts.
They have no idea. I bet Oprah Winfrey has 30 accountants.
In Socialism, we are taught that sharing is caring. So, when it comes to sharing your data, we are already conditioned to think that sharing is good.
Our innate laziness to conserve energy to survive now plays against us as an Evolutionary Trap.
Convenience is the highest social selling point; Along with the Selfish desire to get whatever you want.
Why care of a large corporation is mining and selling your data if it is still allowing you to Zap Zombies on your 4k screen?
Nowhere is this more apparent than in Climate Change - where the science is flatly denied. Even those that acknowledge it do not really want to do anything about it because it would require sacrificing the lifestyle and conveniences that we want.
It's us. It's not the companies, the politicians, the evil exploiters or Jeff Bezos or Bill Gates. They are just humans like us.
It's just US. Being willing to throw anyone or anything under the bus to get what we want, even if we do so while virtue signaling loudly every step of the way.
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That reminds me of that guy who double crossed Han Solo, when he was younger in the Solo movie. He came out of the elevator with a weapon pointed at Solo. But he told Solo before that people are not to be trusted.
Solo remembered this lesson, so when he did that, he told the guy that he didn't have the upper hand he thought he had, Solo predicted his betrayl, because he told Solo people can't be trusted, including him.