Connecting multiple external screens to Ubuntu Linux

[Shay Gover]

Docking station probably.

On Sat, Jun 13, 2020 at 2:31 PM Gabor Szabo <gabor at szabgab.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have a Thinkpad (
> https://www.lenovo.com/il/en/laptops/thinkpad/13-series/ThinkPad-13-Windows-2nd-Gen/p/22TP2TX133E
> ). It has a single HDMI slot but when I run xrandr I get:
>
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 2160, maximum 16384 x 16384
> eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+1080 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 294mm x 165mm
> .....
> HDMI-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis
> y axis) 510mm x 287mm
> ....
> DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>
> (The .... are just lots of lines of possible configuration).
>
> Based on this (and on my lack of understanding) I could connect another
> monitor to DP-1
> and one to HDMI-2, but I don't know where can I plug them in physically?
>
> If I understand correctly an HDMI-splitter might work, but the screens
> connected to that would show the same image. (Mirror configuration.) I
> would like to have different content on each screen.
>
> Any idea?
>
> In a more generic question: what do I need in my computer so I can have
> more than 2 displays showing different(!) content? Do I need a separate
> graphics card for each display?
>
> regards
>     Gabor
>
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