Maybe the system is remembering the external monitor as a configuration
where the laptop screen was once turned off. So switching to that
configuration involves turning off the laptop screen. To fix that try
deleting all memory of the monitor configurations:

  rm ~/.config/monitors.xml


** Package changed: xorg (Ubuntu) => mutter (Ubuntu)

** Tags added: multimonitor

** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Incomplete

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Title:
  laptop screen turns off when I connect an external monitor

Status in mutter package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  When I connect the hdmi cable from my monitor the laptop screen starts
  to darken this only happens when I connect the external monitor.

  when I switch to mirror the external monitor starts flickering and the
  laptop monitor turns off completely.

  When I switch to join displays, the laptop monitor turns off
  completely and the external monitor stays on.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+19ubuntu14
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-53.59-generic 5.4.65
  Uname: Linux 5.4.0-53-generic x86_64
  ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.11
  Architecture: amd64
  BootLog: Error: [Errno 13] Permission denied: '/var/log/boot.log'
  CasperMD5CheckResult: skip
  CompositorRunning: None
  CurrentDesktop: ubuntu:GNOME
  Date: Wed Nov 11 02:50:28 2020
  DistUpgraded: 2020-11-11 02:37:02,636 DEBUG Running PostInstallScript: 
'./xorg_fix_proprietary.py'
  DistroCodename: focal
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes, if not too technical
  GraphicsCard:
   Intel Corporation UHD Graphics 620 [8086:5917] (rev 07) (prog-if 00 [VGA 
controller])
     Subsystem: Dell UHD Graphics 620 [1028:0839]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-11-11 (0 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426)
  MachineType: Dell Inc. Latitude 3490
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4.0-53-generic 
root=UUID=c86cce5a-02e9-41bc-9097-dd5e168a82d4 ro quiet splash vt.handoff=7
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to focal on 2020-11-11 (0 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 12/23/2019
  dmi.bios.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: 1.11.0
  dmi.board.name: 0Y2FDT
  dmi.board.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.board.version: A00
  dmi.chassis.type: 10
  dmi.chassis.vendor: Dell Inc.
  dmi.modalias: 
dmi:bvnDellInc.:bvr1.11.0:bd12/23/2019:svnDellInc.:pnLatitude3490:pvr:rvnDellInc.:rn0Y2FDT:rvrA00:cvnDellInc.:ct10:cvr:
  dmi.product.family: Latitude
  dmi.product.name: Latitude 3490
  dmi.product.sku: 0839
  dmi.sys.vendor: Dell Inc.
  version.compiz: compiz N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.101-2
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 20.0.8-0ubuntu1~20.04.1
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.20.8-2ubuntu2.4
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:19.1.0-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 
2:2.99.917+git20200226-1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.16-1

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