Thank you for your bug report. What video card and driver do you use? What connectivity are you using, hdmi cable?
** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: unity-control-center (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to unity-control-center in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1519430 Title: Have to open control center to detect external monitor Status in unity-control-center package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: When I plug in an external monitor nothing happens. I would assume that the monitor would be set the to configuration that I used last time. However, when I open the control center the monitor gets configured fine. Its really annoying though to have to open the control center every time. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 15.10 Package: unity-control-center 15.04.0+15.10.20150923-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.2.0-18.22-generic 4.2.3 Uname: Linux 4.2.0-18-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.19.1-0ubuntu5 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: Unity Date: Tue Nov 24 12:30:16 2015 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-11-20 (368 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.1) SourcePackage: unity-control-center SystemImageInfo: current build number: 0 device name: channel: daily last update: 2015-07-01 14:58:02 UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-control-center/+bug/1519430/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp