I tried installing the gnome-control-center, all it did was give me a window of all the things I already have, including the non-functional monitor settings... any other ideas???
On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 4:32 PM, Andrew Sblendorio <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > I've got Trisquel 7 Mini installed. > > I'm trying to change a few settings, I would like the screen saving > feature disabled (after a certain period of time the screen shuts off), as > well as disabling the trackpad. > > The only places I see these options available for editing is in System > Tools > dconf Editor. I am able to find the settings under "org > gnome > > settings-daemon > plugins > power" and "org > gnome > settings-daemon > > peripherals > touchpad" respectivly. However, the change doesn't happen > when I click the box, and restarting the computer doesn't make the change > happen either! > > Any ideas what's going on? Does it have anything to do with the fact that > mini runs the LXDE desktop and the full version runs GNOME? If that's the > case, how can I make comparable changes in LXDE/mini? > > If this is easy for anyone to figure out, do you have any ideas on how to > enable a second monitor? When I plug an external monitor into my laptops > VGA port, I get nothing. I've tried to look at "preferences > monitor > settings" but I get a "Unable to get monitor information!" error. Any other > ideas? > > Thanks a lot, > > ~Andrew >
