Thank you very much. This is exactly what was going on. I should have figured this out on my own, the big clue being the desktop background showing up on the TV screen. For some reason I was expecting the TV display to be a duplication of the laptop display, not an extension of it. I d on't know why I thought that since Windows doesn't work that way either. Fred On Mon, Aug 18, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Brian Cluff wrote: > It sounds like your computer set the TV up as a second monitor that is > most likely setup light next to laptop's screen. Just try and drag a > windows to each edge of the screen and see if it moves over to the TV. > > I'm guessing you are running KDE because I believe Unity puts a menu bar > on every screen, like it or not (I'm firmly in the not category). If you > are and you would like your screens to show the same thing go to System > Settings -> Display and monitor. Then make sure the "Display > Configuration" section is selected. You should be seeing rectangles that > represent your monitors. Simply drag one of the monitors on top of the > other. You might need to change the resolution of one of the display so > that they match. > > Alternatively you can just start a movie and drag the movie's window onto > the empty desktop and then make it full screen. This is my preferred > method for watching movies via laptop while on the road. > > Brian Cluff > > > On 08/17/2014 07:23 PM, Fred Fifield wrote: > >> Hi Everyone! >> >> I have Mint 17 loaded on my HP Pavillion dv7 (1273d) and this is the >> first time I've taken it out on the road. I'm in a hotel and want to >> watch a dvd movie that will play on my laptop on the nice HDTV in my >> hotel. I hooked the HDMI cable from my computer to the TV and switched >> the TV output to the correct setting. The desktop background shows up on >> the TV but nothing else does, no taskbar, no icons, no mouse pointer. >> Just the background. It seems like this should be something easy but I >> can't figure out what it is. >> >> I went into the display setting thinking my issue might be there. The TV >> I'm plugged into shows up there but that's it. I've tried googling for >> an answer but I don't seem to be able to phrase my request properly >> because I keep getting responses for no sound. >> >> Anyway, any help you give will be appreciated. Thank you. >> >> Fred >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >> >> --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss >