[dba-Tech] Weird problem with Dell Inspiron laptop

[Arthur Fuller]

You're a genius, Rocky! But we all knew that. Ctrl-Alt-up did the trick.
How did you guess that would work?

Thanks a ton.

On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 9:23 AM, Rocky Smolin <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
wrote:

> Does Ctrl-Alt-Up arrow fix it? Or Ctrl-Shift-Up Arrow (or Down Arrow)
>
> rocky
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dba-Tech [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of
> Susan Harkins
> Sent: Sunday, October 18, 2015 6:08 AM
> To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues
> Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] Weird problem with Dell Inspiron laptop
>
> Arthur, our Acre gave up the ghost after just a couple of years. We aren't
> happy with it. :( My only suggestion is to check your updates and see if
> anything was updated about the same time and then uninstall it. If that
> doesn't work, try a system restore.
>
> Susan H.
>
> On Sun, Oct 18, 2015 at 6:44 AM, Arthur Fuller <fuller.artful at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > This is the strangest problem I think I have ever encountered.
> > Normally I run my laptop "as" a desktop: I seldom move it from my
> > desk, and it's got lots of peripherals attached, including speakers, a
> > 4-port USB 3.0 hub, wireless keyboard/mouse, and a 22" Acer external
> monitor.
> >
> > And there's the rub. Everything has worked perfectly for a few years
> > now, until recently. Suddenly, for no apparent reason, the display
> > turned upside-down, on both the built-in display and the external
> > monitor. After some experimentation, I discovered that if I unplug the
> > external monitor, the built-in display returns to rightside-up, but
> > the moment I plug in the external again, both displays revert to
> > upside-down. I haven't made any changes to anything. True, once in a
> > while my kitten likes to lie on the built-in keyboard, for warmth
> > presumably, so it may just be possible that she hit some magic
> > keystroke that caused this, but on the other hand, that doesn't
> > explain why unplugging the external returns the built-in display to
> normal.
> >
> > I'm baffled. It's no big deal, ultimately, since the built-in monitor
> > works fine. But I did enjoy having the pair of monitors in stretch mode.
> >
> > Has anyone got a clue why this is happening? Or suggestions as to what
> > I might look at to restore it to normal behaviour? I do have another
> > monitor but it's attached to my desktop computer, and it's a hassle to
> switch them.
> >
> > While I'm at it, on the 22" Acer monitor there are four buttons
> > beneath the display, whose purpose I have never bothered to figure
> > out, and naturally the user guide is long gone.
> >
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Arthur