Upside down laptop monitor

[Janlam]

Information about my setup:

Dual boot Windows 10 Pro / Zorin OS 12.4 64-bit Ultimate
HP Envy 17t Laptop
Processor: Intel® Core™ i7-8550U CPU @ 1.80GHz × 8
Graphics: GeForce MX150/PCIe/SSE2
Memory: 15.6 GiB

Often the screen is upside down when I boot the laptop. As soon as I plug in an HDMI plug for a secondary monitor, the screen turns right side up. How can I fix this issue, as I do not always have the secondary monitor with me?

Thank you for any advice to resolve this annoyance.
Jan Lam

[Swarfendor437]

Hi, install dconf-editor and follow the advice given here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/874487/ ... ly-changes

To learn about installing dconf-editor, download the unoffical manual I wrote for Zorin 12.

Look for the manual link under Announcements.

[Janlam]

Hi, install dconf-editor and follow the advice given here:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/874487/ ... ly-changes

To learn about installing dconf-editor, download the unoffical manual I wrote for Zorin 12.

Look for the manual link under Announcements.

Thank you so much for the reply. I didn't have much time to try to fix it, but as I was having other very annoying issues with OS 12.4, like the software manager that kept closing down on me, I since installed the OS 15 beta, and it is already so much better. The screen issue still happened a couple of times, but immediately turned the correct way.
Thanks again! We'll see how it goes.
JL

[zorinantwerp]

Hi
known bug
can you try in Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

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gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.orientation active false

reboot
please advise outcome
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[Janlam]

Hi
known bug
can you try in Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t)

Code: Select all

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.orientation active false

reboot
please advise outcome
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Thank you for your advice. I did as suggested. If the problem persists, I'll let you know.
Cheers.
JL

[chrismanch]

I too have the screen inverting problem. I tried entering the above command yesterday. Has been OK until just now when I was watching a YouTube video and the screen inverted again.
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Zorin OS 15 / Dual boot Win 10 pro
HP-Elitebook 9470m
Intel® Core™ i7-3667U CPU @ 2.00GHz × 4
Intel® Ivybridge Mobile

[Swarfendor437]

Have you tried following zorinantwerp's advice?

[chrismanch]

I did and it still happens.

It seems to happen mostly when watching a video, has happened when watching a video on twitter, on VLC Media Player and while watching a video on Facebook. Occasionally happens when I am not at the PC.

[Swarfendor437]

Hi I'll flag this thread to Team Zorin.

[chrismanch]

Suddenly this is back with a vengence. Hasn't happened for months then every time I watch a YouTube video the screen inverts.