# Help with Duel Monitor

**URL:** <https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436>\
**Category:** Linux\
**Tags:** bazzite\
**Created:** [February 6, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436 "2026-02-06T13:10:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Minre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Minre](https://community.frame.work/u/Minre)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436/1 "2026-02-06T13:10:41Z")

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I recently got a Framework desktop and installed bazzite, however the desktop is not detecting my second monitor. I’ve searched through the posts here and found one saying I needed an “Active Adapter”. However when I look that up they are all saying that the HDMI is what you plug into the desktop itself, but there is only one HDMI port on the desktop.

If anyone has any recommendations as to what I should do or if I’m somehow looking at things backwards, any help is appreciated.

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**Author:** ![Garrcomm](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/community.frame.work/garrcomm/32/41206_2.png) [@Garrcomm](https://community.frame.work/u/Garrcomm)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436/2 "2026-02-06T13:25:14Z")

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How is your cabling done right now? Do you use two HDMI modules or a USB-C dock?

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**Author:** ![Minre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Minre](https://community.frame.work/u/Minre)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2026, 1:36pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436/3 "2026-02-06T13:36:57Z")

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Currently my main monitor is HDMI to HDMI, my second monitor is HDMI to DP

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**Author:** ![sun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@sun](https://community.frame.work/u/sun)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2026, 8:00pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436/5 "2026-02-07T20:00:30Z")

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Have a look at this [PSA: DVI-\>DP Adapter Issues](https://community.frame.work/t/psa-dvi-dp-adapter-issues/78586) or use native DP port on the monitor

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**Author:** ![Minre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@Minre](https://community.frame.work/u/Minre)\
**Post date:** [February 13, 2026, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.frame.work/t/help-with-duel-monitor/80436/6 "2026-02-13T13:19:25Z")

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I’ve found an active adaptor that does infact fix the problem. The monitor itself was HDMI so I could not just use DP to DP, and my HDMI to DP also did not work, however HDMI to HDMI with an adaptor works.