(In reply to Tobias Burnus from comment #5) > Trying with *Wayland* after that change: > > When kdm has been started without the external screen, i.e. it is only > displayed on the laptop, it is as above: Wayland only has the external > screen. > > When kdm has been started with both screens available, i.e. showing the > enter-password login on both screens, it shows the startup wheel on the > external screen and then everything gets black and an oversized mouse > pointer is visible that can be moved between external and internal screen; > it looks okay in terms of right/left; at least on the higher-res laptop > screen, the stops half way to the top and it looks as if one can move is far > below the visible screen to the bottom, but I might have missed to spot tip > of the mouse pointer at the bottom of the screen. > – As the keyboard didn't seem to work, I had I rebooted with SysRq + > s(ync),u(nmount),b(oot). Ok. Not sure if I understand this all correctly. Maybe you can make a video with your smartphone - if available - to demonstrate it.