Any time I try to run a python script on this laptop it just disables the secondary display and the only way to get it back is to fumble around with the alt function on the keyboard but then whatever I did gets disabled when I shut the laptop lid and I lose the monitor again. So I need to completely reboot.
I ran the same python script on this laptop like a week ago and it was fine. The script is only command line, does absolutely nothing graphical, there's no reason it should even do anything with the display.
Just spent the last hour trying to get the monitor working again and also be able to keep the lid shut. It takes some quick action to turn laptop on and shut screen fast enough before it gets to post.
I hate computers sometimes.