https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=353975

--- Comment #85 from Marcelo Rocha <marc...@marcelocavalcante.net> ---
(In reply to Enrico Tagliavini from comment #83)
> (In reply to Marcelo Rocha from comment #81)
> > Did you try to unninstall your video driver? 
> > 
> > I tried removing my xf86-video-intel and let it run only with modsetting,
> > and the issue was fixed for me now.
> 
> Let's try to avoid confusion, this is a KDE bug, not a video driver bug. I
> don't say switching to modesetting didn't helped you (especially for Skylake
> many distros are switching to modesetting over intel, including Fedora 24
> which uses modesetting only by default), but the black screen issue might
> have been a fluke.
> 
> It has also been officially confirmed that Plasma releases before 5.7 has
> sup-par multi screen support. The first system change a user might attempt
> to fix this problem should be trying Plasma 5.8, not messing with the video
> driver (it's messy, a lot of time is usually needed and here it's not the
> most likely cause). See also
> https://vizzzion.org/blog/2016/09/lts-releases-align-neatly-for-plasma-5-8/
> and let me quote Sebastian Kügler's comment "Especially support for
> multi-screen systems in 5.7 is sub-par, those users would really benefit
> from getting Plasma 5.8."

Yes, I got you.

That's true, this is not a solution, but was a way to get rid of it while it
was not fixed yet.

Better than always have to kill something to have my dual monitor working after
every boot.

Just a quick walk around.

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