On 11/25/15, Alan Chandler <[email protected]> wrote: > My desktop Debian Jessie PC just got a new monitor to replace an old > one that failed. Because the new one is bigger than my previous main > monitor, I have swapped them round so that my bigger 27inch monitor is > the primary one and the original 24inch one has become my secondary. > > I have altered my /etc/X11/xorg.conf so that the new one is the Primary > one. > > Section "Device" > Identifier "H67 Integrated Graphics" > Driver "intel" > Option "Monitor-HDMI2" "Iiyama 27in" > Option "Monitor-HDMI1" "Iiyama 24in" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Iiyama 27in" > Option "DPMS" > Option "Primary" > Option "Position" "0 0" > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" > Option "Position" "1920 0" > EndSection > > Section "Monitor" > Identifier "Iiyama 24in" > Option "DPMS" > Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080" > Option "Position" "1920 0" > EndSection > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Default Screen" > Device "H67 Integrated Graphics" > Monitor "Iiyama 27in" > DefaultDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1920x1080" "1024x768" "640x480" > EndSubSection > EndSection > > > But gdm3 has decided it is going to come up on the secondary monitor. > Once the desktop starts the order of the displays is probably* also > wrong, but of course can be fixed in the display settings > > * I say that because the main monitor is numbered 2 and the old monitor > is numbered 1. > > Where is the detection of which monitor is which take place, and how do > I tell it to change the order?
You stated that you caught your own duplicate entry for: Option "Position" After you said that, I went back and was looking again at your first email just to see what you were talking about. Now I'm also seeing two entries for: Section "Monitor" This is out of my league so I have to ask.... is it normal to have two entries for that declaration? Just thinking out loud..... :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs around the front yard calling gobble-gobble-gobble *
