On Wed, 11 Oct 2017 10:01:07 -0400 Scott Sullivan via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/10/17 09:10 AM, ac via talk wrote: > > Hi Evan :) > > i did not bite as I am not that knowledgable on kde... but as > > nobody is saying anything maybe try: > > mv /home/scott/.config /home/scott/oldconfig > > > > let us know? > > That's a very broad approach with the disadvantage of moving settings > for a whole lot of unrelated applications. > yep, for good reason...
if the screen config is screwed, then very probably other configs are similarly screwed... imho, better to reset to defaults and then see what needs changing... > >> What's stranger (to me) is that when logged out (running LightDM) > >> the system DOES recognize my mouse pointer going from one screen > >> to the next. So somewhere it IS being recognized as a separate > >> screen, but once I log in that goes away and I'm back to a > >> mirroring situation.. > xrandr is command line too for handling multi-monitor arrangements. > Desktop implement UIs that talk to this functionality, and handle the > 'memory' of layouts. KDE's for example will remember transient > moinitor configureations, like my two different laptop docks at home > and work, and will restore the right layout for each, matching > against the Vendor IDs of the monitors. > Okay, but after a kernel update / distro update - no configs 'should have' been over written... as it seems there has been config changes (both screens are still working & mouse moves to both screens, etc etc) > The X Rotation and Reflection extensions are how multi-monitor modes > are handled. In current times, functionally X has one giant display > buffer, and monitors are small cutouts of that, arranged relative to > each other. > > This is the output of my currently 'mirrored' two outputs. > cool & good to know :) > scott ~ xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 > eDP-1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x > axis y axis) 256mm x 144mm > 1920x1080 59.99*+ > 1400x1050 59.98 > 1280x1024 60.02 > 1280x960 60.00 > 1024x768 60.04 60.00 > 960x720 60.00 > 928x696 60.05 > 896x672 60.01 > 800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25 > 700x525 59.98 > 640x512 60.02 > 640x480 60.00 59.94 > 512x384 60.00 > 400x300 60.32 56.34 > 320x240 60.05 > HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-2 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis) 477mm x 268mm > 1920x1080 60.00*+ 59.94 > 1680x1050 59.88 > 1400x1050 59.95 > 1600x900 60.00 > 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 > 1440x900 59.90 > 1280x800 59.91 > 1152x864 75.00 > 1280x720 60.00 59.94 > 1024x768 75.03 60.00 > 800x600 75.00 60.32 > 720x576 50.00 > 720x480 60.00 59.94 > 640x480 75.00 60.00 59.94 > 720x400 70.08 > > > It shows the available outputs, and any that have monitor detected, > will have their supported Resolutions and refresh rates shown. The > '+' is the recommended resolution reported by the hardware, and the > *' is the currently operating resolution and refresh rate. > > An example invocation. Which turns off all but my laptops primary > display. Note the missing '*' in the HDMI-2 resolution section. > > xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --primary --rotate normal --output HDMI-1 > --off --output HDMI-2 --off > > scott ~ xrandr > Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192 > > eDP-1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y > axis) 256mm x 144mm > 1920x1080 59.99*+ > > 1400x1050 59.98 > > 1280x1024 60.02 > > 1280x960 60.00 > > 1024x768 60.04 60.00 > > 960x720 60.00 > > 928x696 60.05 > > 896x672 60.01 > > 800x600 60.00 60.32 56.25 > > 700x525 59.98 > > 640x512 60.02 > > 640x480 60.00 59.94 > > 512x384 60.00 > > 400x300 60.32 56.34 > > 320x240 60.05 > HDMI-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > HDMI-2 connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) > 1920x1080 60.00 + 59.94 > 1680x1050 59.88 > 1400x1050 59.95 > 1600x900 60.00 > 1280x1024 75.02 60.02 > 1440x900 59.90 > 1280x800 59.91 > 1152x864 75.00 > 1280x720 60.00 59.94 > 1024x768 75.03 60.00 > 800x600 75.00 60.32 > 720x576 50.00 > 720x480 60.00 59.94 > 640x480 75.00 60.00 59.94 > 720x400 70.08 > > > I'm not familiar with what GUI application LightDM to manipulate > xrandr, but with some research you can figure that out, and set your > preferred. > > I had to do a lot of work with this stuff when I worked at the VFX > studio. Let's just say there were some painful combinations of > hardware, binary Nvidia drives and artists insisting on Vertical > monitors. > --- Talk Mailing List [email protected] https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk
