That was it. I didn't realize the displays were overlayed. The fix took seconds after implementing what you said using the GUI.
Many thanks. On 11 October 2017 at 18:56, Scott Sullivan via talk <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/10/17 12:02 PM, Evan Leibovitch wrote: > >> This is the output of my xrandr: >> >> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384 >> HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) >> DVI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis >> > \-----------/ > > This chunk here, tells you what part of the framebuffer the monitor is > occupying. In this case, it's 1920 wide, 1080 tall, and it's top-left > offset is 0,0. > > VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) >> > > Same here, 1920 wide, 1080 tall, and it's top-left offset is 0,0.So > they're on top of each other, and showing the same video output. > > Before the updates, both screens were able to report maximum resolution >> and even the make/model. >> > > Do you mean that there used to resolutions available higher then 1920x1080? > > Now that's only reported for the main (HDMI-connected) screen >> > Your Xrandr out does not say your using an HDMI output. Just your VGA and > DVI outputs. > > I'm assuming the driver has correct labels for your card. But you could > also be using adapters, or evening the built in support for DVI that is > mandatory HDMI equipment. > > Old, but still good explanation: > https://gtalug.org/pipermail/legacy/2013-September/061899.html > > > I attach a screenshot of the config window that I once used to make it >> work under KDE. >> > > KDE user here myself, as both monitors are position at 0,0 they are going > to be drawn one on top of the other in the UI. You should be able to drag > the top one off the other. Although, it says their not unified, so clicking > unify, and then 'break unify' (same button, different states), might pop > them apart for you in the UI (does for me at least). > > But failing that, there is also the direct approach. > > # xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --primary --rotate normal --output VGA-0 > --auto --right-of DVI-0 > > That should put the VGA-0's output on relative right of the DVI-0's > output. This would make VGA-0's size and position 1920x1080+1920+0 > > > -- > Scott Sullivan > --- > Talk Mailing List > [email protected] > https://gtalug.org/mailman/listinfo/talk > -- Evan Leibovitch Toronto, Canada Em: evan at telly dot org Sk: evanleibovitch Tw: el56
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