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Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:01:13 +0000 Message-ID: <5759155.DvuYhMxLoT@rogueboard> In-Reply-To: References: <6c3931ca-944a-41b1-8980-6e6ac10faacd@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart6022529.lOV4Wx5bFT"; micalg="pgp-sha256"; protocol="application/pgp-signature" X-PPP-Message-ID: <170885169316.86624.14763707291561908721@cloud220.unlimitedwebhosting.co.uk> X-PPP-Vhost: kintzios.com X-Rspamd-Server: mailclean11 X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: DD43547B43 X-Rspamd-Action: no action X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-0.61 / 999.00]; SIGNED_PGP(-2.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; MID_RHS_NOT_FQDN(0.50)[]; MIME_GOOD(-0.20)[multipart/signed,text/plain]; ONCE_RECEIVED(0.10)[]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; DMARC_POLICY_ALLOW(0.00)[kintzios.com,none]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(0.00)[kintzios.com:s=default]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; FUZZY_BLOCKED(0.00)[rspamd.com]; RCVD_TLS_ALL(0.00)[]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[kintzios.com:+]; RCVD_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+,1:+,2:~]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; REPLYTO_ADDR_EQ_FROM(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MISSING_XM_UA(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org]; R_SPF_ALLOW(0.00)[+mx]; NEURAL_HAM(-0.00)[-0.669]; ASN(0.00)[asn:34931, ipnet:149.255.60.0/22, country:GB]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; HAS_REPLYTO(0.00)[confabulate@kintzios.com] X-Archives-Salt: c6df47ce-21ad-4bb0-ba51-5742c2162798 X-Archives-Hash: 616c44058c572e50ee6607d99763b840 --nextPart6022529.lOV4Wx5bFT Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"; protected-headers="v1" From: Michael To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: confabulate@kintzios.com Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors? Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2024 09:01:13 +0000 Message-ID: <5759155.DvuYhMxLoT@rogueboard> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 On Sunday, 25 February 2024 05:52:20 GMT Dale wrote: > Daniel Frey wrote: > > After cursing KDE for a while with three monitors, does anyone have > > any idea why KDE is so bad at managing multiple monitors? > > > > All I'm trying to do is get it to remember *where* my monitors are (I > > have two side-by-side and one above the right monitor.) I go into > > System Settings, set it up and it works perfectly... until I log out. > > Then it resets everything and I have to set it up again. > > > > Anyone have any clue why it refuses to save settings? > > > > -Dan > > I have two monitors too, sort of. One monitor is for computer stuff, > checking email, surfing the net etc etc etc. The other monitor I use to > watch TV with. The output from the video card second output goes to a > splitter so I can have the same video in both my bedroom and the living > room. I use Nvidia settings to manage mine but I run into the same > problem you do. Sometimes when I login, the second monitor output is > dead. TV shows the dreaded "No signal" thing floating around. I have > to open Nvidia settings, disable the second monitor output, hit apply, > click that I can see the screen still, re-enable the second monitor, > click apply, click I can see the monitor and then the second monitor > works again. It's annoying as heck. I'm on the 470 series of Nvidia > drivers. Best my old card can do. LOL > > I looked in the KDE System Settings display settings screen and it shows > the same as Nvidia. Maybe one copies the other??? There's really > nothing for me to change there so I can't hit apply. :/ I've always > wondered if I can set this up in xorg.conf file instead of the GUI. > Maybe it would work better. Thing is, everything says it should "just > work" and the file shouldn't be needed. > > This may not be a KDE problem. It could be a Nvidia problem. It may be > KDE but I'm not sure which to blame. I don't let my screen go off > except for the once a week trip to town to get shots so I just put up > with it. The rest of the time, my monitors and TVs tend to stay on. > > You are not alone. I'm just not real sure this is a KDE problem. It's > possible tho. Mostly, you are not alone. > > Dale > > :-) :-) I used to experience the same when using Xorg with AMD-Radeon graphics instead of Nvidia, but since I moved to Wayland the problem of losing screen settings has gone. One monitor is using the DVI port of the card and the other HDMI. It should be worth trying Wayland instead of Xorg to see if it works out better for your setup. --nextPart6022529.lOV4Wx5bFT Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. 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