From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D039B158041 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:21:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0C89DE2B28; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:21:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-pg1-x52b.google.com (mail-pg1-x52b.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::52b]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94707E2B0C for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 15:21:39 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-pg1-x52b.google.com with SMTP id 41be03b00d2f7-5cddfe0cb64so3108754a12.0 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:21:39 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1709047298; x=1709652098; darn=lists.gentoo.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id:from :to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=X+xUwAxqD8ucqMmU55s4KPufM9O72513owbYU9rBLM4=; b=njnVtjCnp4Sh+YrASLhhhfeAjD0hlbqKBnR660APPQft6SwTpgXW1a782Rg+pKsGAf SotKJWKJxxt7ZX1gtR1/NWt7TCWDy7VhtIErP2gSNgLdFiwGC/yVtGWlIG3GbPxGg4SF Q0o9CenNhbnoPhJX247/1NQuCgSj68L/9fkwbcBM1gmGb5RdPAe6/a225iwV4FDKqefY oSr/AAvCCJDh11xwBuXfrY6EVsOk+bhCxUBfq7/z0Gr88dhWTlvi1ZPx/A7AP5cM4vei sPUoOOAcelf5JyDBT2dEL0ANqShAgjAe9F69pT1w1uB6HOYKfQUvi2dqWELC0n5ycSp4 Xy8Q== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1709047298; x=1709652098; h=content-transfer-encoding:in-reply-to:from:content-language :references:to:subject:user-agent:mime-version:date:message-id :x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=X+xUwAxqD8ucqMmU55s4KPufM9O72513owbYU9rBLM4=; b=CqaSA5hHzpuPff4T9NEHSiTlrlmC2NoDtqrK4GE50ZmhHwzu1EfDmFOxMZtMNonrQ3 VqaXScCf4gXnVENjnx4+bbhQuoqF9nC25oD7nk3f5fkn4rQCAnKjvq/6ttK/1D5pcyn7 969VZ4WzwqMpCFNY0ZgAqMHUvpQ02cUdynYo/J6GfB1a6jdOxoMKdblI/PP73wpvVgpL ur/FeDLra08Qkm0UoKhvs8dI3W+rM6jj91+jfFiBnbzL7e0v8ebIO4zc3p697OVi6QyB bAW1Pb9uvP1GWIMfr5qnt7Tqz2qzf+YqQ0TkKst2GeV117k7Nya0TsT21fynmQlxbLkV IOSg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Yx+EejEIA67GlyoICSyYGcxrY2vY1H6KhYwcxIOLbjLr2putPRf xqXMTxq4je0PdSWhlhbUtx/CGYjLOqAk9rL9ulXqdDvbm4vmzwSNdfInNcK4 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IGuz+wQO4lMx2QVeMsDUxInBoJbZ2ueEEQif3MOzboEeZtxHuDxXOJsHwdJy3vbdOVaYbMQGw== X-Received: by 2002:a17:90a:b103:b0:29a:e2:a75a with SMTP id z3-20020a17090ab10300b0029a00e2a75amr7217562pjq.32.1709047297694; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:21:37 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.247.5] ([108.180.119.75]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id p1-20020a17090ac00100b0029969cc66f2sm6561404pjt.48.2024.02.27.07.21.36 for (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:21:37 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <5d2967d8-0250-416e-bddb-8c7d05353881@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 27 Feb 2024 07:21:36 -0800 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 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors? To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org References: <6c3931ca-944a-41b1-8980-6e6ac10faacd@gmail.com> Content-Language: en-US From: Daniel Frey In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 2edcbee2-7757-4be3-8718-f9bab4ec0f8a X-Archives-Hash: 36afe31989ce69595ec9f4c03d6a8136 On 2/25/24 10:17, Mark Knecht wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 10:35 AM Daniel Frey > wrote: > > > I probably should have added more details... I do have an nvidia card - > > RTX 3070Ti. Monitors use 2x DP ports and 1x HDMI port. > > > > KDE behaves very strangely. Like, it crashes often when using multiple > > monitors and I've never been able to figure that out. > > > > nvidia-settings (which I plain forgot about) can generate an Xorg.conf > > file from what I remember, maybe I'll try that. > > > > I currently don't have an Xorg.conf (as everything I've read says it > > should autodetect...) so maybe I'll try overriding it. > > > > Dan > > I'm not Gentoo-based but have a similar setup. 3080ti, 2 Asus > monitors, 1 Samsung, all running 1920x1080, all in landscape. > > I have absolutely no problems at all with KDE remembering where > everything goes, all 3 monitors, all taskbars, for multiple users > with different configurations. I use 1 HDMI cable and 2 HDMI->DVI > cables. Everything just works. > > I have no xorg.conf file. > > I tried Wayland for a while but there were too many weird artifacts > so I'm back to basics. > > I'd suggest you look carefully at every flag you are using to > build your software. I've used 3 distros here recently, as well > as Win 10 & 11 and none of them have had problems like > you are describing. > > Best of luck, > Mark I've never had much luck with these displayport connections. My card is 3x DP and 1x hdmi. I am considering "starting fresh" on the weekend. The problem is there's so much config blended in with KDE now, it's not a simple "remove the .kde" folder to wipe the config any more. :/ I don't recall when I last did a fresh install, probably when I built this rig in 2018/19. But, I figure with a fresh slate it should be easier to get things like wayland to work - at least to give it a try. As I know KDE is going more systemd-like I may even try that... although systemd gave hits and fisses last time I tried it. Dan