Re: [gentoo-user] Why is KDE so bad at multiple monitors?

[Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>]

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On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 10:35 AM Daniel Frey <djqfrey@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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

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