Howdy,
I've got an issue where the layout and mode of my displays resets to the default at every login. This is despite me setting up the monitors in the TDE Control Center, both locally as my user and globally as root, creating an X config using the NVIDIA X Server Settings, and having no such issue previously when I was still using KDE Plasma.
I'm using the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers on EndeavourOS, with a 1920x1080@60hz display on DP-1 and a 3440x1440@144hz display on DP-2. The ultrawide 1440p display is on the right slightly above the smaller one, but Trinity and TDM both repeatedly place them in the opposite arrangement with the smaller monitor as the default, sitting on the top right corner of the larger one. Both displays default to 60hz at login.
I've also tried enabling "Automatically apply profile on startup" and creating a profile, but when trying to reload it, X spits out an error "xrandr: cannot find mode 3440x1440". I don't get any such error when logging on, only when trying to load it manually from control center, which makes me think it's not even trying. I have not tested using xrandr manually from the command line.
How do I get Trinity to remember my monitor layout correctly? Is this a known issue?
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On Fri March 22 2024 08:50:36 bonkmaykr via tde-users wrote:
I've got an issue where the layout and mode of my displays resets to the default at every login. This is despite me setting up the monitors in the TDE Control Center, both locally as my user and globally as root, creating an X config using the NVIDIA X Server Settings, and having no such issue previously when I was still using KDE Plasma.
I'm using the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers on EndeavourOS, with a 1920x1080@60hz display on DP-1 and a 3440x1440@144hz display on DP-2. The ultrawide 1440p display is on the right slightly above the smaller one, but Trinity and TDM both repeatedly place them in the opposite arrangement with the smaller monitor as the default, sitting on the top right corner of the larger one. Both displays default to 60hz at login.
I've also tried enabling "Automatically apply profile on startup" and creating a profile, but when trying to reload it, X spits out an error "xrandr: cannot find mode 3440x1440". I don't get any such error when logging on, only when trying to load it manually from control center, which makes me think it's not even trying. I have not tested using xrandr manually from the command line.
How do I get Trinity to remember my monitor layout correctly? Is this a known issue?
Hi Bonkmaykr,
IIRC the key to getting three monitors working happily with TDE and NVidia was using T Menu / Settings / NVidia Xserver Settings / X Server Display Configuration, setting things as desired, and then Save to X Configuration File (and rebooting). This writes some complicated and in some places NVidia-specific config to your xorg.conf. I suggest backing up your old xorg.conf first.
As it happens my T Menu / Trinity Control Center / Peripherals / Display / / Multiple Monitors and my T Menu / System / Screen Size and Rotate / (maybe click on it in the panel if it went there) / Configure Displays / Resolution and Layout/ (... Administrator Mode) also know the layout. I think they learned it from xorg.conf but it is possible I told them myself at some point.
--Mike
As I mentioned in the OP, I had already tried using the nvidia-settings GUI, though it turns out I was doing it wrong. That was really the solution but for some reason I just wasn't saving the configuration properly.
So get this: the "apply" button in nvidia-settings isn't to apply your settings, it's to save them. THEN you can Save your xorg.conf. I found this out the hard way when I tried saving it and noticed right away the xorg.conf it generated was for a GTX 1060. I haven't used a GTX 1060 in my system in almost a year so this was a dead giveaway that this was an older config. Second thing I noticed was that nvidia-settings was saving to /etc/X11 when Arch based distributions like to save to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d. After I got this sorted out my settings finally applied next reboot.
So the solution all along was to just click an extra button and move one file, I feel silly.
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-------- Original Message -------- On Mar 22, 2024, 12:02 PM, Mike Bird via tde-users < users@trinitydesktop.org> wrote:
On Fri March 22 2024 08:50:36 bonkmaykr via tde-users wrote: > I've got an issue where the layout and mode of my displays resets to the > default at every login. This is despite me setting up the monitors in the > TDE Control Center, both locally as my user and globally as root, creating > an X config using the NVIDIA X Server Settings, and having no such issue > previously when I was still using KDE Plasma. > > I'm using the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers on EndeavourOS, with a > 1920x1080@60hz display on DP-1 and a 3440x1440@144hz display on DP-2. The > ultrawide 1440p display is on the right slightly above the smaller one, but > Trinity and TDM both repeatedly place them in the opposite arrangement with > the smaller monitor as the default, sitting on the top right corner of the > larger one. Both displays default to 60hz at login. > > I've also tried enabling "Automatically apply profile on startup" and > creating a profile, but when trying to reload it, X spits out an error > "xrandr: cannot find mode 3440x1440". I don't get any such error when > logging on, only when trying to load it manually from control center, which > makes me think it's not even trying. I have not tested using xrandr > manually from the command line. > > How do I get Trinity to remember my monitor layout correctly? Is this a > known issue? Hi Bonkmaykr, IIRC the key to getting three monitors working happily with TDE and NVidia was using T Menu / Settings / NVidia Xserver Settings / X Server Display Configuration, setting things as desired, and then Save to X Configuration File (and rebooting). This writes some complicated and in some places NVidia-specific config to your xorg.conf. I suggest backing up your old xorg.conf first. As it happens my T Menu / Trinity Control Center / Peripherals / Display / / Multiple Monitors and my T Menu / System / Screen Size and Rotate / (maybe click on it in the panel if it went there) / Configure Displays / Resolution and Layout/ (... Administrator Mode) also know the layout. I think they learned it from xorg.conf but it is possible I told them myself at some point. --Mike ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@trinitydesktop.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@trinitydesktop.org Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@trinitydeskto...
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bonkmaykr via tde-users composed on 2024-03-22 15:50 (UTC):
I've got an issue where the layout and mode of my displays resets to the default at every login. This is despite me setting up the monitors in the TDE Control Center, both locally as my user and globally as root, creating an X config using the NVIDIA X Server Settings, and having no such issue previously when I was still using KDE Plasma.
I'm using the latest NVIDIA proprietary drivers on EndeavourOS, with a 1920x1080@60hz display on DP-1 and a 3440x1440@144hz display on DP-2. The ultrawide 1440p display is on the right slightly above the smaller one, but Trinity and TDM both repeatedly place them in the opposite arrangement with the smaller monitor as the default, sitting on the top right corner of the larger one. Both displays default to 60hz at login.
I don't know if I understand your description of where you want what, whether a desktop space expansion, or a partial mirroring. Regardless, install and use arandr to create an xrandr script, or create one manually, that produces the layout you desire. Then put that script in Endeavor's equivalent to /etc/X11/Xsession.d/ in Debian and derivatives so that it will run as your X/TDE session starts. First, reset/undo whatever you have in kcontrol, or the script's effect won't stick.
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