22 Mar
2024
22 Mar
'24
3:50 p.m.
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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22 Mar
22 Mar
5:02 p.m.
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
23 Mar
23 Mar
2:30 p.m.
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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On Mar 22, 2024, 12:02 PM, Mike Bird via tde-users < users(a)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
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22 Mar
22 Mar
5:26 p.m.
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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