Late to the party, but I remember having had trouble with my 6 monitor configuration and i3. Alas I cannot remember if the switch to i3 was related to the problems, but after many days of struggle I solved it with a shell script that calls xrandr 6 times in order to get things fixed.
I set it to be executed by i3 on startup, because xorg.conf is way beyond my humble brain to understand. -- Alex On 07/15/2017 11:05 AM, [email protected] wrote: > Thanks, i used the xrandr approach and it worked like a charm! <3 :) > > On Friday, July 14, 2017 at 2:31:54 PM UTC+2, Noor Christensen wrote: >> On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 04:07:15AM -0700, [email protected] wrote: >>> Yes, by "separating them" i mean to extend the desktop to two screens, >>> since now I see them mirrored (i.e. the eternal one is a copy of the >>> laptop's display) >> >> You can use xrandr to set up the different display outputs. >> >> For example, the following command defines my external display (VGA1) as >> being positioned to the right of my internal display (LVDS1): >> >> $ xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --preferred >> >> To get the names of your display outputs, run xrandr without flags: >> >> $ xrandr >> >> It's a bit unclear whether or not you are using XFCE or i3wm as your >> window manager, but the xrandr method should be effective in either >> case. >> >> Another solution is to set up your xorg.conf properly, so your desired >> display outputs are configured when X starts, before any window manager >> is run. >> >> Here is an example config for a Thinkpad X220: >> >> Section "Device" >> # Specify the device we are configuring >> Identifier "Intel HD 3000" >> Driver "intel" >> BusID "PCI:0:2:0" # Video card PCI address >> >> # Give friendly names to the display outputs >> Option "Monitor-LVDS1" "LCD" >> Option "Monitor-VGA1" "VGA" >> EndSection >> >> # Internal monitor (LVDS1) >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "LCD" >> Option "Enable" "true" >> Option "PreferredMode" "1366x768" >> EndSection >> >> # External monitor (VGA1) >> Section "Monitor" >> Identifier "VGA" >> Option "Enable" "true" >> Option "PreferredMode" "1680x1050" # Acer AL2216W >> Option "RightOf" "LCD" >> EndSection >> >> This config has the same effect as the xrandr example shown before - >> external display output VGA1 positioned to the right of LVDS1. >> >> You can put the file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d and it will be read by X on >> next start. >> >> Use the "Enable" option to specify whether you want it to activate on X >> start, or manually (via xrandr). See the documentation for X.org and the >> graphics driver you are using for more options. >> >> NOTE: You probably have to replace some/all values to fit your specific >> scenario. Obviously the "Device" section (first paragraph) of the >> xorg.conf in particular, but also the xrandr parameters. >> >> -- noor >> >> |_|O|_| >> |_|_|O| Noor Christensen >> |O|O|O| [email protected] ~ 0x401DA1E0 > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "qubes-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/qubes-users/d179f771-816f-7962-b742-f4f4dd43ad7c%40gmx.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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