Version: (using KDE 4.2.0) OS: Linux Installed from: Ubuntu Packages I've configured xorg to use two monitors, one on the right of another. All works correctly except for the fact that accessing systemsettings > display reverts multimonitor settings to "cloning" instead of one on the right of another. There is no way to set this back, since it happens without doing anything. I expect that monitors persist in behaving as specified in my xorg.conf Is it possible to solve by calling xrandr from shell xrandr --screen DVI-I_1/analog --output DVI-I_1/analog --left-of VGA_1 where VGA_1 and DVI-I_1/analog are the monitor defined in xorg.conf Possibly the bug is the same of 156411. My xorg.conf follows: Section "Device" Identifier "Configured Video Device" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "VGA_1" vendorname "NEC" modelname "AccuSync LCD73V" Option "RightOf" "DVI-I_1/analog" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "DVI-I_1/analog" vendorname "NEC" modelname "AccuSync LCD73V" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" #Monitor "Configured Monitor" Device "Configured Video Device" DefaultDepth 24 SubSection "Display" ViewPort 0 0 Depth 24 Virtual 2560 1024 EndSubSection EndSection Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen 0 "Default Screen" EndSection Section "DRI" Mode 0666 EndSection I've no desktop effects turned on
I forget to report exactly the version: 4:4.2.0-0ubuntu1~intrepid1~ppa5
The bug still persists in 4.3.*. The same thing also happens if you start X with only one display and then use xrandr to change the display settings. kcm_randr will revert them to cloning as soon as it is started. This basically makes kcm_randr useless for multi-display settings.
Confirm. Details: Here on openSUSE-11.3 the systemsettings "randr" panel forgets about user settings in KDE-4.4.4 . Thats not useable for average users with multi monitor setups. It appears as without a /etc/X11/xorg.conf the only mechanism is eigther a calling to xrandr in e.g. .xinitrc or a proper working desktop settings panel like kcm_randr.
I have a very similar problem running 4.6.0 on OpenSuse 11.3. This problem has been a major issue for me for ages across many versions of KDE and OpenSuse -- Simply opening the "Display and Monitors" control panel causes my monitor layout to change without any input from me. What's worse, is that 75% of the time that this happens, all three of my monitors go out and my GUI session is lost. Ctrl+Alt+Backspace to kill X and all of my running applications, then my screens come back on and I try again with better success. I use an IBM Thinkpad with a dock that is connected to two external monitors. More times than not, when I log into my KDE session, the two external monitors are not set as they should be (no matter how many times I click "Save As Default") Then when I hit Display and Monitors to fix it, both of my external monitors are disabled (simply for opening the utility!) and my laptop display remains disabled as well. This behavior causes severe usability issues for me - I cannot undock during the workday without the risk of losing all of my open applications.
Same issue on Fedora 16 with multiple monitor configuration (KDE 4.7.3). "Display and Monitor" configuration does not persistent across multiple logon sessions. It works fine when I configure it, but configuration goes to defaults, when I do logout/login.
Thanks for reporting your bug. Since reporting Krandr has since been replaced by KScreen. It is available in the Plasma 4 series, and is default in Plasma 5 onwards. I hope this solves your issue. If you still have a problem after upgrading please reopen a new bug under kscreen. Thanks