Bug 211201

Summary:	Second screen is reset to "clone" after logout
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	Christophe <christophegay>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	mgraesslin
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description Christophe 2009-10-20 14:51:43 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    SuSE RPMs

I have a laptop with a Nivida card (resolution 1920×1200) and a second screen (1680×1050). My laptop screen is set on "left from" the second screen and everything works well. But when I leave the session, the setting is lost and the two screens become clones. So I have to set it to "left" each time I begin my session.

Comment 1 Martin Flöser 2009-10-20 14:58:58 UTC

you could save your settings to xorg.conf from inside nivdia-settings. That way it should always use the correct setup on session start - at least it works for me.

Comment 2 Christophe 2009-10-20 15:11:41 UTC

It would be a workaround. But I don't use the Nvidia official driver (I'm using the RC1 of Opensuse and I don't know if the official driver is already available). And I still think it's not normal that it doesn't work inside KDE (I can understand that I have a cloned login screen, and it's not really a problem).
KDE has some good tools to configure multihead, it would be a pity if I had to use nvidia-settings instead.

Comment 3 Christophe 2009-11-12 11:42:02 UTC

I've installed the Nvidia driver and everything works well now. My two screens are automatically seen as one big screen at login, I haven't had to use nvidia-settings.

So if we consider that having to use Nvidia's driver is a solution, this bug is fixed.