Bug 215158

Summary:	multiple screen setup problems, missing configuration options
Product:	[I don't know] kde	Reporter:	H.H. <cyberbeat>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Unassigned bugs mailing-list <unassigned-bugs>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	nate
Priority:	NOR
Version:	unspecified
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Fedora RPMs
OS:	Unspecified
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed In:
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Description H.H. 2009-11-18 18:16:41 UTC

Version:            (using KDE 4.3.2)
Installed from:    Fedora RPMs

On laptops, the Intel driver reports the VGA output (and others) before the LVDS. KDE then seems to pick the first output  as its "primary monitor". I don't like this because it puts my panel in the external display.

Randr-1.3 has a new option "primary". This seems not to be supported? Would be nice.

If I now unplug my external monitor, I get an unusable empty screen. I think randr-1.3 should report (un)plug-events, too? Does KDE listen to these?

The first time I activated my external monitor with krandrtray it showed the same as the internal screen, and multi-monitor-setup was disabled in systemsettings. had to call xrandr from console. After that systemsettings (restarted) displayed multimonitor setup, where I cannot change anything layout-specific. Also my first runs of xrandr resulted in corrupted desktop, where moving some windows made pixel-garbage.

Proposal: let me be able to change in kde-display-settings
a) the primary display (with main panel,..)
b) the layout setup ( for example by drag/drop the screens in the layout-preview), I only achieved this by xrandr in console.

References:

A bug in gnome which references common gnome/kde effort for common setup:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=562944

Gnome randr page:
http://live.gnome.org/RandR

Bug in Opensuse:
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=555882

Comment 1 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-02 23:01:21 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version? I am setting the status to NEEDSINFO pending your response, please change the Status back to REPORTED when you respond.

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 2 Andrew Crouthamel 2018-11-16 05:28:54 UTC

Dear Bug Submitter,

This is a reminder that this bug has been stagnant for a long time. Could you help us out and re-test if the bug is valid in the latest version?

Thank you for helping us make KDE software even better for everyone!

Comment 3 Nate Graham 2020-09-28 23:33:35 UTC

No response; assuming it was fixed since then.