Bug 277285

Summary:	external monitor not detected/user not notified
Product:	[Unmaintained] krandr	Reporter:	S. Burmeister <sven.burmeister>
Component:	general	Assignee:	Gustavo Pichorim Boiko <gustavo.boiko>
Status:	RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Severity:	normal	CC:	cfeck, myriam
Priority:	NOR
Version First Reported In:	4.8.4
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	openSUSE
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description S. Burmeister 2011-07-07 10:11:06 UTC

Version:           unspecified (using Devel) 
OS:                Linux

I hope this is the right place since there seem to be many handling monitors.

In kded's "services only started on demand" section I see a service to manage graphics card and monitors. It is stopped.

It stays stopped if I plug-in an external monitor. Or turn on a plugged-in external monitor.

It does not notify me about the change and whether I want to change the display settings.

If I go to systemsettings > display I do see that a second monitor is connected, so there should have been a notification.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
plug-in external monitor

Actual Results:  
no notification

Expected Results:  
notification and possibility to configure the display

Comment 1 Myriam Schweingruber 2012-06-20 08:12:47 UTC

Does this still happen for you in KDE 4.8.4 or later?

Comment 2 S. Burmeister 2012-06-20 08:48:46 UTC

4.8.4, yes. Did not test 4.9.

Comment 3 Christoph Feck 2015-01-23 00:11:30 UTC

Thank you for your bug report or feature request.

Unfortunately, we did not have a maintainer for the "krandr" components, which are used to manage displays and monitors in the KDE Workspaces.

The "krandr" components has been superseded by "KScreen" in newer releases of the KDE Workspaces. It is compatible with all versions since 4.11, and is also used with Plasma 5. Please check with your distribution how to update to KScreen.

If this issue or feature request is still applicable to KScreen version 1.0.5 or newer, please add a comment. We will then reassign this ticket to KScreen developers.

If you are already using KScreen to manage displays or monitors, and found a different bug or need a specific feature, please create a new ticket for "KScreen" product in this bugzilla using this link: https://bugs.kde.org/enter_bug.cgi?product=KScreen

(This is an automatic message from the KDE Bug Triaging Team)