Version: 1.0 (using KDE 4.5.1) OS: Linux I have two monitors. When KDE starts up, I get two clones screens, with the same resolution. I configure to have two separate screens through the System Settings utility (whatever randr frontend applet it is), with different resolutions, and it works fine. However, upon rebooting I am back to two screens with the same resolution. This has been happening since the early days of KDE 4, and it's apparently still not fixed. Let me know what more information you need. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Login 2. Configure two separate displays 3. Logout 4. Login Actual Results: Settings not preserved Expected Results: Settings preserved OS: Linux (x86_64) release 2.6.35-22-generic Compiler: cc
I should clarify, it's only across reboots that it doesn't maintain the settings. Just log out and log in preserves them. Sorry for the confusion in the steps.
While bug 183143 mentions logout instead of reboot, it should be possible to save screen setup permanently in 4.6. If bug 183143 comment #33 did not fix it for you in 4.6.0 release, please reopen. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 183143 ***
No, it is not fixed. See details for a workaround here https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248563#c5
I experience this as well in System Settings 1.0, KDE 4.8.5. This is extremely annoying. How do we fix it?
Thomas, try KScreen instead. KRandR is unmaintained. KScreen is considered to be the default replacement for KRandR for KDE 4.11, but should also work with older KDE versions.
Christoph, neither KScreen nor KRandR appears to be available on my system: (root@malbec) (13-08-27 10:01) (P:0 L:1) [0] ~ # apt-cache search kscreen [R0 J0 L:0.60 0.20 0.07 U:0+00:01 pts/2 1449H] ktux - Tux screensaver for KScreenSaver libkscreensaver5 - library of the KDE Screensaver system kscreensaver - Additional screensavers for KScreenSaver kscreensaver-xsavers - xscreensaver support for KScreenSaver kscreensaver-xsavers-extra - universe xscreensaver support kscreensaver-xsavers-webcollage - webcollage screensaver support for KScreenSaver pidgin-awayonlock - pidgin plugin to set as away on screensaver activation (root@malbec) (13-08-27 10:02) (P:0 L:1) [0] ~ # apt-cache search krandr [R0 J0 L:0.35 0.22 0.09 U:0+00:02 pts/2 1450H] (root@malbec) (13-08-27 10:02) (P:0 L:1) [0] ~ # cat /etc/lsb-release [R0 J0 L:0.32 0.21 0.09 U:0+00:02 pts/2 1451H] DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04 DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS"
apodtele@ucsd.edu: The workaround described in https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=248563#c5 does not seem to work for me. ~ $ cat .kde/share/config/krandrrc [R0 J0 L:0.12 0.17 0.08 U:0+00:03 pts/3 5029H] [Screen_0] OutputsUnified=false UnifiedRect=0,0,0,0 UnifiedRotation=1 StartupCommands=xrandr --output "HDMI1" --primary --pos 1920x0 --output "VGA1" --left-of "HDMI1" [Screen_0_Output_HDMI1] Active=true Rect=1920,0,1920,1200 RefreshRate=59.9501724243164 Rotation=1 [Screen_0_Output_VGA1] Active=true Rect=0,0,1920,1200 RefreshRate=59.9501724243164 Rotation=1
Essential parts of KRandR are in the kde-workspace package. You should ask in a forum of your distribution, if they have backport repositories that contain KScreen.