Dual Monitor with KVM issue

nidsche · 2017-09-09 09:49:14

Hi all,

I have a small issue with a KVM and xfce4-display-settings. After Switching back and forth xfce4-display-settings ask me how I want my monitors set. e.g. next to each other. While this behaviour is fine for adding new monitors, I would prefer that the settings are kept while switching back and forth.
Is there a switch to tell xfce4-disply-settings to just use the setting from $HOME/.config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/display.xml
Turning off "detect new display while connecting" will leave me with the monitors in mirror mode.

Thanks for your help.

ToZ · 2017-09-09 10:40:07

Hello and welcome.

A couple of things to check. In Settings Manager > Displays, make sure that the "Configure new displays..." checkbox is unchecked. If that doesn't work, look in Settings Manager > Keyboard > Application shortcuts to see if you have a shortcut that starts up "xfce4-display-settings --minimal" when the "Display" or "Xf86Display" shortcut is registered. Delete that shortcut.

nidsche · 2017-09-09 10:53:24

Hi ToZ,

I removed the Configure new displays... Option: still it gets in mirror mode
I removed all Keyboard shortcuts for xfce4-display-settings: still no improvement.
When switching back and forth in the SettingsManager->Displays the Mirror option is always selected.

ToZ · 2017-09-09 13:55:50

Which version of Xfce and xfsettingsd are you using?

xfsettingsd -V

Also can you post back:

xfconf-query -c displays -lv

nidsche · 2017-09-09 14:12:25

ToZ wrote:

Which version of Xfce and xfsettingsd are you using?
xfsettingsd -V

xfsettingsd -V

xfsettingsd 4.12.1 (Xfce 4.12)

Copyright (c) 2008-2011
	The Xfce development team. All rights reserved.

Please report bugs to <http://bugzilla.xfce.org/>.

Also can you post back:
xfconf-query -c displays -lv

xfconf-query -c displays -lv 

/Default/DP-1              1. Dell 22"
/Default/DP-1/Active       true
/Default/DP-1/Position/X   0
/Default/DP-1/Position/Y   0
/Default/DP-1/Primary      true
/Default/DP-1/Reflection   0
/Default/DP-1/RefreshRate  60,000000
/Default/DP-1/Resolution   1920x1080
/Default/DP-1/Rotation     0
/Default/DP-3              2. Dell 22"
/Default/DP-3/Active       true
/Default/DP-3/Position/X   1920
/Default/DP-3/Position/Y   0
/Default/DP-3/Primary      false
/Default/DP-3/Reflection   0
/Default/DP-3/RefreshRate  60,000000
/Default/DP-3/Resolution   1920x1080
/Default/DP-3/Rotation     0
/Notify                    false

ToZ · 2017-09-09 17:15:18

You might want to create a bug report about this issue. There are a number of existing bug reports relating to dual/multiple monitor setups existing already that may be the same as what you are experiencing.

As a workaround, you could create a udev-based hotplug script that will set the monitors up properly when the KVM switches over and the system recognizes a monitor add event.

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#1 2017-09-09 09:49:14

Dual Monitor with KVM issue

#2 2017-09-09 10:40:07

Re: Dual Monitor with KVM issue

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Re: Dual Monitor with KVM issue

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Re: Dual Monitor with KVM issue

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Re: Dual Monitor with KVM issue

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