adjust display screen on cli for arch based linux

andrewysk · 04-18-2021, 07:47 AM

I have enter the cli as such..
But i don't get it why my eDP1 screen is still not +0+0 (xy coordinate)?

Code:

$ xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --pos 0x0 --primary --output HDMI1 --auto --above eDP1

From this xrandr output below.. does that means HDMI1 screen is the one at x0y0 ?
*the screen that is at 0x0y is the first screen (primary screen). But eDP1 supposely the one at 0x0y, but is not; anybody know why ?

Code:

$ xrandr -q

eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+1080 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm

HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 1600mm x 900mm

ondoho · 04-19-2021, 12:41 PM

Duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ux-4175693830/ ???

andrewysk · 04-20-2021, 12:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ondoho

Duplicate of https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ux-4175693830/ ???

Yes and no. I closed that thread because it was started with different issue in mind. To make it less confusing,. .hence i closed that thread and make a new thread with this specific issue in mind, clean and direct question.

Can you help ? or is that important that main screen have to be x0 y0 coordinately ? if not important and won't affect anything, then i will just close the thread without bother get it solved.

Emerson · 04-20-2021, 02:13 PM

For me it is unclear how xrandr takes all these options, once upon time I fought the same fight and ended up breaking one single line down to three, one for each display. I put them all [temporarily] into my ~/.xinitrc with intention to set up my xorg.conf one day to make it permanent ...

andrewysk · 04-27-2021, 04:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Emerson

For me it is unclear how xrandr takes all these options, once upon time I fought the same fight and ended up breaking one single line down to three, one for each display. I put them all [temporarily] into my ~/.xinitrc with intention to set up my xorg.conf one day to make it permanent ...

Would you mind share the separated lines of xrandr with me ?

Emerson · 04-27-2021, 04:24 PM

I noticed when using --below with primary then it works as expected, using --above with secondary screen screws it up. Go figure.

Code:

xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 2560x1440
xrandr --output HDMI1 --primary --below DP1 
xrandr --output HDMI2 --same-as DP1