Dual screen configuration (X11 + qtile)

AdrianMorales · 05-29-2021, 05:08 AM

Hello,
I want to use an HDMI monitor as my secondary monitor, but I can only configure it as a duplicate of my laptop's monitor
Here my 10-monitor.conf:

Code:

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "eDP1"
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier  "HDMI1"
        Option      "DPMS"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Laptop"
        Monitor "eDP1"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "HDMI"
        Monitor "HDMI1"
EndSection

And my qtile screens conf:

Code:

Screens = [
     Screen(
         top=bar.Bar(
             ...some widgets...
     ),
     Screen()
]

mrmazda · 05-29-2021, 08:26 PM

What results when you don't have any /etc/X11/*conf files that affect video? Most simple Xorg environments, absent .conf files affecting video, will automatically put a secondary display to the right of the primary display as a desktop workspace extension, not as a mirror, as shown in this screenshot of IceWM:

ondoho · 05-31-2021, 01:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AdrianMorales

I can only configure it as a duplicate of my laptop's monitor

How did you try?
I think you should be using xrandr for this (or some gui frontend; I like arandr), not qtile's config file.