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dchmelik

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display profile not returning

I made a display profile over a year or two ago for my monitors to be arranged sort of like ⊥, and saved that profile, which at the time worked when they turn off and I move the mouse, to restore that arrangement.  Now when they turn off and I move the mouse, they're not only all messed up (overlaid in arrangement no one would use) but I can't even move them: I just have to disable smaller ones, then rearrange, then enable, and though profile is listed, only works on start, never after monitors turn off and I move the mouse.  On whatever XFCE Slackware-current (64-bit) uses this has been happening weeks.

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Re: display profile not returning

I have the Samsung one above the ASUS ('Ancor') but when I turn it off in settings, it moves it between that and the Wacom without instruction/permission.  I turn them off to prevent the above then end up having to rearrange them anyway.

Do people still use this forum?

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Tamaranch

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Re: display profile not returning

There have been a lot of changes in this area recently, so this may be fixed in version 4.19.2 (dev version).

dchmelik

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Re: display profile not returning

Thanks for clearing that up... so for now I guess I just wait.

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Re: display profile not returning

Now when they turn off they end up rearranged differently the wrong way, with the main one requiring opening settings in another monitor to turn it back on... still no profile saved and actually applied.

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Re: display profile not returning

Which version are you using?

xfce4-display-settings --version

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Re: display profile not returning

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xfce4-display-settings --version

xfce4-display-settings 4.20.1 (Xfce 4.20)

Added later 1 h 20 min 53 s:
This is some what currently happens (after desktop locations, resolutions  already applied as in second photograph).  Main/largest monitor gets bottom half cut off; top monitor only has part the left (and lost panel, background settings/gradient); right-side monitor only displays mouse pointer.  If I move them around, apply, it changes what areas get cut (different ones, not always entire right-side), sometimes, without asking, decreases resolution or moves them elsewhere (similar to original post or with large unused space in-between).

Ie disabled/disconnected extra monitors, deleted display profile, rebooted, reinstalled X(FCE), reinstalled display drivers, but keeps coming back to something such as that.  Some weeks ago when I only connected monitors after 4k switched to largest resolution, and waited for tty/console/shell to show, and then did startx, they were able to be set as second photograph... this time (several times) they're set/cut wrong after most/all steps.  Is there a file somewhere (in addition to .config/xfce4/xfconf/xfce-perchannel-xml/displays.xml) with wrong settings to delete?  I think if I connected extra monitors while XFCE was starting, it miscalculated maximum desktop size just to 4K, excluding others (judging by how much space isn't cut in random arrangements) (used to work more only connecting extras before startx).

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Tamaranch

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Re: display profile not returning

Can you give

xfconf-query -c displays -lv

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Re: display profile not returning

Can you give

xfconf-query -c displays -lv

/ActiveProfile             Temp
/AutoEnableProfiles        3
/Default/DP-1              Ancor Communications Inc 28"
/Default/DP-1/Active       true
/Default/DP-1/EDID         eede5426dda4d305cc70d23c61797364d2d46016
/Default/DP-1/Position/X   0
/Default/DP-1/Position/Y   1200
/Default/DP-1/Primary      true
/Default/DP-1/Reflection   0
/Default/DP-1/RefreshRate  59.996625
/Default/DP-1/Resolution   3840x2160
/Default/DP-1/Rotation     0
/Default/DP-1/Scale        1.000000
/Default/DP-2              Dell Inc. 20"
/Default/DP-2/Active       true
/Default/DP-2/EDID         db71bea52ab21c6ee1112c0fa9bff4d172e2777f
/Default/DP-2/Position/X   1120
/Default/DP-2/Position/Y   0
/Default/DP-2/Primary      false
/Default/DP-2/Reflection   0
/Default/DP-2/RefreshRate  60.000000
/Default/DP-2/Resolution   1600x1200
/Default/DP-2/Rotation     0
/Default/DP-2/Scale        1.000000
/Default/DP-3              Wacom Tech 22"
/Default/DP-3/Active       true
/Default/DP-3/EDID         79a469e0da5edb8cfcac98e138f27abf162a1b29
/Default/DP-3/Position/X   3840
/Default/DP-3/Position/Y   1200
/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
/Default/DP-3/Scale        1.000000
/Notify                    1

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Re: display profile not returning

I don't think there's a problem with the display settings themselves, more with xfwm4/xfdesktop/xfce4-panel taking them into account. Are the panels configured to reserve space at the edge of the screen? If so, does disabling this in each panel's preferences (by unchecking this box or enabling autohide) improve things?

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Re: display profile not returning

I don't think there's a problem with the display settings themselves, more with xfwm4/xfdesktop/xfce4-panel taking them into account. Are the panels configured to reserve space at the edge of the screen?

Of course not: as shown.  I recompiled display drivers and the screens no longer are cut, though there are still problems keeping them arranged as set if sometimes turned off and later on.

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Re: display profile not returning

You should define a dedicated profile for this. The default profile may suffice if xfce4-display-settings is not used, but as soon as a new configuration is validated via the dialog, the default profile is overwritten.