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erik_123

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Registered: 2024-12-28

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Panel on Wrong Display

I have a laptop with a monitor connected.  I have set the laptop as the primary display.  Panel 1, Panel 2, and the login screen all appear on the monitor.  How do I make them appear on the laptop?

Edit: Following the instructions here I succeeded in moving Panel 1 and Panel 2 to the laptop.  How to I move the greeter?

Last edited by erik_123 (2024-12-28 10:44:17)

ToZ

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Registered: 2011-06-02

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Re: Panel on Wrong Display

Depends on the display manager and greeter you are using. If lightdm, you could use the "display-setup-script" setting in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf and use a script that uses xrandr to specify the laptop monitor as primary, or you could try using the active-monitor setting if you are using the lightdm-gtk-greeter.

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erik_123

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Registered: 2024-12-28

Posts: 2

Re: Panel on Wrong Display

Many thanks for your kind response, I gather that my question has nothing to do with xfce.  Indeed I'm using lightdm and lightdm-gtk-greeter.  In the latter I tried to set the active-monitor setting, it has no effect, it's exasperating.  I will continue to troubleshoot.

Edit:

or you could try using the active-monitor setting if you are using the lightdm-gtk-greeter.

Actually, I did manage to get that working.  So the only exasperating thing was my own incompetence 😆  Many thanks again!

Edit #2: So the above fix gives the behavior that I want at startup.  But if the screen locks, then when I unlock it the greeter again appears on the wrong display.

Last edited by erik_123 (2024-12-28 19:37:37)