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Tagged with kde multiple-monitors
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KDE taskbar (Task Manager) only on VGA screen, not DVI screen
My Task Manager only shows up in the screen connected with VGA and clicking "Only show tasks from the current screen" in Task Manager Settings doesn't make the Task Manager bar appear on the second ...
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KDE plasma partial screen after unplugging hdmi second screen
I have arch with KDE plasma on my laptop. Yesterday I tried a second vga screen using a hdmi-vga adaptor (my laptop has only hdmi entry).
Everything worked fine, I used the second screen as an ...
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Multiple monitor specific task bar KDE (linux ultramon alt)
I know in KDE you can add multiple panels and then add widgets to those panels. But is there a way to get open windows to only display in the taskbar in the monitor that they're open in? Essentially ...
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Dynamic configuring multiple x-screens using RandR (xrandr) in Linux
I can use a external physical Dell monitor at work connecting it through VGA port to my ThinkPad laptop. I have Debian testing installed, along with KDE5.5 and i3wm. See detailed information below.
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Kwin window over both monitors
How can I make a window span over both monitors? I have the monitors configured using the KDE monitor setting tool. I need specifically full-screen (for presentation purposes) or at least a maximized ...
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Determine correct lastScreen values for panels in plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc?
I have a laptop that I plug into a docking station on a daily basis. And almost every time, I need to modify my plasma-org.kde.plasma.desktop-appletsrc, then do a plasma restart kquitapp5 plasmashell &...
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Any chance to display KDE Task Switcher or all or only one attached monitors?
I am using comuter with multiple montiors. Any time I press Alt-Tab, task switcher appears on random monitor. While pressing alt tab it is impossible to understand, which window I am selecting. After ...
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KDE desktop prefers its own display settings over xrandr?
I have a set up with three monitors for KDE Plasma (5.12). One is a HiDPI monitor which I have scaled at 2x, and I have forced the other two ("standard" resolution) monitors to use their native ...
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Unrelated software interaction disables external monitor and makes it undetectable by xrandr
I have a laptop running KDE Plasma 5 on Arch Linux which has problems with external monitors.
Sometimes I have to try multiple times to connect the HDMI cable before the monitor is detected. Then it ...
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xorg.conf renders display larger than screen
Background
I am driving a 3-screen setup with 2 1080p screens one above the other and a flanking 1680x1050 in portrait.
Problem
On boot, the portrait screen is not rendered at the correct height. ...
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Why is my extended desktop configuration being reset after a reboot with Kubuntu 10.04?
I'm running Kubuntu 10.04 x64 on a Lenovo ThinkPad R500, with an external monitor attached.
If I configure extended desktop, everything works fine. The settings look like this:
After a reboot, these ...
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Cannot set up dual monitors correctly in Fedora15 with KDE
I have 2 monitors:
24" LCD connected via DVI(primary)
19" LCD connected via VGA(secondary)
Everytime Fedora starts the second display is always set to clone the first one and they both run at ...
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Why can't I get my GTX 970 to drive my monitors at 1080p on OpenSuse Leap 42.3?
I am trying to set up a workstation with OpenSuse Leap 42.3 and I have 3x Asus 1080p monitors that, for whatever reason, my GPU is not receiving EDIDs from on X Server start. I've been trying to get ...
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KDE Plasma 5 taskbar dissappears on external monitors
I'm running Kubuntu 16.04 with kernel 4.4.0-28-generic and Plasma 5.6.5
I am mostly docked with two external displays, and I use all three with the Laptop one as primary.
I have a customized taskbar ...
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Reset display defaults in KDE?
Bear with me, i'm a total Linux/KDE noob.
I recently set up my new install. Upon connecting my second monitor, it prompted me to choose between several display options. I choose "laptop only" by ...
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