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mhelvens

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From: Leiden, the Netherlands

Registered: 2013-12-04

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Getting GDM to properly use my custom monitor setup

Hi all,

I have a 'special' dual-monitor setup, with the left monitor in landscape orientation and the right monitor in portrait (great for web-browsing):

Inside Gnome 3 I was able to configure this through the standard Display Settings: nice!

Is there an easy way to carry those settings over to the GDM login prompt? Right now, the right-monitor wallpaper cuts off at the bottom of the left monitor. You'd think this means the screen orientation is recognized in some sense, but the mouse cursor moves as if it's not.

I still have nightmares about editing xorg.conf. I'm hoping there's an easier way.

Thanks!

Last edited by mhelvens (2014-04-30 08:50:21)

schnoopay

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From: USA

Registered: 2014-03-09

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Re: Getting GDM to properly use my custom monitor setup

You're going to need to create conf file for xorg, so hopefully you can work your way past the nightmares.

This page in the wiki tells you the basics. The right monitor will also need to set the rotation with 'Option "Rotate" "rotation"' with "rotation" being set to "left" or "right."

I would suggest putting all this in a file like "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-display.conf" instead of xorg.conf.

mhelvens

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From: Leiden, the Netherlands

Registered: 2013-12-04

Posts: 69

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Re: Getting GDM to properly use my custom monitor setup

You're going to need to create conf file for xorg, so hopefully you can work your way past the nightmares.

Thankfully, that was a slight exaggeration. ;-) I simply assumed that since I have the proper settings on my Gnome 3 desktop now, that I could simply copy those to the right place.

Anyway, thanks! I'll have a go at it.