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jugg

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Registered: 2014-07-03

Posts: 14

[SOLVED] Monitor Section's Option "Primary" "true" no longer works

I just went through a large system update, going from linux-lts 3.10.x to 3.14.x as well as the new xorg-server 1.16 update which pulled along requirement for a new version of xf86-video-intel 2.99.914-3  (previously was at 2.99.911-2).

Since this upgrade, my Monitor section specified in 30-montor.conf no longer seems to listen to the primary option:

Section "Monitor"
  Identifier "HDMI1"
  Option "Primary" "true"
  Option "RightOf" "eDP1"
EndSection

The primary display is still "eDP1" (which has no custom section) on boot rather than the specified "HDMI1".  Adding a Monitor section for eDP1 with `Option "Primary" "false"` does not help.

Any ideas on how to track down the problem?  Other Option values in the Monitor section work fine.

Here is the Xorg log snippet:

[     5.284] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[     5.284] (II) intel(0): Output eDP1 has no monitor section
[     5.284] (--) intel(0): Found backlight control interface acpi_video0 (type 'firmware') for output eDP1
[     5.284] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[     5.284] (II) intel(0): Output HDMI1 using monitor section HDMI1
[     5.284] (**) intel(0): Option "RightOf" "eDP1"
[     5.284] (**) intel(0): Option "Primary" "true"
[     5.284] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 64x64 for hardware cursors

SOLVED:

This was a bug in the intel driver - https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=82193

Last edited by jugg (2014-08-05 18:43:27)

nomorewindows

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Registered: 2010-04-03

Posts: 3,367

Re: [SOLVED] Monitor Section's Option "Primary" "true" no longer works

Check Xorg.0.log to see if the name of the Monitor changed.

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jugg

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Registered: 2014-07-03

Posts: 14

Re: [SOLVED] Monitor Section's Option "Primary" "true" no longer works

Thanks, but it has not change.   I have updated the OP with a snippet of the Xorg log.

Last edited by jugg (2014-08-04 21:47:01)