Setting Up Multihead With multiple GPU's properly

Pragmatic Cthulhu · 2018-11-18 17:50:49

The situation & The goal

So I have been looking to get my three monitor setup to work properly, and I have run into a surprising amount of trouble. I couldn't find anybody else with my specific set of problems, so I thought I would try my luck over here.

well, let's start with the most important part shall we?:

~ >> neofetch
                   -`                    bernard@ArchWhyrm 
                  .o+`                   ----------------- 
                 `ooo/                   OS: Arch Linux x86_64 
                `+oooo:                  Host: 20HJS14M00 ThinkPad P51 
               `+oooooo:                 Kernel: 4.19.1-arch1-1-ARCH 
               -+oooooo+:                Uptime: 13 mins 
             `/:-:++oooo+:               Packages: 1015 (pacman) 
            `/++++/+++++++:              Shell: bash 4.4.23 
           `/++++++++++++++:             Resolution: 1920x1080 
          `/+++ooooooooooooo/`           DE: i3-with-shmlog 
         ./ooosssso++osssssso+`          WM: i3 
        .oossssso-````/ossssss+`         Theme: BlueSky-Dark [GTK2/3] 
       -osssssso.      :ssssssso.        Icons: Arc [GTK2/3] 
      :osssssss/        osssso+++.       Terminal: termite 
     /ossssssss/        +ssssooo/-       Terminal Font: Monospace 12 
   `/ossssso+/:-        -:/+osssso+-     CPU: Intel i7-7700HQ (8) @ 3.800GHz
  `+sso+:-`                 `.-/+oso:    GPU: NVIDIA Quadro M1200 Mobile 
 `++:.                           `-/+/   GPU: Intel Device 591b 
 .`                                 `/   Memory: 2099MiB / 15770MiB

Ok. So I have three monitors, and two graphics cards (yes, I use graphics card and gpu interchangibly, I know the difference, so please don't get into that). The internal (intel) graphics card, which controls my laptop screen (this monitor will from now on be referred to as eDP1) and my nvidia graphics card, which controls a big, nice old TV over hdmi (DP-1 from now on) and an old dinky 4:3 desktop screen I had lying about(DP-3).

The way it autoconfigures, Xorg puts eDP1 on display :0, and DP-1 & DP-3 on display :0.1. Which is fine in principle, but my wm (i3) can't handle that. I had a workaround for this, where upon startup i3 would check wether bumblebeed is stopped (thereby implying that the screens were connected) and then start an extra i3 session inside the other display. This kinda worked, except that focus was dodgy and i couldn't have firefox open in both sessions (+ some other stuff, point is, I would like to change it). So I decided to sacrifice this weekend to wrestling with X org to get both cards in a single display, I now I'm an tired and kinda sick of looking at my xorg.conf so I'm turning to you guys.

my xorg.conf right now:

~ >> cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf
Section "ServerLayout"
	Identifier     "X.org Configured"
	Screen      0  "Screen0" 0 0 
#	Screen      1  "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
	InputDevice    "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
	InputDevice    "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
#	Option "Xinerama" "1"
EndSection

Section "Files"
	ModulePath   "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/misc"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/TTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/OTF"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/Type1"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi"
	FontPath     "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection

Section "Module"
	Load           "dbe"
    Load           "extmod"
    Load           "type1"
    Load           "freetype"
	Load  "glx"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Keyboard0"
	Driver      "kbd"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
	Identifier  "Mouse0"
	Driver      "mouse"
	Option	    "Protocol" "auto"
	Option	    "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
	Option	    "ZAxisMapping" "4 5 6 7"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "eDP1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Option	     "Primary" "true"
#	Option	     "LeftOf" "DP-1"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "DP-1"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Option	     "RightOf" "eDP1"
	Option	     "LeftOf" "DP-3"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
	Identifier   "DP-3"
	VendorName   "Monitor Vendor"
	ModelName    "Monitor Model"
	Option	     "RightOf" "DP-1"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        ### Available Driver options are:-
        ### Values: <i>: integer, <f>: float, <bool>: "True"/"False",
        ### <string>: "String", <freq>: "<f> Hz/kHz/MHz",
        ### <percent>: "<f>%"
        ### [arg]: arg optional
        #Option     "Accel"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "AccelMethod"        	# <str>
        #Option     "Backlight"          	# <str>
        #Option     "CustomEDID"         	# <str>
        #Option     "DRI"                	# <str>
        #Option     "Present"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ColorKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "VideoKey"           	# <i>
        #Option     "Tiling"             	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "LinearFramebuffer"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HWRotation"         	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "VSync"              	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PageFlip"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "SwapbuffersWait"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "TripleBuffer"       	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvPreferOverlay"    	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "HotPlug"            	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ReprobeOutputs"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "XvMC"               	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "ZaphodHeads"        	# <str>
        #Option     "VirtualHeads"       	# <i>
        #Option     "TearFree"           	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "PerCrtcPixmaps"     	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "FallbackDebug"      	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushBatches"  	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugFlushCaches"   	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "DebugWait"          	# [<bool>]
        #Option     "BufferCache"        	# [<bool>]
	Identifier  "Card0"
	Driver      "intel"
	BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Section "Device"
	Identifier  "Card1"
	Driver      "nvidia"
	BusID       "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
	Identifier "Screen0"
	Device     "Card0"
	GPUDevice  "Card0"
	GPUDevice  "Card1"
	Monitor    "eDP1"
#	Monitor    "DP-1"
#	Monitor	   "DP-3"
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     1
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     4
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     8
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     15
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     16
	EndSubSection
	SubSection "Display"
		Viewport   0 0
		Depth     24
	EndSubSection
EndSection

#Section "Screen"
#	Identifier "Screen1"
#	Device     "Card1"
#	Monitor    "DP-1"
#	Monitor	   "DP-3"
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     1
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     4
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     8
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     15
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     16
#	EndSubSection
#	SubSection "Display"
#		Viewport   0 0
#		Depth     24
#	EndSubSection
#EndSection

What I have tried

Xinerama

archwiki wrote:

Xinerama combines all monitors into a single screen (:0) making it possible to drag windows between screens.

Interesting, in my experience all Xinerama does is make your entire system crash. All bitterness aside though, form what I've seen there was a clear relation between me enabling Xinerama and lightdm not even being able to start. Instead all I got was a "_" in the top left corner of eDP1. Yes, also with force_xinerama yes in my i3config.
Screen 1 "Screen1" RightOf "Screen0"
Most of the sources I found said this line wasthe magic bullet, but for me it was already there by default.
dumb xorg.conf stuff that shouldn't even work
Setting multiple devices for the same screen(only took the last one in the file), Setting all the monitor entries for the same screen (there is nothing in the monitor subsection tying them to devices, so of course that doesn't work).
GPUDevice
Ok, here is where it gets interesting.

man xorg.conf wrote:

GPUDevice "device-id"
This entry specifies the Device section to be used as a secondary GPU device
for this screen. When multiple graphics cards are present, this is what ties
a specific secondary card to a screen.

So based on this, hypothetically I should be able to use this option to select both gpu's. But interestingly it still only used the one specified device, while the other screen(s) didn't even get any signal. Now, to make it even more interesting looking at the X org logs with the different graphics cards chosen, if the nvidia card was chosen as main, the xorg logs happily reported that it had eDP1 was enabled and well, just handing me a small warning that it couldn't exactly find where it was in relation to unkown screen DP-1 but that didn't matter too much. Note, I was reading this log from DP-1 while eDP1 was showing me a black screen, not to appear in xrandr, not to appear under any X org screen, just sitting there, off. Meanwhile, if the intel chip was chosen as primary, the problem seemed a slight bit more solvable, looking at the Xorg logs it seemed like a classic case of starting, something went wrong, exiting for nvidia. So I set out to solve those wrongs. One reinstall of the drivers later I had only one error yet to face: "[ 22.576] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section." so I decided to not only have the reference to screen one in layouts commented out ( I had that already) but also the entire description as well. So I restarted X org. Looked at the logs. In disbelief I removed any old xorg.conf still hanging out in /etc/X11/, restarted xorg, looked at the logs, restarted my laptop, looked at the logs...

and well

yeah

~ >> cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    22.307] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.3
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    22.307] Build Operating System: Linux Arch Linux
[    22.307] Current Operating System: Linux ArchWhyrm 4.19.1-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Sun Nov 4 16:49:26 UTC 2018 x86_64
[    22.307] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=78f39b2b-e93d-4a46-889a-fc8562eb2cd0 rw quiet
[    22.307] Build Date: 25 October 2018  04:42:32PM
[    22.307]  
[    22.307] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    22.307] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    22.307] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    22.307] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sun Nov 18 17:34:29 2018
[    22.307] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[    22.307] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    22.307] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    22.308] (==) ServerLayout "X.org Configured"
[    22.308] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    22.308] (**) |   |-->Monitor "eDP1"
[    22.308] (**) |   |-->Device "Card0"
[    22.308] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "Card0"
[    22.308] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "Card1"
[    22.308] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    22.308] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    22.308] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    22.308] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    22.308] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    22.308] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    22.308] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    22.308] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    22.308] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    22.308] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    22.308] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[    22.308] (**) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/misc,
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/OTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/100dpi,
	/usr/share/fonts/75dpi
[    22.308] (**) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    22.308] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    22.308] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    22.308] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    22.308] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    22.308] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    22.308] 	X.Org Video Driver: 24.0
[    22.308] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    22.308] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    22.310] (++) using VT number 7

[    22.310] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    22.311] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    22.318] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:591b:17aa:224d rev 4, Mem @ 0x2ff2000000/16777216, 0xa0000000/536870912, I/O @ 0x0000e000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    22.318] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:13b6:17aa:224d rev 162, Mem @ 0xeb000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000d000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[    22.318] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    22.318] (II) "glx" will be loaded. This was enabled by default and also specified in the config file.
[    22.318] (II) LoadModule: "dbe"
[    22.318] (II) Module "dbe" already built-in
[    22.318] (II) LoadModule: "extmod"
[    22.318] (II) Module "extmod" already built-in
[    22.318] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    22.319] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    22.322] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.322] 	compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.322] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    22.322] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[    22.322] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[    22.322] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.322] 	compiled for 1.20.2, module version = 2.99.917
[    22.322] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    22.323] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 24.0
[    22.323] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    22.323] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[    22.323] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[    22.323] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.323] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    22.323] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[    22.324] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics
[    22.324] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics
[    22.324] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics
[    22.324] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  410.73  Sat Oct 20 22:19:41 CDT 2018
[    22.324] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[    22.324] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20180719
[    22.324] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled from 2.99.917-853-g0932a6b3
[    22.342] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    22.342] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    22.342] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    22.342] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.342] 	compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.342] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    22.342] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[    22.342] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[    22.342] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[    22.343] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.343] 	compiled for 1.20.3, module version = 1.0.0
[    22.343] 	ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    22.343] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[    22.343] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[    22.343] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[    22.576] (EE) Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section.
[    22.576] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[    22.576] (II) UnloadSubModule: "wfb"
[    22.576] (II) UnloadSubModule: "fb"
[    22.576] (--) intel(0): gen9 engineering sample
[    22.576] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx, avx2; using a maximum of 4 threads
[    22.576] (==) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    22.576] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[    22.576] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): Output eDP1 using monitor section eDP1
[    22.577] (**) intel(0): Option "Primary" "true"
[    22.577] (**) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output eDP1
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): Enabled output eDP1
[    22.577] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[    22.577] (--) intel(0): Output eDP1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 0
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): TearFree enabled
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    22.577] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[    22.577] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[    22.577] (II) Module "dri3" already built-in
[    22.577] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    22.577] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    22.577] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    22.577] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[    22.577] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[    22.577] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Kabylake (gen9) backend
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse disabled
[    22.577] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[    22.577] (==) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[    22.578] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[    22.578] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    22.578] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[    22.578] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[    22.578] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 DRI3 enabled
[    22.578] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[    22.578] (WW) intel(0): Option "Primary" is not used
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[    22.578] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension Present
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[    22.579] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[    22.587] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized i965
[    22.587] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    22.587] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[    22.587] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[    22.587] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[    22.587] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[    22.589] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1920x1080@60.0 on eDP1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[    22.596] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 285
[    22.664] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    22.664] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    22.664] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    22.664] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[    22.664] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[    22.665] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    22.665] 	compiled for 1.20.1, module version = 0.28.1
[    22.665] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    22.665] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[    22.665] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[    22.665] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    22.665] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[    22.665] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    22.666] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.666] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    22.666] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[    22.697] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2"
[    22.698] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    22.698] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    22.698] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    22.698] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    22.698] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    22.710] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.710] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    22.711] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event7)
[    22.711] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    22.711] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    22.711] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[    22.711] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    22.711] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event7"
[    22.711] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    22.711] (II) event7  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.711] (II) event7  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    22.711] (II) event7  - Video Bus: device removed
[    22.777] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input9/event7"
[    22.777] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[    22.777] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    22.777] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    22.777] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    22.777] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    22.778] (II) event7  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.778] (II) event7  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    22.778] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event6)
[    22.778] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    22.778] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    22.778] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[    22.778] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[    22.778] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event6"
[    22.778] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    22.779] (II) event6  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.779] (II) event6  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    22.779] (II) event6  - Video Bus: device removed
[    22.830] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:00/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input8/event6"
[    22.830] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    22.830] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    22.830] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    22.831] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    22.831] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    22.833] (II) event6  - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.833] (II) event6  - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[    22.834] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event1)
[    22.834] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    22.834] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    22.835] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event0)
[    22.835] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    22.835] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    22.835] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[    22.835] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[    22.835] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[    22.835] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    22.836] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.836] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    22.836] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device removed
[    22.870] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input0/event0"
[    22.870] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[    22.870] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    22.870] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    22.870] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    22.870] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    22.871] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    22.871] (II) event0  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[    22.872] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Laser Mouse (/dev/input/event9)
[    22.872] (**) Logitech USB Laser Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    22.872] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Logitech USB Laser Mouse'
[    22.872] (**) Logitech USB Laser Mouse: always reports core events
[    22.872] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event9"
[    22.872] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    22.929] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    22.929] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: device set to 1000 DPI
[    22.929] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: device is a pointer
[    22.929] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: device removed
[    22.991] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-2/1-2:1.0/0003:046D:C069.0001/input/input11/event9"
[    22.991] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Laser Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[    22.991] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    22.991] (**) Logitech USB Laser Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    22.991] (**) Logitech USB Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    22.991] (**) Logitech USB Laser Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    23.049] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    23.049] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: device set to 1000 DPI
[    23.049] (II) event9  - Logitech USB Laser Mouse: device is a pointer
[    23.049] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Laser Mouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    23.049] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.049] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.050] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard (/dev/input/event10)
[    23.050] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    23.050] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    23.050] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard'
[    23.050] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard: always reports core events
[    23.050] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event10"
[    23.050] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.050] (II) event10 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.050] (II) event10 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    23.050] (II) event10 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard: device removed
[    23.087] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.0/0003:0461:0010.0002/input/input12/event10"
[    23.087] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 11)
[    23.087] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    23.087] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    23.087] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    23.087] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    23.088] (II) event10 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.088] (II) event10 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    23.089] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control (/dev/input/event12)
[    23.089] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    23.089] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    23.089] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control'
[    23.089] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: always reports core events
[    23.089] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event12"
[    23.089] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.090] (II) event12 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.090] (II) event12 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: device is a keyboard
[    23.090] (II) event12 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: device removed
[    23.124] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.1/0003:0461:0010.0003/input/input14/event12"
[    23.124] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[    23.124] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    23.124] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    23.124] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    23.124] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    23.125] (II) event12 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.125] (II) event12 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard System Control: device is a keyboard
[    23.126] (II) config/udev: Adding input device NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control (/dev/input/event13)
[    23.126] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    23.126] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    23.126] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control'
[    23.126] (**) NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: always reports core events
[    23.126] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event13"
[    23.126] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.127] (II) event13 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.128] (II) event13 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[    23.128] (II) event13 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: device removed
[    23.177] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb1/1-5/1-5:1.1/0003:0461:0010.0003/input/input15/event13"
[    23.177] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[    23.177] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    23.177] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    23.177] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    23.177] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    23.180] (II) event13 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.180] (II) event13 - NOVATEK USB Keyboard Consumer Control: device is a keyboard
[    23.182] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Gamepad F310 (/dev/input/event11)
[    23.182] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.182] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.183] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech Gamepad F310 (/dev/input/js0)
[    23.183] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.183] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.183] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Digital PCBeep (/dev/input/event14)
[    23.183] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.183] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.184] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event15)
[    23.184] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.184] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.185] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Dock Mic (/dev/input/event16)
[    23.185] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.185] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.186] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Dock Headphone (/dev/input/event17)
[    23.186] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.186] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.186] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event18)
[    23.186] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.186] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.187] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event19)
[    23.187] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.187] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.188] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event20)
[    23.188] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.188] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.188] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event21)
[    23.189] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.189] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.189] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event22)
[    23.189] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.189] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.190] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH HDMI/DP,pcm=10 (/dev/input/event23)
[    23.190] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.190] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.191] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
[    23.191] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    23.191] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    23.191] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    23.191] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    23.191] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[    23.191] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.192] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.192] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    23.193] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[    23.211] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input3/event3"
[    23.211] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 14)
[    23.211] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    23.211] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    23.211] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    23.211] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    23.213] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    23.213] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    23.214] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/event8)
[    23.214] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[    23.215] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad'
[    23.215] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: always reports core events
[    23.215] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event8"
[    23.215] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.216] (II) event8  - SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    23.217] (II) event8  - SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: device is a touchpad
[    23.217] (II) event8  - SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: device removed
[    23.267] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input6/event8"
[    23.267] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 15)
[    23.268] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    23.268] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    23.268] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    23.268] (**) SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    23.270] (II) event8  - SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[    23.271] (II) event8  - SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad: device is a touchpad
[    23.272] (II) config/udev: Adding input device SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    23.272] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.272] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.273] (II) config/udev: Adding input device TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint (/dev/input/event24)
[    23.273] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    23.273] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint'
[    23.273] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: always reports core events
[    23.273] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event24"
[    23.273] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.274] (II) event24 - TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[    23.275] (II) event24 - TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: device is a pointer
[    23.275] (II) event24 - TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: device removed
[    23.320] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/serio2/input/input10/event24"
[    23.321] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint" (type: MOUSE, id 16)
[    23.321] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    23.321] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    23.321] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    23.321] (**) TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    23.323] (II) event24 - TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: is tagged by udev as: Mouse Pointingstick
[    23.323] (II) event24 - TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint: device is a pointer
[    23.324] (II) config/udev: Adding input device TPPS/2 IBM TrackPoint (/dev/input/mouse2)
[    23.324] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.324] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.325] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event4)
[    23.325] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    23.325] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    23.327] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ThinkPad Extra Buttons (/dev/input/event5)
[    23.327] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    23.327] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    23.327] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ThinkPad Extra Buttons'
[    23.327] (**) ThinkPad Extra Buttons: always reports core events
[    23.327] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[    23.327] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    23.328] (II) event5  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Switch
[    23.328] (II) event5  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device is a keyboard
[    23.328] (II) event5  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device removed
[    23.364] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/thinkpad_acpi/input/input7/event5"
[    23.364] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ThinkPad Extra Buttons" (type: KEYBOARD, id 17)
[    23.364] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    23.364] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "us"
[    23.364] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "dvp"
[    23.364] (**) Option "xkb_options" "compose:rctrl"
[    23.366] (II) event5  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard Switch
[    23.366] (II) event5  - ThinkPad Extra Buttons: device is a keyboard
[    24.579] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "AUO", prod id 25069
[    24.580] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[    24.580] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  142.00  1920 2028 2076 2100  1080 1090 1100 1126 -hsync -vsync (67.6 kHz eP)

(at 22.576)

so yeah

I wrote this post

maybe you guys know something

cause

Im at a loss

progandy · 2018-11-18 18:16:22

I have no idea if nvidia support it, but I would try to use the RandR 1.4 options

xrandr --listproviders / --setprovideroutputsource

stefbon · 2018-11-24 06:25:01

Do this in the session KDE and/or Gnome: you can configure the multihead/multiseat here. Different monitores, copy, next to each other (where) etc.

I've got two monitors and made it look like one bog monitor.

Stef

Arch Linux

#1 2018-11-18 17:50:49