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kormpu

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Registered: 2020-08-18

Posts: 30

[SOLVED] BSPWM multi-monitor setup

I've been having a lot of trouble getting bspwm to play nicely with my second monitor. I have tried using arandr to generate a config and while it does fix the problem of xorg thinking my second screen is on the right, it doesn't rectify the issue of the HUGE mouse cursor on the smaller screen. The greater problem, however, is that after hardcoding in my bspwmrc what the monitors should be, my workspaces no longer work (no longer able to swap between them). I've also checked the workspace names using bspc and it shows that they are both just named "Desktop", which is reflected by polybar showing that as the workspace name.

I ended up not using arandr because from what I understand

monitor $(monitor) -n center/etc

is supposed to accomplish what I was wanting from arandr. Though that is not solving the problem of xorg thinking that the monitor is on the wrong side.

bspwmrc: https://pastebin.com/HsLpTRdr
xinitrc: https://pastebin.com/ekdbsv0F
xorg.conf: https://pastebin.com/QnqD6LdC

Last edited by kormpu (2020-12-25 15:33:37)

markring40

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Registered: 2020-09-12

Posts: 3

Re: [SOLVED] BSPWM multi-monitor setup

This is my display.sh created by arandr. My layout has my external monitor above my laptop.   It's located in ~/.screenlayout/display.sh 
#!/bin/sh
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output DP-0 --off --output DP-1 --off --output eDP1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x1080 --rotate normal --output VIRTUAL1 --off

Make sure you make it executable with chmod +x /home/your user name/,screenlayout/display.sh

Then add this path to your .xinitrc file:  $HOME/.screenlayout/display.sh

Then reboot.