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rsupremo

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Registered: 2014-11-30

Posts: 13

Multiple monitors in KDE

I have a laptop and an external monitor (with higher resolution) and would like to have each of them display different screens in KDE. Currently the laptop screen shows only subscreen of the external monitor screen.
However I do not see 'multiple monitors' option setup in System settings -> Display & monitor. Am I missing a KDE package ? I have only base KDE workspace installation.

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EDIT: Changed picture to the one where the option is actually visible. Also I have installed kscreen.

Last edited by rsupremo (2015-09-08 06:59:58)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,688

Re: Multiple monitors in KDE

Please post a screenshot of what you are seeing. It's relatively hard to miss.

rsupremo

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Registered: 2014-11-30

Posts: 13

Re: Multiple monitors in KDE

I added screenshot.

ronw

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Registered: 2013-07-02

Posts: 60

Re: Multiple monitors in KDE

kscreen provides the System Settings module.

The new (KDE5) version has had lots of problem reports with not saving layouts, taking a long time to deal with changes like closing or opening a laptop lid, etc. I haven't reinstalled it lately, so maybe all of that has been fixed.

rsupremo

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Registered: 2014-11-30

Posts: 13

Re: Multiple monitors in KDE

I have already tried installing kscreen without noticing any difference.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: Multiple monitors in KDE

If you still use kde4 you will want kscreen4 which will turn up and will look different than what you currently have. That said if the first screenshot is your setup (? not entirely sure why  there is a comparison) you will  see that the second output is set to "copy of" ep01 switch that to something else