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I have two monitors, HDMI and DVI-D plugged into the same nvidia graphics card. When I boot, I need to swap their position and which one is primary through nvidia-settings. I would like to be able to save my configuration so that it persists between boots. I've done some reading online, and in man pages, but I haven't come to any answers yet.
How can I make my monitor positions persist between reboots?
I have this line in my ~/.xinitrc:
exec nvidia-settings --load-config-only & gnome-sessionHere is my ~/.nvidia-settings-rc. Note: When I change position of screens and regenerate this file with nvidia-settings, the contents don't change.
#
# /home/stew/.nvidia-settings-rc
#
# Configuration file for nvidia-settings - the NVIDIA X Server Settings utility
# Generated on Sat Aug 27 22:03:02 2016
#
# ConfigProperties:
RcFileLocale = C
ToolTips = Yes
DisplayStatusBar = No
SliderTextEntries = Yes
IncludeDisplayNameInConfigFile = No
ShowQuitDialog = No
UpdateRulesOnProfileNameChange = Yes
Timer = PowerMizer_Monitor_(GPU_1),Yes,1000
Timer = Thermal_Monitor_(GPU_1),Yes,1000
Timer = Memory_Used_(GPU_1),Yes,3000
Timer = Memory_Used_(GPU_0),Yes,3000
Timer = Thermal_Monitor_(GPU_0),Yes,1000
Timer = PowerMizer_Monitor_(GPU_0),Yes,1000
# Attributes:
0/SyncToVBlank=1
0/LogAniso=0
0/FSAA=0
0/TextureClamping=1
0/FXAA=0
0/AllowFlipping=1
0/FSAAAppControlled=1
0/LogAnisoAppControlled=1
0/OpenGLImageSettings=1
0/FSAAAppEnhanced=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/RedBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/GreenBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/BlueBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/RedContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/GreenContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/BlueContrast=0.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/RedGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/GreenGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/BlueGamma=1.000000
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/DigitalVibrance=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/RedBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/GreenBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/BlueBrightness=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/RedContrast=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/GreenContrast=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/BlueContrast=0.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/RedGamma=1.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/GreenGamma=1.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/BlueGamma=1.000000
[DPY:HDMI-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DigitalVibrance=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-1]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-1]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-1]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-1]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-1]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-1]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-2]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-2]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-2]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-2]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-2]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-2]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-3]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-3]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-3]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-3]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-3]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-3]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-4]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-4]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-4]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-4]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-4]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-4]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DP-5]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DP-5]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DP-5]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DP-5]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DP-5]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DP-5]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:VGA-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:VGA-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:VGA-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:VGA-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DVI-D-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/Dithering=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:HDMI-0]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/Dithering=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/DitheringMode=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/DitheringDepth=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/ColorSpace=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/ColorRange=0
[DPY:DVI-D-1]/SynchronousPaletteUpdates=0I have no files in /etc/X11/ or in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d, but if I use nvidia-settings to generate /etc/X11/xorg.conf and reboot, it doesn't make a difference. The generated file looks like this:
# nvidia-settings: X configuration file generated by nvidia-settings
# nvidia-settings: version 367.35 (builduser@rw) Fri Jul 15 21:07:27 CEST 2016
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Layout0"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
Option "Xinerama" "0"
EndSection
Section "Files"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "dbe"
Load "extmod"
Load "type1"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "kbd"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
# HorizSync source: edid, VertRefresh source: edid
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Idek Iiyama PLX2783H"
HorizSync 30.0 - 83.0
VertRefresh 55.0 - 76.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "nvidia"
VendorName "NVIDIA Corporation"
BoardName "GeForce GTX 1080"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Device0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "Stereo" "0"
Option "nvidiaXineramaInfoOrder" "DFP-0"
Option "metamodes" "HDMI-0: nvidia-auto-select +0+0, DVI-D-0: nvidia-auto-select +1920+56"
Option "SLI" "Off"
Option "MultiGPU" "Off"
Option "BaseMosaic" "off"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
EndSubSection
EndSection---Additional info---
Status upon boot:
HDMI-0 resolution 1920x1080, position 1280,0
DVI-D-0 resolution 1280x1024, position 0,0
Desired:
HDMI-0 resolution 1920x1080, position 0,0
DVI-D-0 resolution 1280x1024, position 1920,56
Last edited by stewbond (2016-08-27 20:02:56)
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Solved it. It must have been a permissions issue with xorg.conf. I had generated ~/xorg.conf by running nvidia-settings as a user, then: sudo mv ~/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf. Instead I just tried sudo nvidia-settings, and generated the file straight to /etc/X11/xorg.conf and things seemed to work.
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