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MorbusChronos

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Registered: 2018-11-09

Posts: 20

[SOLVED]i3wm with xfce4 Settings/ Monitor detected but inactive

Hello All,
I just installed arch with i3wm. I followed the guides for arcolinuxd, lend some scripts from their github. I now have xfce4 Settings Manager installed, which does detect my first two monitors, which are connected to my graphics card, as well as the third monitor, which ist connected to my motherboard.BUT, when i try to change the configuration from:

this
to:
that

Nothing happens. Any ideas whereelse i could check in my system to change that?Ahm, here's the output of xrandr: https://pastebin.com/Juzuu53i
As well as of my xrandr config in i3 config file:

exec --no-startup-id xrandr --output DP-1 --mode 2560x1080 --output HDMI-1 --right-of DP-1 --auto --output HDMI-3 --right-of HDMI-1 --auto

# my current setup
set $firstMonitor DP-1
set $secondMonitor HDMI-1
set $thirdMonitor HDMI-3

Ah, worth mentioning: Physical connections: First Monitor on DP, second on HDMI, both with graka,third monitor on DVI-I with the motherboard.  / I think there already might be the problems solution, but wanted to ask you guys first, if you'd know anythink about the xfce4 Menu showing all monitors.dd

Last edited by MorbusChronos (2018-11-14 10:33:38)

MorbusChronos

Member

Registered: 2018-11-09

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED]i3wm with xfce4 Settings/ Monitor detected but inactive

RTFM
Opened arandr and created correct xrandr statement, updated my config file and rebooted, all done.