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noob_max

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Registered: 2024-07-15

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HDMI of range error in SDDM in my second monitor

So I came back to arch linux recently after shifting to nixos, nixos is good but the freedom that comes using arch is really hits you in a different way

Well I installed arch after 3 try's successfully in the process i accidentally formatted my harddisk which has some games, this does not bother me much

I used arch install first 2 times and failed and i couldnot really understand why ?. later i found out i kept assigning wrong file system type for boot i.e i am giving ext4 instead of FAT32 for my boot partition and it kept rejecting it

After some frustration i went back old school and followed the instructions in arch wiki on how to install and had a smooth install process manually

after that i setup my hyprland along with sddm now here comes the problem, when i boot into arch in my dual boot system, when it comes to sddm greeter login screen my second monitor say "HDMI OUT of Range" and when i login using my laptop monitor where sddm works fine, when i log into hyprland again my second monitor works fine .

I tried to change the sddm configuration following the wiki but there is no change.

How do i fix it ? i want my monitor attached to my laptop also show sddm greeter screen instead of saying "HDMI OUT of Range" error.

Lone_Wolf

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Re: HDMI of range error in SDDM in my second monitor

Is sddm running on wayland or X ?

my dual boot system

What OS Is the other boot option starting ?

The content of files in /etc/sddm.conf.d/ would also help.

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noob_max

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Registered: 2024-07-15

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Re: HDMI of range error in SDDM in my second monitor

yes sddm is running on wayland, i am running hyprland installed arch using archinstall script, it installed bot sddm and hyprland.

Lone_Wolf

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From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

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Re: HDMI of range error in SDDM in my second monitor

sddm can run on something different then what is started by it, it can run on X and start a wayland compositor, the reverse is also true .

You state you are dual booting but haven't shared what other system is installed besides archlinux .

The content of files in /etc/sddm.conf.d/ would also help.

You haven't posted those yet.

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky