[Solved] Xrandr Qtile secondary monitor bleeds into primary

ilikeeatingtacos97 · 2024-08-04 05:03:41

Hi. I have two monitors.
"DP-2 connected primary 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm"
and
"HDMI-2 connected 1920x1080+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 598mm x 336mm"

When my 1080p HDMI-2 monitor is configured to be on the right, and my 1440p DP-2 is configured to be on the left, they work perfectly.
But if I reverse the order with a command like "xrandr --output HDMI-2 --left-of DP-2", HDMI-2's display will extend into DP-2. Taking up 1/8th of the left-side of DP-2, and causing a large black border on the bottom-right of DP-2.

I'm not sure why this suddenly started being an issue, it used to work fine. It just broke after rebooting my system. I hadn't updated either.

I've tried using a GUI application for Xrandr, Arandr, and it was still didn't work right.

I've read that manually changing the position of the monitors with "--pos" could fix it, but I couldn't get it to work right. It only made it worse. Not sure where to go from here.
I'd take a screenshot but I don't think it's really an option across two monitors.
I'm on a tiling WM, Qtile, if that matters at all.

Thanks for reading.

Last edited by ilikeeatingtacos97 (2024-08-06 20:46:08)

seth · 2024-08-04 06:44:15

What's the actual complete output of "xrandr -q" for your --left-of and --pos efforts?
You could probably link a photo of your monitors next to each other.
Do you scale one or both of the outputs?

ilikeeatingtacos97 · 2024-08-05 16:27:56

Hello, thanks for responding.

"xrandr -q" is just about identical regardless of --left-of or --pos

--left-of:
https://pastebin.com/bxmW5imN

--pos:
https://pastebin.com/hWhXBSkf

I've tried numerous --pos positions but it just makes it more messed up, pushing things off-screen.

I also tried "xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto --scale 2x2 --output DP-2 --auto --pos 3840x0" which apparently fixed it for someone with an identical situation but it just displayed both screens on HDMI-2. With the buttom part being the wallpaper instead of the windows.
https://pastebin.com/GjUE9rP1

Took a photo of what --left-of does, if this makes it more clear. The bottom of the left-screen is cut-off, it bleeds onto the right monitor, and there's a large blank spot on the bottom of the right-monitor which my cursor is hovering over.

Edit:Removed image

No, I do not scale my outputs. They're both left at their max resolution.

Last edited by ilikeeatingtacos97 (2024-08-06 20:45:52)

seth · 2024-08-05 19:28:46

I'm on a tiling WM, Qtile, if that matters at all.

Try a different WM, eg. openbox, or to restart qtile - I'm pretty sure that's just the WM losing track of the output geometry.

Also thanks for the photo, but please replace the ginormeous image w/ a link (the board has a 250x250px max rule)

ilikeeatingtacos97 · 2024-08-06 05:14:08

Okay, yep, seems to be something with Qtile. Installed Plasma KDE, booted into it, and KDE does not have this issue.

Ah, my bad. I do not know forum etiquette.

seth · 2024-08-06 09:17:08

https://github.com/qtile/qtile/issues/4 … 2265134902

ilikeeatingtacos97 · 2024-08-06 20:47:09

"sudo pacman -U file:///var/cache/pacman/pkg/qtile-0.26.0-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" did the trick.
Thank you !

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#1 2024-08-04 05:03:41

[Solved] Xrandr Qtile secondary monitor bleeds into primary

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