Wrong monitor setup

[datiswous]

When I boot my computer first Grub menu loads in my second monitor (16:10 DVI) and my main monitor (16:9 HDMI) is not recognized. Why is that?

Then when I boot into the system, the monitor setup is wrong. I set it correctly before, but when I reboot, the wrong setting is restored, meaning that the second monitor is set as my main monitor, where the menu and icons appear, although the startup screen is loaded on the other screen.

I think this is happening since I started to use a newer kernel..

EDIT: After testing with different kernels it seams to have nothing to do with that.

[SGS]

Maybe?

XFCE Panel on the wrong monitor

Right click the panel, go to 'Panel preferences'. You'll have a dropdown for 'Output'. Change this from 'Automatic' to the display you want it to show up on. By default it will be on the left-most monitor Source: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/149388/setting-primary-monitor-in-xfce

and always

$ inxi -Fxxxz

[masterfix]

FYI I am still alive just very busy.

[datiswous]

System:
  Kernel: 5.1.1-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 8.3.0 Desktop: Xfce 4.13.3git-dc69f6 tk: Gtk 3.24.8 info: xfce4-panel 
  wm: xfwm4 dm: LightDM 1.28.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z87 Extreme4 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI [Legacy]: American Megatrends v: P3.50 date: 03/11/2018 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-4570S bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Haswell rev: 3 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx 
  bogomips: 23154 
  Speed: 1996 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1996 2: 1996 
  3: 1995 4: 1996 
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: nvidia v: 418.74 bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1c82 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.4 driver: nvidia 
  resolution: 1680x1050~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 1050 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 418.74 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASRock 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fb9 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.1.1-2-MANJARO 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k 
  port: f040 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153b 
  IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 4.47 TiB used: 61.17 GiB (1.3%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: OCZ model: VERTEX4 size: 119.24 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  serial: <filter> rev: 1.5 scheme: MBR 
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Crucial model: CT525MX300SSD1 size: 489.05 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: R021 scheme: MBR 
  ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Crucial model: M4-CT256M4SSD2 size: 238.47 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 040H scheme: MBR 
  ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DM004-2CV104 size: 3.64 TiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s rotation: 5425 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 0001 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 112.93 GiB used: 61.17 GiB (54.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 11.72 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdb3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0% 
Info:
  Processes: 188 Uptime: 2m Memory: 7.72 GiB used: 971.5 MiB (12.3%) 
  Init: systemd v: 242 Compilers: gcc: 8.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.7 
  running in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.0.34 

[datiswous]

@SGS

Maybe?

Right click the panel, go to ‘Panel preferences’. You’ll have a dropdown for ‘Output’. Change this from ‘Automatic’ to the display you want it to show up on. By default it will be on the left-most monitor Source:

Thanks, but this didn't fix the issue. The monitor I like to be the main monitor after startup is configured to be my right monitor although I have configured it to be on the left and primary (so monitors are switched wrong). I have to reset the setting to the correct config after every startup.

What is also weird, but maybe unrelated is that very often after startup the Manjaro theme is gone and I see some sort of old Gnome theme. Logging out and in fixes this temporary.

[SGS]

Use a start script for your settings.

@datiswous

Manjaro theme is gone

It was a known Xfce fail.

[datiswous]

I found a workaround for my problem: I used arandr to set the correct monitor position and lxrandr to set the refresh rate (weird enough they both have a setting the other doesn't have) and then put them together as a startup script.

I still find it strange that my display settings are reverted. If I do the following command:
xfce4-display-settings -m
I get the monitor selection screen, but at that point it seams to have picked up my original saved settings correctly.

[datiswous]

This issue seemed fixed via update Xfce 4.14pre1. I disabled my personal startup script.