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App windows not staying put!
Hi,

    I have an odd problem with a server that's been repurposed as a
desktop: 2 monitors, main is DP, secondary is HDMI, intel on board video
with sddm and xfce4.

The problem is the icons and app windows on the second monitor get
pushed onto the main monitor when the monitors deep sleep or resume from
hibernate. I am guessing that the second monitor is not up in time as
the Xorg display re-configures itself?  I have set a profile via the
xfce display settings app which hasn't helped, though it is working if I
manually select it (its too late to stop the apps/icons from moving though)

BillK
Re: App windows not staying put! [ In reply to ]
On Saturday, 25 November 2023 05:45:04 GMT William Kenworthy wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an odd problem with a server that's been repurposed as a
> desktop: 2 monitors, main is DP, secondary is HDMI, intel on board video
> with sddm and xfce4.
>
> The problem is the icons and app windows on the second monitor get
> pushed onto the main monitor when the monitors deep sleep or resume from
> hibernate. I am guessing that the second monitor is not up in time as
> the Xorg display re-configures itself? I have set a profile via the
> xfce display settings app which hasn't helped, though it is working if I
> manually select it (its too late to stop the apps/icons from moving though)
>
> BillK

I was experiencing similar problems on a system using HDMI + DVI until I moved
on to Wayland. If not when waking up then almost always when I updated xorg
and friends. I'm mentioning this in case Wayland works for you and you don't
have any other reason stopping you using it.
Re: App windows not staying put! [ In reply to ]
On 25/11/23 16:35, Michael wrote:
> On Saturday, 25 November 2023 05:45:04 GMT William Kenworthy wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I have an odd problem with a server that's been repurposed as a
>> desktop: 2 monitors, main is DP, secondary is HDMI, intel on board video
>> with sddm and xfce4.
>>
>> The problem is the icons and app windows on the second monitor get
>> pushed onto the main monitor when the monitors deep sleep or resume from
>> hibernate. I am guessing that the second monitor is not up in time as
>> the Xorg display re-configures itself? I have set a profile via the
>> xfce display settings app which hasn't helped, though it is working if I
>> manually select it (its too late to stop the apps/icons from moving though)
>>
>> BillK
> I was experiencing similar problems on a system using HDMI + DVI until I moved
> on to Wayland. If not when waking up then almost always when I updated xorg
> and friends. I'm mentioning this in case Wayland works for you and you don't
> have any other reason stopping you using it.

Thanks, I'll look into it.

BillK