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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
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bp@www.zefox.net wrote:
>> I`d like to try dual monitors with a Pi5 running Bookworm and Wayland.
>> The system is up to date as of this writing.
>>
>> The system was initially configured with a Dell HDMI 1920 by 1080
>> monitor as the primary, so I added a Dell DVI 1600 by 900 as the
>> secondary using a DVI-to_HDMI adapter on the cable..
>>
>> After reboot the system came up with the 1600 by 900 as primary,
>> and the Screen Configuration utility doesn`t notice the original
>> primary monitor, which was powered on during boot.
>>
>> Switching the monitors between hdmi ports makes no difference,
>> the origninal primary monitor is ignored and the 1600 by 900
>> monitor is primary.
>>
>> If I run xrandr, it reports:
>>
>> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1600 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
>> HDMI-1 connected primary 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right
x axis y axis) 443mm x 249mm
>> 1600x900 59.98*+
>> 1280x1024 75.02 60.02
>> 1152x864 75.00
>> 1024x768 75.03 60.00
>> 800x600 75.00 60.32
>> 640x480 75.00 59.94
>> 720x400 70.08
>> HDMI-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
>>
>> The "maximum 8192 x 8192" seems absurd.
>>
>> HDMI-2 is NOT disconnected, it`s connected and powered up.
>>
>> Is there a fix for this problem? I do have a couple other
>> monitors (natively DVI with HDMI adapters) but none are
>> exact matches. For now I`ll try switching away from Wayland
>> to see if that helps, but would rather not, long term.
>
> I just tried each of the three options for a GUI; X11,
> Wayland and a third which appears to be Wayland with a
> different window manager.
>
> All fail to detect the dual monitor setup, using instead the
> older 1600 by 900 display and being completely oblivious to
> the second monitor connected and powered on.
>
> I do notice that during boot, the status LED on the unrecognized
> monitor briefly goes from amber (asleep) to blue (awake), suggesting
> that the monitor does detect some activity on the HDMI port it`s
> connected to. Unfortunately it goes back to sleep in about a second.
>
Ok, now I`m totally confused. I switched the monitors back into their
original configuration, which didn`t work when first tried repeatedly,
and now it works just as expected. Both monitors display the boot output,
when the GUI is started I get the normal display on HDMI0 and the default
wallpaper on HDMI1.
If you`ve read this far, thank you!
bob prohaska
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