On 11/27/15, Alan Chandler <a...@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote: > On 27/11/15 10:46, Cindy-Sue Causey wrote: >> On 11/25/15, Alan Chandler <a...@chandlerfamily.org.uk> wrote: >>> >>> But gdm3 has decided it is going to come up on the secondary monitor. >>> Once the desktop starts the order of the displays is probably* also >>> wrong, but of course can be fixed in the display settings >>> >>> * I say that because the main monitor is numbered 2 and the old monitor >>> is numbered 1. >>> >>> Where is the detection of which monitor is which take place, and how do >>> I tell it to change the order? >> >> Section "Monitor" >> >> This is out of my league so I have to ask.... is it normal to have two >> entries for that declaration? >> >> Just thinking out loud..... :) >> >> Cindy :) >> > I think so, I have two monitors, and each section describes one of them.
Ok, I honestly wondered after I pondered that out loud. I never went back and looked but also wondered if I hadn't missed that the numbers were a tiny bit off for both.... and now I see they are.. *smacking head* And after the fact, I was closing out some related tabs and see another distribution talking about similar. This is intriguing because I'd like to think I'll soon "mess around" with multiple monitors just to be able to do it AND thus potentially/eventually help others ease into it, too. Anyway, I attempted a couple searches out there. Not finding too much that I can make sense of without being able to test drive it to see what's going on. I *DID* find this: https://wiki.debian.org/Xorg#What_if_I_do_not_have_an_xorg_config_file.3F Debian Wiki, YAY. My apologies in advance if it's some part of what you've already been trying. YES, I know it says "missing" but I still see potential in it. Cut and pasted, it pretty much says: +++ If xorg.conf is missing for some reason, Xorg will probe your hardware on every startup. Though this works fine in most cases, some settings remain inaccessible. To create a starting point for customization, do the following. Switch to a console as root (not a terminal emulator in X), then run: # /etc/init.d/gdm stop && /etc/init.d/gdm3 stop && /etc/init.d/kdm stop && /etc/init.d/xdm stop $ cd /etc/X11/ # Xorg -configure Alternatively, reboot the machine in single user mode, then run: $ cd /etc/X11/ # Xorg -configure +++ That was found by throwing gdm3 into my search query. Actually already had that page opened from the search just before that hadn't referenced gdm3. Very last part says that will walk us through the process. Some of why I'm posting it is to (also) wonder out loud if you had stopped and restarted gdm/gdm3/kdm/xdm related to making your changes manually. If that step wasn't taken, I'm wondering if *that* by itself might help gdm3 "digest" the new changes.... without having to pursue the "Xorg -configure" step, too. After pondering THAT part, I then wondered if stopping and starting those is even necessary when xorg.conf is altered manually? Again I'm COMPLETELY out of my league here. If stopping and starting all of those is something that is a known given for pros and is something that is ALWAYS done ALWAYS, ala something like Apache, I'm sorry for making noise here.. :) Yes, I know the above is talking about that being something we could do if xorg.conf is *missing*. Am just throwing it out there anyway with the thought that if the "Xorg -configure" step was taken, that might see something that it feels should be qualified some other certain way..... or something. :) WARNING is I have no idea what running "Xorg -configure" will do IF xorg.conf already exists. Backing up an existing, *working* copy would be Job #1 in that case........ Cindy :) PS I proofread this a couple times. If there are any really strange typos, my apologies. I'm working from the touchpad for a few days. It's a royal pain that is unbelievably sensitive. Can't barely even breathe near it for fear of it launching the cursor all around the screen. :D -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * gobble-gobble-gobble *
