Two monitors - making one of them default for everything

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Hello. I have installed garuda linux and managed to setup almost everything ok but there is something I am struggling with and can’t achieve:

I have a two monitor setup:

╰─λ xrandr | grep -w connected
DP-1 connected primary 2560x1440+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm
DP-2 connected 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm

I have setup DP-1, which is to the right, as main monitor, but when I get to ssdm login page, it appears first in the left one, marked as DP-2 (and the mouse and keyboard acts with it).

Some messages also appear only in DP-2 (for example, notifications about copying files with dolphin or downloaded files finished).

How can I make my main monitor “main for everything”?

Using KDE Plasma Wayland.

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Welcome :slight_smile:

Please, just post garuda-inxi, they’re all infos the helpers need.
Most things you can set with system settings, IIRC xrandr is for i3, hyprland, sway … ???

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Search also in the forum.
I’m sure this was discussed quite a few times in the past, but I don’t use a multi monitor set-up, so I never spent much time for it. E.g.

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Here it is:

╰─λ sudo garuda-inxi
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System:
Kernel: 6.13.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=fa13788d-7bd4-4c6f-a84c-5a183071b3fb rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 splash video=DP-1:2560x1440@165 ibt=off
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: ERR-101 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_wayland dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C37 v: 2.0 serial: N/A
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG X570 GAMING PLUS (MS-7C37) v: 2.0
serial: <filter> uuid: 29429b1a-c2a6-2813-ab90-d8bbc194f2bf UEFI: American
Megatrends LLC. v: A.P1 date: 08/30/2024
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master 3
serial: <filter> charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600X socket: AM4 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB
desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1734 min/max: 550/4651 boost: enabled
base/boost: 3700/4650 scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave
volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1734 2: 1734 3: 1734 4: 1734
5: 1734 6: 1734 7: 1734 8: 1734 9: 1734 10: 1734 11: 1734 12: 1734
bogomips: 88802
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 22 [Radeon RX 6700/6700
XT/6750 XT / 6800M/6850M XT] vendor: Tul / PowerColor driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-1,DP-2
empty: DP-3,HDMI-A-1,Writeback-1 bus-ID: 2f:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73df
class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: X.Org v: 24.1.5 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.5
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi
gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :1 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5120x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1354x381mm (53.31x15.00")
s-diag: 1407mm (55.38")
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,right model: VG27AQA1A serial: <filter>
built: 2023 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: left model: Philips 27M2N5500 serial: <filter>
built: 2024 res: mode: 2560x1440 hz: 165 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2
size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11:
drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.3.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (radeonsi
navi22 LLVM 19.1.7 DRM 3.60 6.13.3-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:73df
memory: 11.72 GiB unified: no
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 8 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
Radeon RX 6700 XT (RADV NAVI22) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:73df
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256
bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: corectrl wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 2f:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 31:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.13.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI X570-A PRO driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
class-ID: 0200
IF: enp39s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-801810bb3b29 state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: unknown
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: br-80a5f53c3dc7 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-4: veth6b44f6d state: up speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full
mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, nginx, smbd, sshd, systemd-networkd,
systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 12.18 TiB used: 4.65 TiB (38.2%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 42d 1h cycles: 769
read-units: 259,211,603 [132 TB] written-units: 61,367,048 [31.4 TB]
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:7 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 39.9 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 83d 23h cycles: 1,651
read-units: 60,846,598 [31.1 TB] written-units: 49,191,562 [25.1 TB]
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM008-2DM166
family: BarraCuda 3.5 (CMR) size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC26 temp: 38 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 303d 20h cycles: 3320
read: 1.54 PiB written: 27.89 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000NE001-2MA101
family: IronWolf Pro size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> fw-rev: TN05 temp: 36 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 101d 18h cycles: 623
read: 7.9 TiB written: 5.95 TiB Old-Age: g-sense error rate: 394 Pre-Fail:
attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 EVO 250GB
family: based SSDs size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: DB6Q temp: 31 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 3y 55d 6h cycles: 3000
written: 53.49 TiB
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST9640320AS
family: Momentus 5400.6 size: 596.17 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B sata: 2.6 speed: 3.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5799
serial: <filter> fw-rev: SDM1 temp: 34 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 220d 12h cycles: 4738
read: 1.63 TiB written: 1.76 TiB Old-Age: g-sense error rate: 224 Pre-Fail:
attribute: Spin_Retry_Count value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
ID-7: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HDN726040ALE614
family: Deskstar NAS size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> fw-rev: W7JH temp: 43 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 232d 23h cycles: 3101
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 679.12 GiB size: 679.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 140.03 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 965.9 MiB (96.59%)
used: 267.9 MiB (27.7%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6
maj-min: 259:6
ID-3: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 99.2 MiB (99.21%)
used: 44.7 MiB (45.0%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2
maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /home raw-size: 679.12 GiB size: 679.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 140.03 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 679.12 GiB size: 679.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 140.03 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
ID-6: /var/tmp raw-size: 679.12 GiB size: 679.12 GiB (100.00%)
used: 140.03 GiB (20.6%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.26 GiB used: 3.36 GiB (10.7%)
priority: 100 comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842
max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 60.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 51.0 C
mem: 54.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1260
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.26 GiB used: 13.21 GiB (42.2%)
Processes: 482 Power: uptime: 8h 46m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.48 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 2590 pm: pacman pkgs: 2581 libs: 636
tools: gnome-software,octopi,paru,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 9 Compilers:
clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi (sudo) default: Bash
v: 5.2.37 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.6.26-1.1):
System install date:     2025-01-28
Last full system update: 2025-02-24
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       Yes
Failed units:            run-media-proxmox9.mount systemd-networkd-wait-online.service

I have been searching with no success because the language (didn’t know exactly what terms I had to search). Gonna take a look to the link suggested.

Edit: struggling again with language+linux: If I understood it correctly, it would help me with X11 but I’m using Wayland.

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I don’t think so. It serms to me that the user temporarily switched to x11 to retrieve some data, but in the end they are using wayland too. And that config has a wayland section too.
You could try. Switching from wayland to x11 and back is so easy with sddm.
Keep a backup of every file you change, of course.

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Tried with same result: focus is only in DisplayPort-1 (should be in DisplayPort-0). I’ve set:

/etc/sddm.conf

[Autologin]
Relogin=false
Session=
User=

[General]
DisplayServer=wayland
GreeterEnvironment=
HaltCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl poweroff
Numlock=on
RebootCommand=/usr/bin/systemctl reboot

[Theme]
Current=Dr460nized
DisableAvatarsThreshold=7
EnableAvatars=true
FacesDir=/usr/share/sddm/faces
ThemeDir=/usr/share/sddm/themes
CursorTheme=default
Font=Fira Sans,10,-1,5,400,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,1

[Users]
DefaultPath=/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin:/bin
HideShells=
HideUsers=
MaximumUid=60000
MinimumUid=1000
RememberLastSession=true
RememberLastUser=true
ReuseSession=true

[Wayland]
CompositorCommand=kwin_wayland --drm
EnableHiDPI=true
SessionCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/wayland-session
SessionDir=/usr/local/share/wayland-sessions,/usr/share/wayland-sessions
SessionLogFile=.local/share/sddm/wayland-session.log

[X11]
DisplayCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
DisplayStopCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xstop
EnableHiDPI=true
ServerArguments=-dpi 120
ServerPath=/usr/bin/X
SessionCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsession
SessionDir=/usr/local/share/xsessions,/usr/share/xsessions
SessionLogFile=.local/share/sddm/xorg-session.log
XephyrPath=/usr/bin/Xephyr

/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup

#!/bin/sh
# Xsetup - run as root before the login dialog appears
xrandr --output DisplayPort-0 --primary
xrandr --output DisplayPort-1