22
submitted 1 month ago by mub@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I'm using EndeavourOS (Arch btw) with KDE plasma 6.x (Wayland), SDDM, and systemd as boot manager. I have 2 displays, one HDMI-A-1 (1080p) and one on DP-1 (Ultrawide).

When I boot the password entry cursor defaults to the HDMI display, but I want it to default to the DP-1 display.

I've tried a few things, mostly suggestions from ChatGPT. But nothing has worked. The weird thing is at boot the boot menu and boot messages all appear on DP-1, and it is set as primary in KDE and that works fine as well. It is just the logon prompt that defaults to the wrong display.

Things I've tried so far.

  • Adding video=DP-1:e to the options in the systemd entry - (No effect)
  • Edited /etc/sddm.conf.d/wayland.conf to run a script that did the following: kwriteconfig6 --file startkderc --group General --key PrimaryScreen DP-1 (didn't fix it, actually broke the logon process so had to remove it)

I'm just not familiar enough with how SDDM works so hoping for some good pointers to provide the answer or point me in the right direction.

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[-] gaylord_fartmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

For me it has always just defaulted to the left-most monitor. I had a script that would disable that monitor with xrandr when sddm loaded and then re-enable it on logon, but I couldn't get something similar working in Wayland.

this post was submitted on 01 Oct 2024
22 points (100.0% liked)

Linux

48186 readers
1265 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago
MODERATORS