[arch-general] i3wm dual monitor freeze containers primary

[Maykel Franco]

El lun., 24 may. 2021 23:20, Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini at archlinux.org>
escribió:

> Em maio 24, 2021 17:47 Maykel Franco via arch-general escreveu:
> > El lun, 24 may 2021 a las 20:13, Giancarlo Razzolini (<
> > grazzolini at archlinux.org>) escribió:
> >
> >> Em maio 24, 2021 6:42 Maykel Franco via arch-general escreveu:
> >> > Hi, I'm probing archlinux with i3wm tiling window manager. I love it!
> I
> >> > come archlinux + kde desktop.
> >> >
> >> > I have a dell xps 13' model 9370. I have a problem when work with two
> >> > monitors. The primary monitor (laptop) freeze any open container
> >> (terminal,
> >> > program...) randomly in workspace. This only occur in laptop screen.
> >> >
> >> > Something like this:
> >> >
> >> > # Screenshot
> >> > https://imgur.com/a/LvOsKIe
> >> >
> >> > # Video
> >> > https://imgur.com/a/veuSM33
> >> >
> >> > My xrandr config is:
> >> >
> >> > xrandr --output eDP1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 3440x360
> --rotate
> >> > normal --output DP1 --mode 3440x1440 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal
> --output
> >> DP2
> >> > --off --output HDMI1 --off --output HDMI2 --off --output VIRTUAL1
> --off
> >> >
> >> > I try all, debug i3wm with i3-dump-log, and search in google but I
> can't
> >> > find the problem.
> >> >
> >> > The workspace freeze and cannot kill containers. The only things is
> >> restart
> >> > lightdm ...
> >> >
> >> > My i3config is very basic.
> >> >
> >>
> >> I'm having similar freezes. I noticed they usually happen when resuming
> >> from
> >> suspend. How are you running your xrandr config? I think it is being
> >> caused by
> >> xrandr, but I was not able to pinpoint it exactly. I'm using autorandr
> >> here.
> >>
> >> I have to kill all users processes, restart the systemd user instance
> >> process,
> >> and login again.
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >> Giancarlo Razzolini
> >
> >
> > Hi, my xrandr command is simple:
> >
> > xrandr --output eDP1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 3440x360 --rotate
> > normal --output DP1 --mode 3440x1440 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output
> DP2
> > --off --output HDMI1 --off --output HDMI2 --off --output VIRTUAL1 --off
> >
>
> Sure, but *when* you run it? Is there some automation?
>

Run with .xprofile automatically.


> > In my case, with systemctl restart lightdm.service is sufficient.
> >
>
> Because that'll kill all the user processes =D
>
> > With KDE, works well. Not freeze.
> >
>
> I never tried to use a different WM/DE, but I suspected all along this was
> an i3
> issue only, because the freeze is very weird and specific. I can still
> switch workspaces,
> between monitors, but the mouse is stuck.
>
>
> Regards,
> Giancarlo Razzolini



I try with autoarandr and test it