[arch-general] i3wm dual monitor freeze containers primary

[Maykel Franco]

El lun, 24 may 2021 a las 23:26, Maykel Franco (<maykeldebian at gmail.com>)
escribió:

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> El lun., 24 may. 2021 23:20, Giancarlo Razzolini <grazzolini at archlinux.org>
> escribió:
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>> 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?
>>
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> Run with .xprofile automatically.
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>
>> > 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
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>
>
> I try with autoarandr and test it
>

With autorandr the problem persist ... laptop monitor freeze containers of
i3wm.