[arch-general] i3wm dual monitor freeze containers primary

[Giancarlo Razzolini]

Em maio 27, 2021 13:07 Maykel Franco via arch-general escreveu:
> El mié, 26 may 2021 a las 10:43, Maykel Franco (<maykeldebian at gmail.com>)
> escribió:
> 
>>
>>
>> El lun, 24 may 2021 a las 23:26, Maykel Franco (<maykeldebian at gmail.com>)
>> escribió:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 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
>>>
>>
>> With autorandr the problem persist ... laptop monitor freeze containers of
>> i3wm.
>>
> 
> Anybody with the same problem?? multimonitor with i3wm freeze some screen
> containers?
> 

It hasn't happened to me anymore in the last few days. I'm using [testing] though.

Regards,
Giancarlo Razzolini
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