[arch-general] i3wm dual monitor freeze containers primary

Maykel Franco maykeldebian at gmail.com
Thu May 27 18:52:52 UTC 2021


El jue, 27 may 2021 a las 18:26, Giancarlo Razzolini (<
grazzolini at archlinux.org>) escribió:

> 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


Testing? what package name from aur?


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