Re: Primary and Secondary Display

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On 2020-03-02 22:49, Michael J. Baars wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just bought myself a brand new 27" monitor, that came with a standard
> VGA cable and no HDMI cable. Apparently VGA is still considered the
> standard by Philips. I would like this to be my new primary display.
>
> I also have a somewhat older Samsung 24" monitor, that is connected via
> HDMI to the HDMI port of my computer. I would like this to be my
> secondary display.
>
> Let boot things up...
>
> The grub boot menu appears on the secondary screen. Apparently the HDMI
> port is considered the primary port by the computer manufacturer.
> There's no way to change this in the BIOS.
>
> So I thought, let's make the 24" the primary and the 27" the secondary
> display. I can always buy an extra 5m VGA cable to replace my new 5m
> HDMI cable.
>
> Let boot things up...
>
> The grub boot menu appears on the primary screen. So far so good. 
> Waiting for the login prompt, and yes, there it is...
>
> on the secondary screen :)
>
> And yes, I've double checked the settings under Devices->Displays and
> made sure that the Samsung 24" is the Primary Display.
>
> Any thoughts?
>

I have no way to test this for you since I don't have a bare metal setup with multiple monitors
and GNOME.

However, have a look at https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GDM#Setup_default_monitor_settings



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