On August 17, 2024 3:41:23 PM EDT, H <agents@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >On August 15, 2024 8:24:26 PM GMT-04:00, H <agents@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >wrote: >>I am running Rocky Linux latest version with the Mate Desktop 1.26.2 >>(the latest version in the EPEL repository) on a Dell Inspiron laptop >>with a 3840 x 2160 display and an external 1920 x 1080 Acer >>monitor connected via HDMI, see output below: >> >>$ inxi --graphics >>Graphics: >> Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel >> Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nouveau v: kernel >>Device-3: DisplayLink Dell D3100 Docking Station driver: usbfs type: >>USB >> Device-4: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB >> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting >> dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2: >3840x2160~60Hz >>API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.3 renderer: Mesa Intel >>UHD >> Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) >> >>The problem is that the external display has some issues, whether they >>are related to the nouveau driver, the Mate Desktop or something else >I >>cannot determine. What happens is that although the >>external monitor is indeed using the 1920 x 1080 resolution and >>dragging a window from the laptop screen to the external screen works, >>ie., it maintains the "correct" size, then maximizing it makes it >>1/4 of the size of the external monitor display. Likewise, the Mate >>Desktop background repeats partly 4-fold on this monitor, partly >>16-fold... >> >>I also have a Dell docking station, model D3100 and have downloaded >the >>latest DisplayLink driver from github with the hope that I could >attach >>two external Acer monitors to use with the laptop, I >>unable to use xrandr to correctly set the external monitor (I have >only >>tried with one so far) to the desired 1920 x 1080 resolution while >>maintaining the 3840 x 2160 resolution on the laptop screen. >> >>Googling suggests that there might be some issues with xrandr and >>scaling >> >>Given my description above, could there possibly be a bug in the >>nouveau driver I am using? >> >>Thanks. > >Would be great if someone could opine on the bug I am seeing : whether >it might be a nouveau bug, xrandr-related bug or possibly Mate Desktop >related bug? Or some other bug. > >Thank you. I have not seen anyone comment on my posting below. If this is not the appropriate forum to raise a potential bug, where should I raise it?
