Manjaro thinks monitor is shorter than is actually is

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Hi, i am new to linux and I got manjaro yesterday. I recently got a dual-monitor setup and I am having some problems. The second monitor connects and works great but for some reason manjaro’s display configuration things that the monitor is short when in reality it is almost as tall as my primary HD monitor.
Any fix for this?
Output for hwinfo --monitor

20: None 00.0: 10002 LCD Monitor
[Created at monitor.125]
Unique ID: rdCR.CypCFsUS2i4
Parent ID: VCu0.wJIUTVdwtH6
Hardware Class: monitor
Model: “LG ELECTRONICS LG IPS FULLHD”
Vendor: GSM “LG ELECTRONICS”
Device: eisa 0x5ab8 “LG IPS FULLHD”
Serial ID: “”
Resolution: 720x400@70Hz
Resolution: 640x480@60Hz
Resolution: 640x480@75Hz
Resolution: 800x600@60Hz
Resolution: 800x600@75Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz
Resolution: 1152x864@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@60Hz
Resolution: 1920x1080@60Hz
Size: 480x270 mm
Year of Manufacture: 2014
Week of Manufacture: 1
Detailed Timings #0:
Resolution: 1920x1080
Horizontal: 1920 2008 2052 2200 (+88 +132 +280) +hsync
Vertical: 1080 1084 1089 1125 (+4 +9 +45) +vsync
Frequencies: 148.50 MHz, 67.50 kHz, 60.00 Hz
Driver Info #0:
Max. Resolution: 1920x1080
Vert. Sync Range: 56-75 Hz
Hor. Sync Range: 30-83 kHz
Bandwidth: 148 MHz
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #9 (VGA compatible controller)

21: None 00.0: 10002 LCD Monitor
[Created at monitor.125]
Unique ID: rdCR.wWS0KIChKF7
Parent ID: _Znp._z_vTxnAFi7
Hardware Class: monitor
Model: “V196HQL”
Vendor: ACR
Device: eisa 0x033d “V196HQL”
Serial ID: “LY0SS0018504”
Resolution: 720x400@70Hz
Resolution: 640x480@60Hz
Resolution: 640x480@67Hz
Resolution: 640x480@72Hz
Resolution: 640x480@75Hz
Resolution: 800x600@56Hz
Resolution: 800x600@60Hz
Resolution: 800x600@72Hz
Resolution: 800x600@75Hz
Resolution: 832x624@75Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@60Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@70Hz
Resolution: 1024x768@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x1024@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x720@60Hz
Resolution: 1152x864@75Hz
Resolution: 1280x960@60Hz
Resolution: 1366x768@60Hz
Size: 410x230 mm
Year of Manufacture: 2014
Week of Manufacture: 43
Detailed Timings #0:
Resolution: 1366x768
Horizontal: 1366 1436 1579 1792 (+70 +213 +426) +hsync
Vertical: 768 771 774 798 (+3 +6 +30) +vsync
Frequencies: 85.50 MHz, 47.71 kHz, 59.79 Hz
Driver Info #0:
Max. Resolution: 1280x1024
Vert. Sync Range: 56-76 Hz
Hor. Sync Range: 31-83 kHz
Bandwidth: 85 MHz
Config Status: cfg=new, avail=yes, need=no, active=unknown
Attached to: #17 (Display controller)

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Hello @ExistingDude ! Welcome to manjaro and it’s community forum.
Well, just because the second monitor is as tall or big doesn’t mean it’s the same resolution. I have a 42 inch monitor with just 1366x768 res. Check correctly and report back.

Cheers!

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Yea, it doesn’t have the same resolution.
My primary monitor is 1920x1080p 60hz while the second monitor is only 1366x768@60hz.
It is taller that manjaro display configurer thinks though as it is written in the original post.
I will attach a picture on the original post for reference
EDIT: I can’t attach the picture as it says that i can’t embed media items in a post

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Sorry, i didn’t get that.

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I added a picture for clarification

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Just like humans, your computer can only work with the information available to it. What is available is the monitors’ resolution. hat is not available to the computal, is the visual, physical aspect of it.

So that is only for reference, interpreted for it’s use. It doesn’t care what the hardware, any hardware really, physically looks like. It just has to work. And according to your original post it does, so it’s all good.

P.S.: Manjaro is an operating system for a computer. It’s not a living entity. It can’t think for itself. (Although, I admit sometimes it can feel differently.)

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Also as you added nvidia tag to your thread, use the Nvidia Settings to configure video settings, not the integrated KDE display configuration.

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