Two monitors, how to configure the second one?

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Hi,

I was looking for a solution, but somehow it seems there has been none posted yet or I was looking at the wrong place. Hence this new topic:

I just installed a second monitor, which works fine. However, there are two issues:

  1. The second monitor is located above the other. The virtual desktop manager has automatically positioned it to the right of the existing one (which forces me to move the mouse to the right when I want to go to the upper monitor). This is confusing and doesn’t work well.
  2. The resolution of the second monitor seems to be set to something like 1024x800 or so, while the monitor is able to display 2048x1024.

For both these problems I haven’t found a way to solve it. I use wayland Plasma, I just updated everything. I am looking for a GUI thing that allows me to set the position as well as the resolution of the second monitor. The graphics card should be able to handle both monitors, but I don’t have the exact specs.

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Hi @DrMartinus,

This should help with the lack of specs. Please provide the output of:

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Right click on the desktop and select Display Configuration, near the top is a diagram of your monitors and just underneath you’ll see “Edit Arrangement”, click on that and move your monitors to where you want them, then click “Collapse”, and then apply.

You can also get there via System Settings → Display and Monitor → Display Configuration

You should be able to change the resolution there too, assuming the resolution you want is available.

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Right click on the desktop background, then select “Display Configuration”. In the menu you can change the positioning as well as the resolution of the respective screen.

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Thanks for your replies, I wish it was that easy, then I would have done it already. Right click on the desktop does not provide the mentioned option, and System settings offer only “Nightlight” settings when choosing “Display and Monitor”, nothing else. Could this be related to the fact that I am using Wayland?

$ inxi --filter --verbosity=8 --color=0
System:
  Kernel: 6.16.10-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.16-x86_64
    root=UUID=ec6cf098-6a61-40fd-aa92-49cc5fef7f26 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
    wm: kwin_wayland tools: avail: swayidle,swaylock vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: X470 GAMING PRO (MS-7B79) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: 1.L4 date: 07/17/2024
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 62.72 GiB used: 23.74 GiB (37.9%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18 serial: N/A
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18 serial: N/A
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18 serial: N/A
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
    part-no: CMK32GX4M2Z3600C18 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 1+
    level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB
    desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1378 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1378 2: 1378 3: 1378
    4: 1378 5: 1378 6: 1378 7: 1378 8: 1378 9: 1378 10: 1378 11: 1378 12: 1378
    bogomips: 81595
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb
    cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c
    flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb lahf_lm lbrv
    lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx
    nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter
    pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm
    svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif
    vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: ghostwrite status: Not affected
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: Safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
    disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere [Radeon RX
    470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590] vendor: Sapphire driver: amdgpu v: kernel
    arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie:
    gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2
    empty: DP-1,DP-2,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 27:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300
    temp: 47.0 C
  Device-2: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-4.1.2.3:11
    chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
    alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu d-rect: 5760x2160
    display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 pos: right model: HP 24o serial: <filter> built: 2017
    res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red:
    x: 0.655 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.314 y: 0.620 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.063 white:
    x: 0.314 y: 0.329 size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 609mm (24")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
    1280x800, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-2 pos: primary,left model: Samsung LU28R55
    serial: <filter> built: 2024 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 150% (1.5)
    to: 2560x1440 dpi: 154 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.678 y: 0.314 green:
    x: 0.267 y: 0.620 blue: x: 0.145 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 632x360mm (24.88x14.17") diag: 727mm (28.6") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 3840x2160, 2560x1440, 1920x1200, 1920x1080, 1600x1200, 1680x1050,
    1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900, 1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768,
    832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 97 2: parse_edid:
    unhandled CEA mode 96 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
    device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
    wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 570 Series (radeonsi
    polaris10 ACO DRM 3.64 6.16.10-1-MANJARO) device-ID: 1002:67df
    memory: 7.81 GiB unified: no display-ID: :1.0
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 1 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD
    Radeon RX 570 Series (RADV POLARIS10) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
    device-ID: 1002:67df surfaces: N/A
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-doctor
    gpu: radeontop wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX
    470/480 / 570/580/590] vendor: Sapphire driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
    bus-ID: 27:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 29:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-4.1.2.3:11
    chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102
  API: ALSA v: k6.16.10-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: jack_control
  Server-3: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: active tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
  Server-4: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with:
    1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 11.49 TiB used: 4.02 TiB (35.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD30EZRX-00SPEB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD30EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 840 Series
    size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 6B0Q scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Seagate model: ST6000DM003-2CY186
    size: 5.46 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5425 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-6: /dev/sdh maj-min: 8:112 vendor: SanDisk model: Ultra Fit
    size: 14.32 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: Optiarc model: DVD RW AD-7191S rev: 1.00
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
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Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 152.09 GiB size: 152.09 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 102.8 GiB (67.6%) fs: f2fs dev: /dev/sde4 maj-min: 8:68
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    \xe2\x80\x9e/dev/sde4\xe2\x80\x9c erstellen
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  ID-3: /data raw-size: 994.85 GiB size: 978.17 GiB (98.32%)
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  ID-4: /home raw-size: 4.49 TiB size: 4.45 TiB (99.19%)
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  ID-5: /home/<filter>/Bilder raw-size: 2.73 TiB size: 2.69 TiB (98.42%)
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Swap:
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  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 12 GiB used: 538.8 MiB (4.4%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Unmounted:
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  ID-10: /dev/sde1 maj-min: 8:65 size: 151.37 GiB fs: f2fs label: N/A
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USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 14 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-13:2 info: -- USB keyboard type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 260d:0021 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Brother Industries MFC-J6920DW
    type: printer,mass storage driver: usb-storage,usblp interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 2mA
    chip-ID: 04f9:02f5 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-2:3 info: Frys MEC0003 type: HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid
    interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0001:0000 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 5-3:4 info: PERIMICE-520 type: mouse,keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 260d:1019 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-6: 5-4:5 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 0bda:5411
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-4.1:6 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 0bda:5411
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 5-4.1.2:7 info: Huasheng USB2.0 HUB ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 214b:7250 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-4.1.2.2:10 info: Genesys Logic microSD Card Reader
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0751 class-ID: 0806
  Device-2: 5-4.1.2.3:11 info: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: video,audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102
  Hub-9: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-10: 6-4:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 0bda:0411
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-11: 6-4.1:3 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 0bda:0411
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-4.3:4 info: SanDisk Ultra Fit type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 896mA chip-ID: 0781:5583 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 47.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 938
Repos:
  Packages: 3218 pm: pacman pkgs: 3172 libs: 587 tools: octopi,pamac,yay
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 46
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
    4: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
    5: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
    6: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 470
  1: cpu: 12.9% command: baloo_file_extractor pid: 89147
    mem: 581.6 MiB (0.9%)
  2: cpu: 5.5% command: syncthing pid: 1064 mem: 119.5 MiB (0.1%)
  3: cpu: 5.4% command: plasma-systemmonitor pid: 10331
    mem: 274.1 MiB (0.4%)
  4: cpu: 5.2% command: ksgrd_network_helper pid: 10470 mem: 6.93 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 4.8% command: plasmashell pid: 3811 mem: 769.3 MiB (1.1%)
  Memory top: 5 of 470
  1: mem: 5530.1 MiB (8.6%) command: soffice.bin pid: 7273 cpu: 1.1%
  2: mem: 1093.1 MiB (1.7%) command: thunderbird pid: 4968 cpu: 2.0%
  3: mem: 1074.2 MiB (1.6%) command: firefox pid: 5878 cpu: 1.4%
  4: mem: 989.7 MiB (1.5%) command: kwin_wayland pid: 3515 cpu: 1.3%
  5: mem: 891.4 MiB (1.3%) command: baloorunner pid: 8076 cpu: 0.1%
Info:
  Processes: 470 Power: uptime: 7h 27m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 1 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 25 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 20.1.8 gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3
    running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.39
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Make sure kscreen is installed.

sudo pacman -S kscreen

EDIT:

You may (or may not) need to reboot afterwards.

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It seems I didn’t need to reboot. Now the orientation is right, when I move the mouse upward, I get into the upper monitor. However, it still sees it as an extension of the virtual desktop, i.e. if I move a window from the virtual desktop 4 to the upper monitor, it disappears if I change the virtual desktop in the lower monitor. I want the window in the upper monitor to be accessible no matter what virtual desktop I am in on the lower monitor. Is that possible? I see no option for that in the settings.

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Right click on the task manager icon for the window → Move to Desktop → All Desktops

EDIT:

Here are a few links regarding actually having separate virtual desktops per screen. Spoiler alert, it’s not possible atm, but there’s some info regarding using activities to accomplish something similar:

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Ah, ok. That works! Thank you very much! Why isn’t kscreen installed by default? It makes settings accessible which many people would like to access, I guess. Or is it a glitch on my system, a random failure that usually doesn’t happen? I know that I didn’t uninstall it (at least I’m pretty sure that I didn’t; maybe there was an issue long time ago which forced the uninstallation of kscreen in order to perform a system upgrade, but I wouldn’t remember if that was the case).

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It usually is.

Have you added KDE to a system originally installed with another DE, such as Sway?

If so then you probably haven’t installed everything.

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Thanks for the additional info about other threads relating to this issue! I’ll check if I can make use of the suggestions. It would be nice if this would be a bit easier, also because now my virtual desktop overview in the control panel looks cramped because it tries to show the contents of the two monitors, and since I set it to display the virtual desktops in two rows, now it tries to show basically the contents of 4 monitors in the limited space of the control panel.

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No, I have always used KDE, there was a short period of time when I used other distros, but KDE was always my favourite. What is sway? Why is that there? Maybe that has to do with wayland?

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It’s a tiling Window Manager.

Both swayidle and swaylock are related to Wayland but they’re for Sway.

I’d assumed you’d converted Sway to Plasma, which would explain both that and the fact that kscreen wasn’t installed. Perhaps you installed Sway or part of it. :man_shrugging:

Here’s mine :down_arrow:, as you can see there’s no swayidle or swaylock.

wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux

EDIT:

You can set it to show only one monitor.

Right click on the Pager widget → Configure Pager → General → Show only current screen

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Thank you once again! I assumed the “show only current screen” relates to the current virtual desktop, hence I never enabled it. But now I understand its meaning and find it quite useful. :slight_smile:

Regarding sway it’s strange. Sway isn’t installed, and I really do not remember having installed it at any point of time. Well, at least I know now for what it’s for.

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