I’m running Pop! OS. Having a problem where i need to reconfig my monitor settings every time i boot.
Hardware is GTX 1080. Monitors are as follows:
- GPU DVI to DVI monitor
- GPU display port to DVI monitor
- GPU HDMI to 5.1 audio reciever, with HDMI to HDMI monitor 3.
On boot up monitors 1 and 2 are mirrored, and 3 may or may not need to be turned on and off a few times to work properly.
Everything is up to date, including OS and Nvidia drivers. I duel boot with Windows 10, and Windows works perfectly.
Ooh, I know this one! Here’s what I did to get it working and set so it survives a reboot:
- In a terminal, run sudo arandr
- Set all of the monitors to 1080p
- Close arandr
- Go to Settings > Display
- Rearrange monitors in correct order if necessary
- Set the each monitor to the correct resolution and frequency, applying the settings after each update
- All monitors should now work, BUT they will not survive a reboot in Pop-OS 22, because the GDM3 login screen will NOT have this information, and will reset everything. So we must copy the pop-os monitors.xml file to the gdm3 config directory:
sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm3/.config/
Note: You may need to do this as sudo -i
- Reboot, and all 3 monitors should be loaded in the correct positions, at the correct resolution at the login screen
Thank you! I’m a new user to linux. Went through 4 distros this month until this one, that doesn’t seem janky and runs my games at a decent FPS. Having to reconfigure my monitors each reboot was a dealbreaker for me. Your simple instructions worked flawlessly, and i’ve had 3 reboots without having to change my settings.
I’m not sure if linux is my new forever home yet, but this definitely helps!
*Dual boot (a duel is with weapons)
Are you on x11? Wayland oftens handles multi-monitor setups more gracefully. If wayland fixes it and you need x11, you would at least know where to start troubleshooting.
