Hello,
I am running the latest KDE Linux.
When I disable one of my two screens in the settings, this message appears and the screen doesn’t turn off.
Impossible d'appliquer la configuration d'affichage : La position de la sortie %s est négative, donc, non pris en charge
Translation :
Unable to apply display configuration: The position of output %s is negative, therefore not supported.
I’m not sure if it’s a bug in Plasma, KDE-Linux, systemsettings, Kwin etc so I’m asking here.
Before you disable the screen, what is its position in the visualizer relative to the other one? Can you attach a screenshot of what the visualizer looks like when both screens are enabled?
Additionally, when in that state, can you run and paste the output of kscreen-doctor -o?
Thanks!
The issue happens if I disable either of the two screens.
[maledict@NZXT:~] $ kscreen-doctor -o
Output: 1 DP-3 2fcd20ad-523f-419f-8f3d-5374befa333d
enabled
connected
priority 1
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 1:1920x1080@60.00! 2:1920x1080@180.00* 3:1920x1080@165.00 4:1920x1080@143.85 5:1920x1080@120.00 6:1920x1080@119.88 7:1920x1080@100.00 8:1920x1080@60.00 9:1920x1080@59.94 10:1920x1080@50.00 11:1680x1050@59.95 12:1280x1024@75.03 13:1280x1024@60.02 14:1440x900@59.89 15:1280x960@60.00 16:1152x864@75.00 17:1280x720@60.00 18:1280x720@60.00 19:1280x720@59.94 20:1280x720@50.00 21:1440x576@50.00 22:1440x576@50.00 23:1024x768@75.03 24:1024x768@70.07 25:1024x768@60.00 26:1440x480@60.00 27:1440x480@60.00 28:1440x480@59.94 29:1440x480@59.94 30:800x600@75.00 31:800x600@72.19 32:800x600@60.32 33:800x600@56.25 34:720x576@50.00 35:720x576@50.00 36:720x480@60.00 37:720x480@60.00 38:720x480@59.94 39:720x480@59.94 40:640x480@75.00 41:640x480@72.81 42:640x480@66.67 43:640x480@60.00 44:640x480@59.94 45:640x480@59.94 46:720x400@70.08 47:1280x1024@179.91 48:1024x768@179.84 49:1280x800@59.81 50:1280x800@179.74 51:1600x900@59.95 52:1600x900@179.77 53:1368x768@59.88 54:1368x768@179.92 55:1280x720@179.72
Custom modes: None
Geometry: 1280,0 1920x1080
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: Automatic
RgbRange: Automatic
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: supported, set to 0% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (10), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Automatic brightness: unsupported
Output: 2 HDMI-A-1 56c81b91-0c50-40e1-b360-2f56c9161483
enabled
connected
priority 2
HDMI
replication source:0
Modes: 56:1280x1024@60.02*! 57:1920x1080@60.00 58:1920x1080@59.94 59:1280x1024@75.03 60:1152x864@75.00 61:1280x720@60.00 62:1280x720@59.94 63:1024x768@75.03 64:1024x768@60.00 65:800x600@75.00 66:800x600@60.32 67:720x480@60.00 68:720x480@60.00 69:720x480@59.94 70:720x480@59.94 71:640x480@75.00 72:640x480@60.00 73:640x480@59.94 74:720x400@70.08 75:1280x800@59.81 76:1280x800@74.93 77:1280x720@74.78
Custom modes: None
Geometry: 0,56 1280x1024
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Automatic
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: supported, set to 50% and dimming to 100%
Color resolution: automatic (10), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Automatic brightness: unsupported
I am having the same issue on KDE Plasma 6.5.5 Wayland, this error stops me from disabling either monitor since I updated yesterday (it had been a few days since I last updated from Arch repo). My arrangement is very similar to OP’s with a larger monitor on the right set as primary.
kscreen-doctor -o
Output: 1 HDMI-A-1 8fdf53eb-f161-4ddb-baca-bdb28410d21e
enabled
connected
priority 2
HDMI
replication source:0
Modes: 1:1920x1080@60.00*! 2:1280x1024@60.02 3:1440x900@59.90 4:1280x800@59.91 5:1152x864@75.00 6:1024x768@70.07 7:1024x768@60.00 8:800x600@60.32 9:800x600@56.25 10:640x480@66.67 11:640x480@59.94 12:720x400@70.08 13:1600x900@59.95 14:1368x768@59.88 15:1280x720@59.85
Geometry: 0,191 1920x1080
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Automatic
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 90% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 2 DP-1 4712111f-2734-40b4-a4d3-113703b148fc
enabled
connected
priority 1
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 16:2560x1440@59.95! 17:3840x2160@120.00 18:3840x2160@119.88 19:3840x2160@60.00 20:3840x2160@59.94 21:2560x1440@170.00 22:2560x1440@165.00 23:2560x1440@144.00 24:2560x1440@120.00* 25:1920x1080@170.00 26:1920x1080@165.00 27:1920x1080@120.00 28:1920x1080@119.88 29:1920x1080@100.00 30:1920x
1080@60.00 31:1920x1080@60.00 32:1920x1080@59.94 33:1920x1080@50.00 34:1680x1050@59.95 35:1280x1024@75.03 36:1280x1024@60.02 37:1440x900@59.89 38:1280x960@60.00 39:1152x864@75.00 40:1280x720@120.00 41:1280x720@119.88 42:1280x720@100.00 43:1280x720@60.00 44:1280x720@60.00 45:1280x720@59.94 46:1280x720
@50.00 47:1024x768@75.03 48:1024x768@70.07 49:1024x768@60.00 50:800x600@75.00 51:800x600@72.19 52:800x600@60.32 53:800x600@56.25 54:720x576@50.00 55:720x480@60.00 56:720x480@59.94 57:640x480@75.00 58:640x480@72.81 59:640x480@66.67 60:640x480@60.00 61:640x480@59.94 62:720x400@70.08 63:1600x1200@59.87
64:1600x1200@119.82 65:1280x1024@119.83 66:1024x768@119.80 67:2560x1600@59.99 68:2560x1600@119.93 69:1920x1200@59.88 70:1920x1200@119.90 71:1280x800@59.81 72:1280x800@119.85 73:3200x1800@59.96 74:3200x1800@119.96 75:2880x1620@59.96 76:2880x1620@119.95 77:1600x900@59.95 78:1600x900@119.95 79:1368x768
@59.88 80:1368x768@119.83
Geometry: 1920,0 2560x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: Automatic
RgbRange: Automatic
HDR: enabled
SDR brightness: 300 nits
SDR gamut wideness: 30%
Peak brightness: 900 nits, overridden with: 900 nits
Max average brightness: 519 nits
Min brightness: 0.0817 nits
Wide Color Gamut: enabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 75% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Having the same issue. Cannot deactivate my laptop screen.
Output: 1 eDP-1 4d164bcd-75b9-43ba-8e64-428bc166942b
enabled
connected
priority 1
Panel
replication source:0
Modes: 1:3840x2160@60.00*! 10:2560x1440@59.96 11:1920x1080@59.96 12:1600x900@59.95 13:1368x768@59.88 14:1280x720@59.85 2:1600x1200@59.87 3:1280x1024@59.90 4:1024x768@59.92 5:2560x1600@59.99 6:1920x1200@59.88 7:1280x800@59.81 8:3200x1800@59.96 9:2880x1620@59.96
Geometry: 0,0 2022x1137
Scale: 1.9
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Full
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 8] bits per color
Allow EDR: always
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 2 HDMI-A-1 15bd128a-9e98-4c53-9176-a767c6384a66
enabled
connected
priority 4
HDMI
replication source:0
Modes: 15:2560x1440@59.95! 16:3840x2160@59.94 17:3840x2160@29.97 18:2560x1440@143.85* 19:2560x1440@120.00 20:1920x1080@164.84 21:1920x1080@119.88 22:1920x1080@100.00 23:1920x1080@60.00 24:1920x1080@59.94 25:1920x1080@50.00 26:1680x1050@59.95 27:1280x1024@75.03 28:1280x1024@60.02 29:1440x900@59.89 30:1280x720@119.88 31:1280x720@100.00 32:1280x720@59.94 33:1280x720@50.00 34:1024x768@75.03 35:1024x768@70.07 36:1024x768@60.00 37:800x600@75.00 38:800x600@72.19 39:800x600@60.32 40:800x600@56.25 41:720x576@50.00 42:720x480@59.94 43:640x480@75.00 44:640x480@72.81 45:640x480@59.94
Geometry: 2022,0 2560x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: unknown
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 3 DP-6 31c11e20-a1e3-4700-94aa-2f1e9f600ada
enabled
connected
priority 2
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 46:2560x1440@59.94! 47:3840x2160@60.00 48:3840x2160@59.94 49:3840x2160@30.00 50:3840x2160@29.97 51:2560x1440@164.84* 52:2560x1440@120.00 53:1920x1080@164.89 54:1920x1080@120.00 55:1920x1080@119.88 56:1920x1080@100.00 57:1920x1080@60.00 58:1920x1080@60.00 59:1920x1080@59.94 60:1920x1080@50.00 61:1680x1050@59.95 62:1280x1024@75.03 63:1280x1024@60.02 64:1440x900@59.89 65:1280x720@120.00 66:1280x720@119.88 67:1280x720@100.00 68:1280x720@60.00 69:1280x720@59.94 70:1280x720@50.00 71:1024x768@75.03 72:1024x768@70.07 73:1024x768@60.00 74:800x600@75.00 75:800x600@72.19 76:800x600@60.32 77:800x600@56.25 78:720x576@50.00 79:720x480@60.00 80:720x480@59.94 81:640x480@75.00 82:640x480@72.81 83:640x480@66.67 84:640x480@60.00 85:640x480@59.94
Geometry: 4582,0 2560x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Full
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [8; 8] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 4 DP-7 c40df1b6-4f70-41a7-8ba5-26d83db60d2f
enabled
connected
priority 3
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 100:1920x1080@50.00 101:1680x1050@59.95 102:1280x1024@75.03 103:1280x1024@60.02 104:1440x900@59.89 105:1280x720@120.00 106:1280x720@119.88 107:1280x720@100.00 108:1280x720@60.00 109:1280x720@59.94 110:1280x720@50.00 111:1024x768@75.03 112:1024x768@70.07 113:1024x768@60.00 114:800x600@75.00 115:800x600@72.19 116:800x600@60.32 117:800x600@56.25 118:720x576@50.00 119:720x480@60.00 120:720x480@59.94 121:640x480@75.00 122:640x480@72.81 123:640x480@66.67 124:640x480@60.00 125:640x480@59.94 86:2560x1440@59.94! 87:3840x2160@60.00 88:3840x2160@59.94 89:3840x2160@30.00 90:3840x2160@29.97 91:2560x1440@164.84* 92:2560x1440@120.00 93:1920x1080@164.89 94:1920x1080@120.00 95:1920x1080@119.88 96:1920x1080@100.00 97:1920x1080@60.00 98:1920x1080@60.00 99:1920x1080@59.94
Geometry: 7142,0 2560x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Full
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [8; 8] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupportedSame issue here, I updated yesterday and now can’t turn off the built-in screen on my steam deck when I have it docked (running Fedora 43).
Dump from kscreen-doctor below
Output: 1 eDP-1 e2346ac7-0bd7-4a11-a870-a6ef5500f646
enabled
connected
priority 3
Panel
replication source:0
Modes: 1:800x1280@60.00*! 2:800x600@60.00 3:640x480@60.00 4:256x160@58.79
Geometry: 3697,2880 1423x889
Scale: 0.9
Rotation: 8
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
Color resolution: automatic (10), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: always
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 2 DP-3 d216faa1-d0bf-41dd-97e0-9990450b1c52
enabled
connected
priority 2
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 5:5120x1440@60.00*! 6:1920x1080@60.00 7:2560x1440@120.00 8:2560x1440@60.00 9:1920x1080@120.00 10:1920x1080@119.88 11:1920x1080@60.00 12:1920x1080@59.94 13:1920x1080@50.00 14:1680x1050@59.95 15:1600x900@60.00 16:1280x1024@75.03 17:1280x1024@60.02 18:1280x960@60.00 19:1152x864@75.00 20:1280x720@60.00 21:1280x720@60.00 22:1280x720@59.94 23:1280x720@50.00 24:1024x768@75.03 25:1024x768@60.00 26:800x600@75.00 27:800x600@60.32 28:720x576@50.00 29:720x576@50.00 30:720x480@60.00 31:720x480@60.00 32:720x480@59.94 33:720x480@59.94 34:640x480@75.00 35:640x480@60.00 36:640x480@59.94 37:640x480@59.94 38:720x400@70.08 39:1600x1200@59.87 40:1920x1200@59.88 41:1280x800@59.81 42:1368x768@59.88
Geometry: 0,1440 5120x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: disabled
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: EDID
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: unsupported
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 3 DP-4 f9ffef35-8d19-4d58-b584-b0368addfc8c
enabled
connected
priority 1
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 43:5120x1440@60.00*! 44:1920x1080@60.00 45:2560x1440@60.00 46:1856x1392@59.99 47:1792x1344@60.00 48:2048x1152@60.00 49:1920x1200@59.95 50:1920x1080@120.00 51:1920x1080@119.88 52:1920x1080@60.00 53:1920x1080@59.94 54:1920x1080@50.00 55:1600x1200@60.00 56:1680x1050@59.88 57:1600x900@60.00 58:1600x900@60.00 59:1280x1024@75.03 60:1280x1024@60.02 61:1280x960@60.00 62:1152x864@75.00 63:1280x720@60.00 64:1280x720@60.00 65:1280x720@59.94 66:1280x720@50.00 67:1024x768@75.03 68:1024x768@60.00 69:800x600@75.00 70:800x600@60.32 71:720x576@50.00 72:720x576@50.00 73:720x480@60.00 74:720x480@60.00 75:720x480@59.94 76:720x480@59.94 77:640x480@75.00 78:640x480@60.00 79:640x480@59.94 80:640x480@59.94 81:720x400@70.08 82:1280x800@59.81 83:1368x768@59.88
Geometry: 0,0 5120x1440
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: unknown
HDR: disabled
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer efficiency and performance
Brightness control: unsupported
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (8), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Experiencing the same issue on Fedora 43 after updating 2 days ago
KScreen Doctor output:
Output: 1 HDMI-A-1 11954b4d-c0a4-42d7-b6d2-ea260d5014a2
enabled
connected
priority 3
HDMI
replication source:0
Modes: 1:1920x1080@60.00*! 2:1920x1080@60.00 3:1920x1080@59.94 4:1920x1080@59.99 5:1920x1080@50.00 6:1600x1200@60.00 7:1680x1050@59.88 8:1280x1024@75.03 9:1280x1024@60.02 10:1440x900@59.90 11:1280x960@60.00 12:1366x768@59.79 13:1152x864@75.00 14:1280x720@60.00 15:1280x720@60.00 16:1280x720@59.94 17:1280x720@50.00 18:1024x768@75.03 19:1024x768@70.07 20:1024x768@60.00 21:832x624@74.55 22:800x600@75.00 23:800x600@72.19 24:800x600@60.32 25:800x600@56.25 26:720x576@50.00 27:720x576@50.00 28:720x480@60.00 29:720x480@60.00 30:720x480@59.94 31:720x480@59.94 32:720x480@59.94 33:640x480@75.00 34:640x480@72.81 35:640x480@66.67 36:640x480@60.00 37:640x480@59.94 38:640x480@59.94 39:720x400@70.08 40:1280x800@59.81 41:1600x900@59.95 42:1368x768@59.88
Geometry: 1533,0 1920x1080
Scale: 1
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: incapable
RgbRange: Automatic
HDR: incapable
Wide Color Gamut: incapable
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 2 DP-1 d9285570-e6be-4e72-847a-f55b9951439a
enabled
connected
priority 2
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 43:2560x1440@59.95! 44:2560x1440@180.00* 45:2560x1440@165.00 46:2560x1440@144.00 47:2560x1440@120.00 48:1920x1080@119.96 49:1920x1080@120.00 50:1920x1080@119.88 51:1920x1080@60.00 52:1920x1080@60.00 53:1920x1080@59.94 54:1920x1080@50.00 55:1680x1050@59.95 56:1280x1024@75.03 57:1280x1024@60.02 58:1440x900@59.89 59:1280x960@60.00 60:1152x864@75.00 61:1280x720@60.00 62:1280x720@60.00 63:1280x720@59.94 64:1280x720@50.00 65:1024x768@75.03 66:1024x768@70.07 67:1024x768@60.00 68:832x624@74.55 69:800x600@75.00 70:800x600@72.19 71:800x600@60.32 72:800x600@56.25 73:720x576@50.00 74:720x576@50.00 75:720x480@60.00 76:720x480@59.94 77:640x480@75.00 78:640x480@72.81 79:640x480@66.67 80:640x480@60.00 81:640x480@59.94 82:640x480@59.94 83:720x400@70.08 84:1600x1200@59.87 85:1600x1200@179.86 86:1280x1024@179.91 87:1024x768@179.84 88:1920x1200@59.88 89:1920x1200@179.89 90:1280x800@59.81 91:1280x800@179.74 92:1920x1080@179.98 93:1600x900@59.95 94:1600x900@179.77 95:1368x768@59.88 96:1368x768@179.92 97:1280x720@179.72
Geometry: 0,1080 2048x1152
Scale: 1.25
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: Automatic
RgbRange: Full
HDR: disabled
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
Output: 3 DP-2 9e909ce9-55d9-486b-9216-b7d3676e3c7d
enabled
connected
priority 1
DisplayPort
replication source:0
Modes: 98:2560x1440@59.95! 99:2560x1440@180.00* 100:2560x1440@164.99 101:2560x1440@143.97 102:2560x1440@120.00 103:1920x1080@119.96 104:1920x1080@120.00 105:1920x1080@119.88 106:1920x1080@60.00 107:1920x1080@60.00 108:1920x1080@60.00 109:1920x1080@59.94 110:1920x1080@59.94 111:1680x1050@59.95 112:1280x1024@75.03 113:1280x1024@60.02 114:1440x900@59.89 115:1280x960@60.00 116:1152x864@75.00 117:1280x720@60.00 118:1280x720@60.00 119:1280x720@59.94 120:1280x720@50.00 121:1024x768@75.03 122:1024x768@70.07 123:1024x768@60.00 124:800x600@75.00 125:800x600@72.19 126:800x600@60.32 127:800x600@56.25 128:720x576@50.00 129:720x576@50.00 130:720x480@60.00 131:720x480@60.00 132:720x480@59.94 133:720x480@59.94 134:640x480@75.00 135:640x480@72.81 136:640x480@66.67 137:640x480@60.00 138:640x480@59.94 139:640x480@59.94 140:720x400@70.08 141:1600x1200@59.87 142:1600x1200@179.86 143:1280x1024@179.91 144:1024x768@179.84 145:1920x1200@59.88 146:1920x1200@179.89 147:1280x800@59.81 148:1280x800@179.74 149:1920x1080@179.98 150:1600x900@59.95 151:1600x900@179.77 152:1368x768@59.88 153:1368x768@179.92 154:1280x720@179.72
Geometry: 2048,1080 2048x1152
Scale: 1.25
Rotation: 1
Overscan: 0
Vrr: Automatic
RgbRange: Full
HDR: disabled
Wide Color Gamut: disabled
ICC profile: none
Color profile source: sRGB
Color power preference: prefer accuracy
Brightness control: supported, set to 100% and dimming to 100%
DDC/CI: allowed
Color resolution: automatic (16), range: [8; 16] bits per color
Allow EDR: unsupported
Sharpness control: unsupported
I don’t have the issue any more. Maybe this was fixed in the latest plasma (I’m running KDE-Linux which has plasma git).