Edit these 2 files, if not exist create them. Note that DP-2 and DP-4 are examples. Find out which port your monitor connecting to by running xrandr. If rotate right is not right then change to left.
/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
xrandr --output DP-2 --mode 3840x2160 --rotate right --auto --noprimary --output DP-4 --mode 2560x1440 --rotate normal --auto --primary
When you change to 2k Ultrawide
xrandr --output DP-2 --mode 3840x2160 --rotate right --auto --noprimary --output DP-4 --mode 3440x1440 --rotate normal --auto --primary
/etc/sddm.conf
[XDisplay]
# Xsetup script path
# A script to execute when starting the display server
DisplayCommand=/usr/share/sddm/scripts/Xsetup
Out of curiosity, what happens if I need to change back to my “regular” 1440p? Will it break? Or how will SDDM handle that situation (mainly for curiosity sake).
oh that’s good to hear. I just hope that Wayland will be ready for gaming soon
On Wayland, SDDM it remembers resolutions per-screen, so that shouldn’t be a problem.
But it’s a manual process, so every time you change a screen’s resolution, you’ll need to re-sync the SDDM settings if you want them to remain in sync.
Once SDDM is brought into KDE, it might be possible to make it automatic, as long as you have only one user of course. If you have multiple users, it would either have to be manual again, or track only a single user’s configurations.
Could be, but this would cause the SDDM setup to change dynamically based on past state. People are bad at remembering past state, and often don’t know it at all, in the case of a genuine multi-user system where each account belongs to a different person. It could end up feeling very magical and unpredictable.
what about an additional prompt after applying, saying “would you like this applied as default (requires Administrator access)”?
For cases of when its being used as thin client, the user can open a ticket to have it applied by default.
Or another case can be a toggle that says anyone can change the screen layout (in cases of corporate laptops), but requires Administrator to apply that.
Yes, but it would change the config based on the last user.
Some user would need fractional scaling, others don’t.
In my last job, I used to use a laptop with a higher resolution that belonged to a coworker (my work laptop broke at the time). I disabled fractional scaling and used the full 2560x1600 resolution at 100%, but when she received it back, the laptop switched back to 1920x1200 (didn’t want to use fractional scaling due to a core app not working right), and switched back to 2560x1600 when I’m the one logging in.
So essentially, it can work if it retains the last used state, and will switch to a logged in user’s preferred state.
it doesn’t work on Plasma 6…
I have 2 issues, the first is the hidpi settings that I had to set manually in a conf file, and the second is the monitor orientation. I clicked on Apply Plasma settings but it doesn’t seem to do anything.
SDDM settings don’t really take using the GUI button, and even if they do, they will not work when you log out, and the screen orientation will be reset.
Strange. I’m using Tuxedo OS 3 (22.04/Plasma 6) on my ThinkPad, and it seems to be working.
External monitor is LG DualUP in picture-by-picture mode, and SDDM recognized the layout (2x 1440p DualUp on the left, and primary 1080p laptop on the right). Even layout is kept.
Didn’t try rotation as I’m not using a rotated monitor anymore.