#1 2016-07-18 15:36:27

lvyj

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Registered: 2016-07-11

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Tint2, panel icons, and external monitor plugging

I've run into an issue with Tint2 and multiple monitors. Whenever I connect or disconnect my external monitor (as I do multiple times a day) the Tint2 open window icons get distorted. I can fix the problem by restarting the compositor (Compton) but it's kind of a pain to do this multiple times a day. Any ideas for how to fix this?

xaos52

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Re: Tint2, panel icons, and external monitor plugging

How do you configure the external monitors?
Post output of xrandr.

2 monitors on top of each other with the tint2 in between will not work.
If you have such a setup, configure tint2 on the side or on the bottom.

damo

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Re: Tint2, panel icons, and external monitor plugging

Couple of thoughts, if @xaos52's approach doesn't apply:

Write a udev rule to restart the compositor when plugging/unplugging.

Restart compton with a hotkey bound to '/usr/bin/bl-compositor --restart', which isn't a PITA imo

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lvyj

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Re: Tint2, panel icons, and external monitor plugging

Here's my xrandr output:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 4480 x 1440, maximum 8192 x 8192
eDP1 connected 2560x1440+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 174mm
   2560x1440     60.00*+
   1920x1440     60.00 
   1856x1392     60.01 
   1792x1344     60.01 
   1920x1200     59.95 
   1920x1080     59.93 
   1600x1200     60.00 
   1680x1050     59.95    59.88 
   1600x1024     60.17 
   1400x1050     59.98 
   1280x1024     60.02 
   1440x900      59.89 
   1280x960      60.00 
   1360x768      59.80    59.96 
   1152x864      60.00 
   1024x768      60.00 
   800x600       60.32    56.25 
   640x480       59.94 
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI2 connected 1920x1080+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 287mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+
   1680x1050     59.88 
   1280x1024     60.02 
   1440x900      59.90 
   1280x720      60.00 
   1024x768      60.00 
   800x600       60.32 
   640x480       59.94 
   720x400       70.08

Thanks damo for your thoughts - I'll try that if we can't figure anything else out.