Primary Monitor Selection ???

[1voyager1]

I have installed v13 x64 Mate.
I have:
2x ASUS EAH 4350
2x Samsung 245BW [1920x1200]
I have installed no drivers = Linix Mint Default drivers are being used.
In Win7 the EAH4350's are X-Fire'd, but not here because Radeon Catalyst not installed.
Both monitors are connected to one card [1-analog, 1-digital] .

I have both monitors working with a 3840x1200px wallpaper backgroung being properly displayed.

The problem is that the primary monitor is on the LH side.
I want to reverse them so that the primary monitor is on the RH side.
How can I accomplish this?

[remoulder]

primary monitor is on the LH side. I want to reverse them

Not running MATE here so names might be slightly different, but basically you go into the settings display or monitors applet and drag n drop to re-arrange.

[jeezmos]

If your monitors are aligned properly and you just want to change the primary monitor, in the Displays application there is a black bar at the top of the primary monitor box (it looks like it has a date in it); drag that black bar onto the monitor that you want to be the primary monitor then hit Apply.

[gab3]

I cant find any black bars from the Monitor application. I have laptop with external monitor and I would like to use the monitor as primary but cannot find way to do that, so can somebody give some help?. I have fresh Linux Mint 13 with Mate installed and no additional drivers.

[AlbertP]

@ gab3: Maybe you have ticked the box to display the same content on all monitors? There is a small black bar at the top of one monitor, if you have two of them enabled.

@ 1voyager1: Connecting both screens to the same GPU works better in Linux. If CrossFire is enabled, you'll still be able to use the power of both gpu's in Windows, or with the Catalyst driver.

[gab3]

Nope, I dont have ticked it. Here is how it shows for me: http://image.bayimg.com/dapjkaadi.jpg

[AlbertP]

@gab3: I don't know how to do it there in 13. But it can be done in terminal.

With xrandr -q you'll see the names of the monitors such as LVDS-1, VGA-1 or HDMI-1 (without dashes if you have Intel graphics), then you can run xrandr --output <name> --primary (replace <name> with the monitor that you want to make primary).

[gab3]

@gab3: I don't know how to do it there in 13. But it can be done in terminal.

With xrandr -q you'll see the names of the monitors such as LVDS-1, VGA-1 or HDMI-1 (without dashes if you have Intel graphics), then you can run xrandr --output <name> --primary (replace <name> with the monitor that you want to make primary).

Thanks, this worked for me!

[Simnol]

@gab3: I don't know how to do it there in 13. But it can be done in terminal.

With xrandr -q you'll see the names of the monitors such as LVDS-1, VGA-1 or HDMI-1 (without dashes if you have Intel graphics), then you can run xrandr --output <name> --primary (replace <name> with the monitor that you want to make primary).

Hi,

This works great for me, thanks, I've been looking for the solution for a while.

But how would I get it to be consistent across all users and reboots?

Any help would be awesome.

S

[AlbertP]

You can probably put the command in your .xinitrc file, or set the primary monitor in ~/.config/monitors.xml (change no to yes between <primary> and </primary> and change yes to no for the monitor that should not be primary).

[Precnet]

If your monitors are aligned properly and you just want to change the primary monitor, in the Displays application there is a black bar at the top of the primary monitor box (it looks like it has a date in it); drag that black bar onto the monitor that you want to be the primary monitor then hit Apply.

Thank you!