r/linuxmint • u/thistook5minutes • 12h ago

Support Request Having trouble with display setting

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I have a 32” ultrawide and a 24” secondary monitor. I can’t get the system to recognize the 32” unltrawide as monitor 1. Which is causing my games to load onto the 24”. I have set it as the primary.The only way I can get it to recognize it as monitor 1 is to move it, in the layout box, to the right of monitor 2 which means I have to pan to the left of my main monitor to get the cursor on the monitor to the right. I have had to unplug my secondary monitor, load a game then replug it in, and that’s just not a long term solution for me.

Can someone help me out here? Thanks!

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u/paranoidi 11h ago

Those numbers don't mean anything. Just set the correct one to primary and arrange the displays in the configuration dialog in a way that matches the physical layout.

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u/thistook5minutes 11h ago

I didn’t think so at first, but when I go to the display settings after loading a game, it has the 24” monitor listed as 1. Which is where it loads on default every time.

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u/Shrekken 11h ago

Is it possible to set the monitor choice in the game settings? Many games support this.

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u/thistook5minutes 10h ago

Yes, but I have to do it every time I load the game. Also when I alt tab to use the other monitor, some games will revert to default monitor, and then I have to do it again. So there are games where I have to change the display settings 3-5 times while playing the game.

On top of that, some of the older or underdeveloped indie games I play, do not have that display setting.

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u/Shrekken 10h ago

Just a guess here, but it might have something to do with the kernel version you're running.
I'm no expert, but I have solved a couple of monitor issues by changing to a different kernel version.

If you're not that comfortable with kernels in linux, don't mess with it until you learn a bit more or have someone better than me to help you.

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u/thistook5minutes 9h ago

I am not really familiar with changing kernels but I’m okay with losing the data on my PC if I were to irreparably damage the OS, so maybe I’ll try messing around with that if I get no other help. I appreciate your advice here.