Problems with bspwm with multiple displays
After playing around with it for a few hours I tried to use arandr since I might not be doing something correct with xrandr and got the xrandr command that works for me.
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --off --output DP-1 --primary --mode 2560x1080 --pos 1915x0 --rotate normal --output DP-2 --off --output DP-3 --off --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal
EDIT: Above just moved the monitors so that they were switched around and not lined up properly which I found out when setting up lemon bar.
I just figured out the commands which setup the monitors then swaps them
bspc monitor DP-0 -d IV V VI
bspc monitor HDMI-0 -d I II III
bspc monitor DP-0 -s HDMI-0
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jmadden173
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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I am trying to setup bspwn on a multi monitor setup. I have an ultrawide 21:9 (2560x1080) and a standard 16:9 (1920x1080). So far I have gotten it working so that it loads the window manager properly on both screens but the monitors are the wrong way arround.
How they look on my desk ########## ################## # # # # # 16:9 # # 21:9 # # # # # ########## ################## How the monitors are displayed in bspwm ################## ########## # # # # # 21:9 # # 16:9 # # # # # ################## ##########
So I tried to fix the position of them by running a xrandr command
xrandr --output DP-1 --primary --mode 2560x1080 --rate 75.00 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60.00 --left-of DP-1
Afterwards my first desktop on bspwm always defaults to the 16:9 display when I want it on my 21:9. I think that when I run the xrandr commands the screens switches positions bspwm going of the positions relative to other monitors. Is there some way that I can switch the displayed positions of the monitors without it messing with bspwm?
~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
#! /bin/sh # # bspwmrc # sxhkd & bspc monitor DP-1 -n center bspc monitor HDMI-1 -n left bspc monitor center -d I II III bspc monitor left -d IV V VI bspc config border_width 2 bspc config window_gap 12 bspc config split_ratio 0.50 bspc config borderless_monocle true bspc config gapless_monocle true bspc rule -a Gimp desktop='^8' state=floating follow=on bspc rule -a Chromium desktop='^2' bspc rule -a mplayer2 state=floating bspc rule -a Kupfer.py focus=on bspc rule -a Screenkey manage=off
~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
# # wm independent hotkeys # # terminal emulator super + Return urxvt # program launcher super + @space rofi -show run # make sxhkd reload its configuration files: super + Escape pkill -USR1 -x sxhkd # # bspwm hotkeys # # quit/restart bspwm super + alt + {q,r} bspc {quit,wm -r} # close and kill super + {_,shift + }w bspc node -{c,k} # alternate between the tiled and monocle layout super + m bspc desktop -l next # send the newest marked node to the newest preselected node super + y bspc node newest.marked.local -n newest.!automatic.local # swap the current node and the biggest node super + g bspc node -s biggest # # state/flags # # set the window state super + {t,shift + t,s,f} bspc node -t {tiled,pseudo_tiled,floating,fullscreen} # set the node flags super + ctrl + {m,x,y,z} bspc node -g {marked,locked,sticky,private} # # focus/swap # # focus the node in the given direction super + {_,shift + }{h,j,k,l} bspc node -{f,s} {west,south,north,east} # focus the node for the given path jump super + {p,b,comma,period} bspc node -f @{parent,brother,first,second} # focus the next/previous node in the current desktop super + {_,shift + }c bspc node -f {next,prev}.local # focus the next/previous desktop in the current monitor super + bracket{left,right} bspc desktop -f {prev,next}.local # focus the last node/desktop super + {grave,Tab} bspc {node,desktop} -f last # focus the older or newer node in the focus history super + {o,i} bspc wm -h off; \ bspc node {older,newer} -f; \ bspc wm -h on # focus or send to the given desktop super + {_,shift + }{1-9,0} bspc {desktop -f,node -d} '^{1-9,10}' # # preselect # # preselect the direction super + ctrl + {h,j,k,l} bspc node -p {west,south,north,east} # preselect the ratio super + ctrl + {1-9} bspc node -o 0.{1-9} # cancel the preselection for the focused node super + ctrl + space bspc node -p cancel # cancel the preselection for the focused desktop super + ctrl + shift + space bspc query -N -d | xargs -I id -n 1 bspc node id -p cancel # # move/resize # # expand a window by moving one of its side outward super + alt + {h,j,k,l} bspc node -z {left -20 0,bottom 0 20,top 0 -20,right 20 0} # contract a window by moving one of its side inward super + alt + shift + {h,j,k,l} bspc node -z {right -20 0,top 0 20,bottom 0 -20,left 20 0} # move a floating window super + {Left,Down,Up,Right} bspc node -v {-20 0,0 20,0 -20,20 0}
~/.xinitrc
#!/bin/sh # # .xinitrc # # Setup X [[ -f ~/.Xresources ]] && xrdb $HOME/.Xresources #xrandr --output DP-1 --auto --output HDMI-1 --auto --left-of DP-1 xrandr --output DP-1 --primary --mode 2560x1080 --rate 75.00 xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60.00 --left-of DP-1 # Launch Window Manager sxhkd & exec bspwm