Problems with bspwm with multiple displays

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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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Updated on September 18, 2022

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  • jmadden173
    jmadden173 over 1 year

    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