https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=450068
Peter Tselios <ptsel...@outlook.com> changed:
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--- Comment #52 from Peter Tselios <ptsel...@outlook.com> ---
I have issues with multi-monitor setups for as long as I remember and some of
those issues are reported by me and other but other issues are simply so random
that I cannot file a bug. I am not going to say anything new to this bug, but I
really hope to contribute to the discussion.
I clarify from the very beginning that I am not a developer, so I definitely
lose some important information/background.
But at least you can "hear" (read) how I see it and how I would try to solve
this problem if I could code.
EID, serial number etc should be the primary method of identifying a screen.
Port should be the fall-back mechanism in case we don't have that information
and for the rare cases when 2 monitors report the same properties a combination
of EID/Serial/port should be used instead.
I never understood why the preferred way of selecting the monitor position is
the port. Port is not reliable.
There are a lot of different use-cases where the port number is completely
unreliable. I just state some here:
1. Change the output from HDMI to DVI (or vice versa)
2. Change the motherboard and switch from DP to HDMI (or vice versa)
3. Unplug the laptop from a dock and plug the external monitor directly to an
HDMI/DP/mini-DP/whatever port it has
4. Replace the docking station with a new one.
5. Replace the cable because it's broken
6. Add a splitter
In all those cases the monitors are in the exact same position, they are
exactly the same as before the changes.
Still, KDE considers them something different.
Isn't it a shame not to have a stable behavior?
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