On Mon, Mar 2, 2020 at 7:55 AM Michael J. Baars <
mjbaars1977.fedora-us...@cyberfiber.eu> wrote:

>
>
> The grub boot menu appears on the primary screen. So far so good.
> Waiting for the login prompt, and yes, there it is...
>
> on the secondary screen :)
>
>
The settings from after login will only control what happens after the X
server has started. So this is useful for declaring where you want your
panels; that is the "Primary" display.

Which screen has the login prompt is the function of the greeter. In Fedora
by default that is GDM (Gnome Desktop Manager?). I looked through a page I
found searching for "GDM configuration" and didn't immediately see anything
that would allow configuration of which screen the login prompt appears on,
but I could have missed it. It's also possible that other greeters (SDM and
LDM are available) might be able to configure this, but I didn't pursue it
that far.

For the record, I have a KVM switch that allows multiple computers to
connect via VGA to my smaller "secondary" monitor, while the larger
"primary" monitor has a desktop and laptop connected to it by HDMI. I have
a desktop that has an Nvidia PCIE card with DVI and HDMI output ports. The
DVI port uses an adapter and a VGA cable to connect to the switch. On this
machine, the grub menu and the greeter login appear on the VGA monitor.
Once logged in, the panel and desktop icons  appear on the HDMI monitor, as
that is what I configured in the Display settings. The Dell laptop, on the
other hand, only has a VGA port when it is in the dock, and I connect that
to the VGA monitor. The dock also has an HDMI port as does the laptop
itself. On this machine, the grub menu and the greeter login both appear on
the HDMI monitor, as does the Gnome panel.

I use the secondary monitor without workspaces (configurable in the tweak
tool workspaces setting), which means I can put windows there that will
remain visible even when I change workspaces on the primary, but by default
it uses both monitors for each workspace.

--Greg
_______________________________________________
users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org
To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
Fedora Code of Conduct: 
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/
List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
List Archives: 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org

Reply via email to