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submitted 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) by ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/archlinux@lemmy.ml
 

I'm running an nvidia card on X11 Plasma 6, with a 4K monitor alongside a QHD monitor. Both monitors are the same physical size, despite being different resolutions, so in the nvidia settings app, I've got the second X screen setup to generate 4K but downscale it to QHD in the output. It makes the second screen slightly blurry, but it's worth it for the ability to move windows back and forth without dealing with different resolutions.

The problem is, no matter what I do, I can't make the changes "stick". The nvidia applet has an option to save it to the x.conf file, and I've verified that it has done so in a text editor. But every time I boot, I have to change it in the nvidia settings applet again.

Is there something I'm missing with the way arch/kde handles x conf files? How do I make it stick between reboots?

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[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Might be worth reporting that as a bug? Seems wrong that kscreen can parse the X config file, and silently throw out lines it doesn't understand. Should at least pop up an error or "do you want to reset this" dialog box if possible. Good outcome though.

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Is it a bug? It feels like commenting out the previous line is a deliberate design choice?

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

A deliberate design choice can still be a bug. I suspect they would just close the bug report, but at least they would be aware of your use case?

[–] ada@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 7 months ago

OK, I logged a bug