Switching monitors does not restore workspace assignments correctly anymore

[gregor-tb]

Describe the bug After installing regular package update (no upgrade) this week, each time I re plug my primary display, only the first workspace is moved back to it, each other workspace stays on my (tiny) laptop display.

I double checked the output names, they are unchanged.

Reloading config does nothing.

set $display1 eDP
set $display2 HDMI-A-0

workspace "$ws1" output $display1
workspace "$ws2" output $display2
workspace "$ws3" output $display2
workspace "$ws4" output $display2
workspace "$ws5" output $display2
workspace "$ws6" output $display2
workspace "$ws7" output $display2
workspace "$ws8" output $display2
workspace "$ws9" output $display2
workspace "$ws10" output $display1

Installation Details

• PopOS! 20.04
• Regolith Version: regolith-desktop/focal 2.104-1focal amd64
• PPA url: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/regolith-linux/release/ubuntu focal main

[ferdinandyb]

I'm unable to reproduce this on unstable with Ubuntu 20.04. I'm not 100% sure about this, but I don't think anything relevant is different in this regards to release.

[moritzheiber]

I also cannot reproduce this issue. Are you sure the display specifiers are correct? It might have been an i3 update, but I don't see anything relevant in the CHANGELOG.

[gregor-tb]

Thanks for your reply. Yes, everything is correct. I have to move all workspaces as described every login from suspend now.

Let me know, if I can provide you more information, logs etc. I'm not so familiar with the modules.

Edit: I upgraded regolith-desktop package, it was hold back, but no changes.

[ferdinandyb]

Hmm, as a bit of a longshot, could you paste the output of xrandr when everything is set up as you want it to be?

[gregor-tb]

$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 4480 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
eDP connected 1920x1080+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 309mm x 174mm
   1920x1080     60.03*+
   1680x1050     60.03  
   1280x1024     60.03  
   1440x900      60.03  
   1280x800      60.03  
   1280x720      60.03  
   1024x768      60.03  
   800x600       60.03  
   640x480       60.03  
HDMI-A-0 connected primary 2560x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 673mm x 284mm
   2560x1080     59.98*+
   1920x1080     60.00    50.00    59.94    30.00    25.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1680x1050     59.88  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      59.90  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1280x800      59.91  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1440x576      50.00  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   1440x480      60.00    59.94  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       75.00    66.67    60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
DisplayPort-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DisplayPort-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[cabe7]

I have a similar issue. Unplugging my external monitor then reconnecting results in $ws1 being shown, but the rest stay on the laptop screen.

I wasn't having this issue a couple of weeks ago. I can't be 100% at what point it started. In that time I upgraded from 1.3 --> 1.5.1, and then updated to 1.5.2.

set $laptop eDP-1
set $ext1 DP-1
set $ext2 DP-2

workspace $ws1 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws2 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws3 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws4 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws5 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws6 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws7 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws8 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws9 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws10 output $ext1 $ext2 $laptop
workspace $ws11 output $laptop $ext1 $ext2

Forcing the correct arrangement with a script works fine, e.g...

i3-msg '[workspace="2:"]' move workspace to output DP-2
# + repeated for other worskspaces 3-10

Ubuntu: 20.04 Regolith Version: regolith-desktop-standard/focal,now 2.107-1focal amd64