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xrandr commands not running when i3 starts

Sun, 07 Jun 2015 18:23:20 +0000

Hi all, I have two monitors. When I restart my PC, it duplicates the vlew from one monitor to the other. I have these commands near the beginning of my .i3/config: exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2 exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary although they don't seem to execute. If I copy-paste them into a terminal, it works properly. Is there something wrong with the commands and if not, what can I do to fix it? Is there additional logging I should look at? Thanks! EDIT: To answer Airblader's question, using i3-dump-log | grep xrandr only seems to echo out the config, and not mention the execution of xrandr: ❯ i3-dump-log | grep xrandr 06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line 38): #xrandr -q <-- list of monitors 06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line 39): #xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2 <-- moves DVI-I-3 06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line 40): exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2 06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line 41): exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Comment by winpat for

Hi all,

I have two monitors. When I restart my PC, it duplicates the vlew from one monitor to the other. I have these commands near the beginning of my .i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

although they don't seem to execute. If I copy-paste them into a terminal, it works properly. Is there something wrong with the commands and if not, what can I do to fix it? Is there additional logging I should look at?

Thanks!

EDIT: To answer Airblader's question, using i3-dump-log | grep xrandr only seems to echo out the config, and not mention the execution of xrandr:

❯ i3-dump-log | grep xrandr
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  38):         #xrandr -q                                  <-- list of monitors
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  39):         #xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2  <-- moves DVI-I-3
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  40):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  41):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Wed, 19 Aug 2015 06:00:33 +0000

I've the very same problem... did found a solution for this?

Comment by Airblader for

Hi all,

I have two monitors. When I restart my PC, it duplicates the vlew from one monitor to the other. I have these commands near the beginning of my .i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Thanks!

EDIT: To answer Airblader's question, using i3-dump-log | grep xrandr only seems to echo out the config, and not mention the execution of xrandr:

❯ i3-dump-log | grep xrandr
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  38):         #xrandr -q                                  <-- list of monitors
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  39):         #xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2  <-- moves DVI-I-3
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  40):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  41):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Sun, 14 Jun 2015 19:27:30 +0000

Given your edit, can you please restart i3 in-place with no windows or anything up and then save the output of i3-dump-log somewhere (just to keep the file small) and upload it?

Comment by Airblader for

Hi all,

I have two monitors. When I restart my PC, it duplicates the vlew from one monitor to the other. I have these commands near the beginning of my .i3/config:

exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Thanks!

EDIT: To answer Airblader's question, using i3-dump-log | grep xrandr only seems to echo out the config, and not mention the execution of xrandr:

❯ i3-dump-log | grep xrandr
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  38):         #xrandr -q                                  <-- list of monitors
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  39):         #xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2  <-- moves DVI-I-3
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  40):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --left-of DVI-I-2
06/14/2015 03:10:12 PM - config_parser.c:parse_config:313 - CONFIG(line  41):     exec --no-startup-id /usr/bin/xrandr --output DVI-I-3 --primary

Tue, 09 Jun 2015 05:58:48 +0000

You talk about additional logging – what logging *have* you looked at and what did you see? By the way, specifying the full path to xrandr isn't necessary (usually) because exec will be passed to a shell.