Dual monitor setup not working on XFCE login screen

Question

I've had this problem before where the dual monitor setup would not be kept (i.e. I had my right screen as the main screen, but after restarting, the position of my right screen would be shifted to the left.), did a fresh reinstall and the problem got fixed (probably some other DE configs overriding each other since I had KDE, Gnome and Unity).

However, the problem now is that the dual monitor setup would be still broken on the login screen (my right screen would become the left one) and the screen config would only be fixed after I had logged in.

Do you know if you're using lightdm or some other display manager? — TheWanderer, Oct 07 '16 at 01:13
@Zacharee1 I'm definitely using lightdm, however there's no lightdm.conf file, only lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf and users.conf with a empty lightdm.conf.d folder. — dll, Oct 07 '16 at 01:17
what about http://askubuntu.com/questions/360886/personalize-monitor-position-before-login — TheWanderer, Oct 07 '16 at 01:20
@dll Did you have any luck with my answer posted below? Thanks — jbrock, Oct 13 '16 at 22:27
@jbrock Nope, all it did was put my system in low graphics mode. I belive that the newer versions of lightdm doesn't use lightdm.conf anymore. I also found out that it was a known bug with Gnome. Gonna try and reinstall it. — dll, Oct 15 '16 at 01:00

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 10 '16 at 23:36

Install arandr by pasting the following in terminal:

sudo apt install arandr

Open arandr. Your screens are probably configured how you like. If so, go to Layout > Save As. Open the saved script and copy the entire xrandr command.

Create the file /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf if it is not created already. You can use:

sudo mousepad /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf

Now paste the following. Replace my xrandr command below with your own.

[Seat:*]
display-setup-script=xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1440x900 --pos 0x72 --rotate normal --output DVI-0 --mode 1440x900 --pos 3360x82 --rotate normal --output HDMI-0 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1440x0 --rotate normal

Reboot and your login screens should be correct.

This fixed it for me. – Alexander Zeitler Jun 22 '22 at 07:26 — Alexander Zeitler, Jun 22 '22 at 07:26

Dual monitor setup not working on XFCE login screen

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