On August 17, 2024 3:41:23 PM EDT, H <agents at meddatainc.com>
wrote:>On August 15, 2024 8:24:26 PM GMT-04:00, H <agents at meddatainc.com>
>wrote:
>>I am running Rocky Linux latest version with the Mate Desktop 1.26.2
>>(the latest version in the EPEL repository) on a Dell Inspiron laptop
>>with a 3840 x 2160 display and an external 1920 x 1080 Acer
>>monitor connected via HDMI, see output below:
>>
>>$ inxi --graphics
>>Graphics:
>> Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 driver: i915 v: kernel
>> Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 940MX] driver: nouveau v: kernel
>>Device-3: DisplayLink Dell D3100 Docking Station driver: usbfs type:
>>USB
>> Device-4: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB
>> Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.20.11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
>> dri: iris gpu: i915 resolution: 1: 1920x1080~60Hz 2:
>3840x2160~60Hz
>>API: OpenGL v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 23.3.3 renderer: Mesa Intel
>>UHD
>> Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
>>
>>The problem is that the external display has some issues, whether they
>>are related to the nouveau driver, the Mate Desktop or something else
>I
>>cannot determine. What happens is that although the
>>external monitor is indeed using the 1920 x 1080 resolution and
>>dragging a window from the laptop screen to the external screen works,
>>ie., it maintains the "correct" size, then maximizing it makes
it
>>1/4 of the size of the external monitor display. Likewise, the Mate
>>Desktop background repeats partly 4-fold on this monitor, partly
>>16-fold...
>>
>>I also have a Dell docking station, model D3100 and have downloaded
>the
>>latest DisplayLink driver from github with the hope that I could
>attach
>>two external Acer monitors to use with the laptop, I
>>unable to use xrandr to correctly set the external monitor (I have
>only
>>tried with one so far) to the desired 1920 x 1080 resolution while
>>maintaining the 3840 x 2160 resolution on the laptop screen.
>>
>>Googling suggests that there might be some issues with xrandr and
>>scaling
>>
>>Given my description above, could there possibly be a bug in the
>>nouveau driver I am using?
>>
>>Thanks.
>
>Would be great if someone could opine on the bug I am seeing : whether
>it might be a nouveau bug, xrandr-related bug or possibly Mate Desktop
>related bug? Or some other bug.
>
>Thank you.
I have not seen anyone comment on my posting below. If this is not the
appropriate forum to raise a potential bug, where should I raise it?