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Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> writes:

Do Mate users have this problem too?

FWIW, I have a Samsung 43" 4K TV used as a monitor and supplied via HDMI
from my Lenovo M70T desktop machine.

I also have a 4K Lenovo laptop with Nvidia display chips.

I don't use multiple screens. But I use 7 virtual desktops.

I am using Mint Mate, and have done for about 12 years. (Set in my ways!)

I have no problems with this setup.


Do you have separate configurations for the different displays so that each display gets its own specific configuration, or are you just hoping that the hardware will sort itself out? (Along similar lines to specific hardware drivers being needed for specific hardware?)


Hope this helps.

Jack
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At Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:53:11 +0200, Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:

Any XFCE users here?
Hi guys, after using XFCE for years, some things are starting to annoy
me a little too much.
Mostly the HDMI problems with multiple display's that cannot keep the settings. We all know our cut@paste coders never fix any bugs so I
thinking of trying another DE.
AI tells me Mate should be more reliable , for whatever that is worth :-) Then I read more about that wayland stuff, which is not coming to mint anytime soon and I wonder advantages it brings in real life.

Do you XFCE users have the same HDMI problem or is it my not really supported Nvidia card?
Do Mate users have this problem too?

XFCE has it's own thing for monitor order. I've been bit by that
myself, until I figured it out. That's also where you ultimately
set the refresh rate.

Whisker Menu > Settings Manager > Hardware Section, pick "Display"

The button to activate the Settings Manager is upper right on
the Whisker menu, just left of the lock icon.
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On 6/18/26 5:21 AM, Jack Strangio wrote:

Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> writes:

Do Mate users have this problem too?

FWIW, I have a Samsung 43" 4K TV used as a monitor and supplied via HDMI
from my Lenovo M70T desktop machine.

I also have a 4K Lenovo laptop with Nvidia display chips.

I don't use multiple screens. But I use 7 virtual desktops.

I don't know what virtual desktops are.

I am using Mint Mate, and have done for about 12 years. (Set in my ways!)

I have no problems with this setup.

Do you have separate configurations for the different displays so that each display gets its own specific configuration, or are you just hoping that the hardware will sort itself out? (Along similar lines to specific hardware drivers being needed for specific hardware?)

I am not aware that different monitors should need drivers.
The monitors where set to the resolution that they support but
after a reboot mint fucks up the settings.

Now with the 4k monitor it is less troublesome but still silly unwanted behavior. The HDMI sound output changes random so I have to re-set the
HDMI sound output.

Hope this helps.

Jack

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Edmund
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On 6/18/26 7:31 AM, vallor wrote:

At Thu, 4 Jun 2026 08:53:11 +0200, Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> wrote:

Any XFCE users here?
Hi guys, after using XFCE for years, some things are starting to annoy
me a little too much.
Mostly the HDMI problems with multiple display's that cannot keep the
settings. We all know our cut@paste coders never fix any bugs so I
thinking of trying another DE.
AI tells me Mate should be more reliable , for whatever that is worth :-)
Then I read more about that wayland stuff, which is not coming to mint
anytime soon and I wonder advantages it brings in real life.

Do you XFCE users have the same HDMI problem or is it my not really
supported Nvidia card?
Do Mate users have this problem too?

XFCE has it's own thing for monitor order. I've been bit by that
myself, until I figured it out. That's also where you ultimately
set the refresh rate.

Whisker Menu > Settings Manager > Hardware Section, pick "Display"

The button to activate the Settings Manager is upper right on
the Whisker menu, just left of the lock icon.

I know but the setting don't stay a set.
Maybe it is my expensive Nvidia card and nvidia does not support Linux anymore.
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Edmund
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On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:51:43 +0200, Edmund wrote:

On 6/18/26 5:21 AM, Jack Strangio wrote:

Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> writes:

Do Mate users have this problem too?

FWIW, I have a Samsung 43" 4K TV used as a monitor and supplied via
HDMI from my Lenovo M70T desktop machine.

I also have a 4K Lenovo laptop with Nvidia display chips.

I don't use multiple screens. But I use 7 virtual desktops.

I don't know what virtual desktops are.

Maybe you know them as workspaces. I'm using Xfce on MX so it may be
different on Mint. The application launcher is in the lower left corner.
There are two boxes next to it. Mouse over the one on the left and it says 'Current Workspace: Workspace 1" and the one on the right says "Click to Change to Workspace 2" Right click and go to Workspace Settings and you
can add as many as you want.

When using a laptop workspaces can get a bit strange if the external
monitor is not configured as a slave to the laptop's primary since you can have two different workspaces open.
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On 6/27/26 9:32 PM, rbowman wrote:

On Sat, 27 Jun 2026 19:51:43 +0200, Edmund wrote:

On 6/18/26 5:21 AM, Jack Strangio wrote:

Edmund <nomail@hotmail.com> writes:

Do Mate users have this problem too?

FWIW, I have a Samsung 43" 4K TV used as a monitor and supplied via
HDMI from my Lenovo M70T desktop machine.

I also have a 4K Lenovo laptop with Nvidia display chips.

I don't use multiple screens. But I use 7 virtual desktops.

I don't know what virtual desktops are.

Maybe you know them as workspaces. I'm using Xfce on MX so it may be different on Mint. The application launcher is in the lower left corner. There are two boxes next to it. Mouse over the one on the left and it says 'Current Workspace: Workspace 1" and the one on the right says "Click to Change to Workspace 2" Right click and go to Workspace Settings and you
can add as many as you want.

No such thing here.
Long time ago I played with "workspaces" but I could figue out how it work. Checking now I see it is done in the linux way, figure it out by yourself.
Help ?
Do you want to read the manual online?
Yes please
OK Bad gateway

Have fun :-)

When using a laptop workspaces can get a bit strange if the external
monitor is not configured as a slave to the laptop's primary since you can have two different workspaces open.

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Edmund
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