Made a switch to Kubuntu from win10. Did not turn back, did not boot even once to windows afterwards...
Sadly, I still have to use win11 on my work pc, so fml... every update it gets worse and worse...
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My third display is a TV plugged straight into my Nvidia HDMI. It's mounted on the wall above my other two monitors on the desk. I watch Jellyfin on it. I don't watch broadcast, but that's on a different input anyway. I'm wondering what issues you're having. It just works on Mint.
Ahahaha!
Yeah, Mint as well. From my reading it's because I have an additional layer, my tv goes to the stereo receiver and from there links into the computer. Unfortunately, the receiver tells the computer when it's shut off but not when it's turned on or somesuch. So, right now I've "solved" the issue by disabling the auto shut off. But it means the computer always thinks three monitors are on and engaged. Which causes issues as my primary is the desktop monitor etc. Nothing outrageous but one of those tweaks I'd like to make. And unlike Windows, it's a tweak I know I can make.
Like a month ago, someone wanted to connect my laptop to a projector in university class to show presentation. Little did I know that after connecting HDMI cable I will have a black screen on my laptop, lol.
If I knew my laptop is going to be used in such way I would prepare, but still...
Actual lol. I try not to be this guy until people bith about win 11 like they have no choice. you do!!
Multi monitor has never been more reliable for me than it is on Linux. The downside is that it's not automated and I need to connect/disconnect them through the terminal.
Ah, what you're looking for is called udev. It supplies the system with device events from the linux kernel.
This gist of it is, to use this command
udevadm monitor --environment --udev
then unplug and plug in your monitor. You should see the events on screen. You then write a rule and place it in /etc/udev/rules.d. To run a script add something like
ACTION=="change", SUBSYSTEM=="drm", KERNEL=="card0-HDMI-A-1", \
RUN+="/usr/local/monitor-script.sh"
See the man udev page for more info (☞ﾟヮﾟ)☞
I'm familiar with udev rules. But it's going to be more effort to write something that works with everything I might connect to than it is to just run xrandr each time. The way it is right now, it never fails and I don't have to spend more than a minute tinkering with projector settings when I give a presentation.
Did you try your setup under X? Out handles monitor connects and disconnects well, alþough I need to use an extra package to restore layouts because I don't use a DE (þere are a half dozen of þem). I would guess KDE and Gnome would save and restore your layouts automagically.
I'm sorry I'm a dumb newb, who just went with Mint, I'm unsure what X is.