No desktop icons & unable to right click on desktop with external monitors
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No desktop icons & unable to right click on desktop with external monitors
Upon connecting external monitors with my laptop i am unable to right click any where on the desktop. Icons are also gone and desktop hotspot are not functional.This means all the functions available with right click on desktop are also not available. i.e change wallpaer , new folder etc.
Deepin Version: 15.4
$ uname -a
Linux MY 4.9.0-deepin12-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Deepin 4.9.40-3 (2017-09-19) x86_64 GNU/Linux
Screen Resolution of laptop and monitors 1920x1080
I've found with my Alienware latop and x2 external monitors, very few distros work off the bat without any need for file editing and/or custom config changes. I see you are using the Chinese distro Deepin. Try live booting Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Debian 9 which all work for me from first boot with 3 displays. I hear Linux Mint and Manjaro are also good options.
Beyond that you'll need to paste x11 and other logs before we can troubleshoot. I've not had the oo to give Deepin a try yet.
I've found with my Alienware latop and x2 external monitors, very few distros work off the bat without any need for file editing and/or custom config changes. I see you are using the Chinese distro Deepin. Try live booting Ubuntu, Kubuntu or Debian 9 which all work for me from first boot with 3 displays. I hear Linux Mint and Manjaro are also good options.
Beyond that you'll need to paste x11 and other logs before we can troubleshoot. I've not had the oo to give Deepin a try yet.
Thank you for the reply.
I have been using Mint for quite some time , did not had this issue with mint using even older kernal 4.4 and 4.8.
I think the problem is with scaling, the laptop support 4K but its not scaling the text and graphic properly they are very tiny. Had scaling issue with mint as well thats why decided to give deepin a try.
Code:
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
[ 5.540]
X.Org X Server 1.19.3
Release Date: 2017-03-15
[ 5.540] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 5.540] Build Operating System: Linux 4.9.0-deepin5-amd64 x86_64 Deepin
[ 5.540] Current Operating System: Linux MY 4.9.0-deepin12-amd64 #1 SMP PREEMPT Deepin 4.9.40-3 (2017-09-19) x86_64
[ 5.540] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-deepin12-amd64 root=UUID=93dba497-eb89-4370-9d75-1289ea0277de ro cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1 splash quiet
[ 5.540] Build Date: 08 June 2017 08:26:51AM
[ 5.540] xorg-server 2:1.19.3-1+deepin2 (https://www.debian.org/support)
[ 5.540] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[ 5.540] Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[ 5.540] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[ 5.540] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Oct 6 19:10:58 2017
[ 5.541] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 5.541] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[ 5.543] (==) No Layout section. Using the first Screen section.
[ 5.543] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[ 5.543] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[ 5.543] (**) | |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[ 5.543] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
Using a default monitor configuration.
[ 5.543] (==) Automatically adding devices
[ 5.543] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[ 5.543] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[ 5.543] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[ 5.543] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/X11/cyrillic" does not exist.
[ 5.543] Entry deleted from font path.
[ 5.545] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/X11/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi/:unscaled,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/Type1,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/100dpi,
/usr/share/fonts/X11/75dpi,
built-ins
[ 5.545] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[ 5.545] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[ 5.545] (II) Loader magic: 0xfe11534dc0
[ 5.545] (II) Module ABI versions:
[ 5.545] X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[ 5.545] X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[ 5.545] X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[ 5.545] X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[ 5.545] (++) using VT number 7
[ 5.545] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[ 5.545] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[ 5.846] (--) PCI:*(0:0:2:0) 8086:591b:1028:07be rev 4, Mem @ 0xeb000000/16777216, 0x80000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[ 5.846] (--) PCI: (0:1:0:0) 10de:1c8d:1028:07be rev 161, Mem @ 0xec000000/16777216, 0xc0000000/268435456, 0xd0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[ 5.846] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[ 5.853] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[ 5.875] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.875] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 5.875] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[ 5.875] (==) Matched modesetting as autoconfigured driver 0
[ 5.875] (==) Matched fbdev as autoconfigured driver 1
[ 5.875] (==) Matched vesa as autoconfigured driver 2
[ 5.875] (==) Assigned the driver to the xf86ConfigLayout
[ 5.875] (II) LoadModule: "modesetting"
[ 5.875] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/modesetting_drv.so
[ 5.876] (II) Module modesetting: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.876] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.19.3
[ 5.876] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 5.876] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 5.876] (II) LoadModule: "fbdev"
[ 5.876] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/fbdev_drv.so
[ 5.884] (II) Module fbdev: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.884] compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 0.4.4
[ 5.884] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 5.884] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 5.884] (II) LoadModule: "vesa"
[ 5.884] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vesa_drv.so
[ 5.884] (II) Module vesa: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.884] compiled for 1.19.0, module version = 2.3.4
[ 5.884] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 5.884] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 5.884] (II) modesetting: Driver for Modesetting Kernel Drivers: kms
[ 5.884] (II) FBDEV: driver for framebuffer: fbdev
[ 5.884] (II) VESA: driver for VESA chipsets: vesa
[ 5.935] (II) modeset(0): using drv /dev/dri/card0
[ 5.935] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for fbdev
[ 5.935] (II) Loading sub module "fbdevhw"
[ 5.935] (II) LoadModule: "fbdevhw"
[ 5.935] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfbdevhw.so
[ 5.971] (II) Module fbdevhw: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.971] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 0.0.2
[ 5.971] ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[ 5.971] (WW) Falling back to old probe method for vesa
[ 5.971] (II) modeset(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
"Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[ 5.971] (==) modeset(0): Depth 24, (==) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 5.971] (==) modeset(0): RGB weight 888
[ 5.971] (==) modeset(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 5.971] (II) Loading sub module "glamoregl"
[ 5.971] (II) LoadModule: "glamoregl"
[ 5.971] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libglamoregl.so
[ 5.976] (II) Module glamoregl: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 5.976] compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 5.976] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 5.976] (II) glamor: OpenGL accelerated X.org driver based.
[ 5.991] (II) glamor: EGL version 1.4 (DRI2):
[ 5.995] (II) modeset(0): glamor initialized
[ 5.996] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 has no monitor section
[ 5.998] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 has no monitor section
[ 5.999] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 has no monitor section
[ 6.001] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 has no monitor section
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 has no monitor section
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output eDP-1
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: SHP Model: 1476 Serial#: 0
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Year: 2016 Week: 49
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): EDID Version: 1.4
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Digital Display Input
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 8 bits per channel
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Digital interface is DisplayPort
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Max Image Size [cm]: horiz.: 35 vert.: 19
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Gamma: 2.20
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): No DPMS capabilities specified
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Supported color encodings: RGB 4:4:4 YCrCb 4:4:4
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Default color space is primary color space
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): First detailed timing is preferred mode
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Preferred mode is native pixel format and refresh rate
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): redX: 0.659 redY: 0.328 greenX: 0.205 greenY: 0.731
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): blueX: 0.145 blueY: 0.051 whiteX: 0.307 whiteY: 0.345
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer's mask: 0
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Supported detailed timing:
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): clock: 533.2 MHz Image Size: 346 x 194 mm
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): h_active: 3840 h_sync: 3888 h_sync_end 3920 h_blank_end 4000 h_border: 0
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): v_active: 2160 v_sync: 2163 v_sync_end 2168 v_blanking: 2222 v_border: 0
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Y2XND�LQ156D1
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): Unknown vendor-specific block 0
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): EDID (in hex):
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 00ffffffffffff004d10761400000000
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 311a0104a52313780ec909a85434bb25
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 0d4e5800000001010101010101010101
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 0101010101014dd000a0f0703e803020
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 35005ac2100000180000000000000000
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 00000000000000000000000000fe0059
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 32584e44804c51313536443100000000
[ 6.002] (II) modeset(0): 0002410328001200000b010a202000ae
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output eDP-1
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "3840x2160"x60.0 533.25 3840 3888 3920 4000 2160 2163 2168 2222 -hsync -vsync (133.3 kHz eP)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "2048x1536"x60.0 266.95 2048 2200 2424 2800 1536 1537 1540 1589 -hsync +vsync (95.3 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1440"x60.0 234.00 1920 2048 2256 2600 1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync (90.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1856x1392"x60.0 218.30 1856 1952 2176 2528 1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync (86.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1792x1344"x60.0 204.80 1792 1920 2120 2448 1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync (83.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1200"x60.0 154.00 1920 1968 2000 2080 1200 1203 1209 1235 +hsync -vsync (74.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x59.9 138.50 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync (66.6 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x60.0 162.00 1600 1664 1856 2160 1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x60.0 146.25 1680 1784 1960 2240 1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x59.9 119.00 1680 1728 1760 1840 1050 1053 1059 1080 +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1600x1024"x60.2 103.12 1600 1600 1656 1664 1024 1024 1029 1030 +hsync +vsync (62.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0 122.00 1400 1488 1640 1880 1050 1052 1064 1082 +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0 108.00 1280 1328 1440 1688 1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1440x900"x59.9 106.50 1440 1520 1672 1904 900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0 108.00 1280 1376 1488 1800 960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1360x768"x59.8 84.75 1360 1432 1568 1776 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1360x768"x60.0 72.00 1360 1408 1440 1520 768 771 781 790 +hsync -vsync (47.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1152x864"x60.0 81.62 1152 1216 1336 1520 864 865 868 895 -hsync +vsync (53.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x120.1 133.47 1024 1100 1212 1400 768 768 770 794 doublescan -hsync +vsync (95.3 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0 65.00 1024 1048 1184 1344 768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x720"x120.0 117.00 960 1024 1128 1300 720 720 722 750 doublescan -hsync +vsync (90.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "928x696"x120.1 109.15 928 976 1088 1264 696 696 698 719 doublescan -hsync +vsync (86.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "896x672"x120.0 102.40 896 960 1060 1224 672 672 674 697 doublescan -hsync +vsync (83.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x600"x120.0 77.00 960 984 1000 1040 600 601 604 617 doublescan +hsync -vsync (74.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "960x540"x120.0 69.25 960 984 1000 1040 540 541 544 555 doublescan +hsync -vsync (66.6 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x120.0 81.00 800 832 928 1080 600 600 602 625 doublescan +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3 40.00 800 840 968 1056 600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x600"x56.2 36.00 800 824 896 1024 600 601 603 625 +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "840x525"x120.0 73.12 840 892 980 1120 525 526 529 544 doublescan -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "840x525"x119.8 59.50 840 864 880 920 525 526 529 540 doublescan +hsync -vsync (64.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "800x512"x120.3 51.56 800 800 828 832 512 512 514 515 doublescan +hsync +vsync (62.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "700x525"x120.0 61.00 700 744 820 940 525 526 532 541 doublescan +hsync +vsync (64.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x512"x120.0 54.00 640 664 720 844 512 512 514 533 doublescan +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "720x450"x119.8 53.25 720 760 836 952 450 451 454 467 doublescan -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x120.0 54.00 640 688 744 900 480 480 482 500 doublescan +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9 25.18 640 656 752 800 480 490 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "680x384"x119.6 42.38 680 716 784 888 384 385 390 399 doublescan -hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "680x384"x119.9 36.00 680 704 720 760 384 385 390 395 doublescan +hsync -vsync (47.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "576x432"x120.1 40.81 576 608 668 760 432 432 434 447 doublescan -hsync +vsync (53.7 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "512x384"x120.0 32.50 512 524 592 672 384 385 388 403 doublescan -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "400x300"x120.6 20.00 400 420 484 528 300 300 302 314 doublescan +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "400x300"x112.7 18.00 400 412 448 512 300 300 301 312 doublescan +hsync +vsync (35.2 kHz d)
[ 6.003] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "320x240"x120.1 12.59 320 328 376 400 240 245 246 262 doublescan -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz d)
[ 6.005] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
[ 6.006] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-1
[ 6.008] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-2
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output HDMI-2
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 connected
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-1 disconnected
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-1 disconnected
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output DP-2 disconnected
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output HDMI-2 disconnected
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[ 6.009] (II) modeset(0): Output eDP-1 using initial mode 3840x2160 +0+0
[ 6.009] (==) modeset(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 6.009] (==) modeset(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[ 6.009] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
I don't know if this problem has already been resolved but actually it's probably from something else. I got a monitor that support max 1920x1080 and i got the same issue as you (https://www.linuxquestions.org/quest...ck-4175608435/)
I really hope it get fixed soon. Anyway i just made a new reinstall and it was working perfectly so got no clue atm.
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No desktop icons & unable to right click on desktop with external monitors
