AvengeMedia / AvengeMedia/DankMaterialShell
Multi Monitor Configuration Issue
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Description
### Compositor
Niri
### Distribution
Fedora
### If Other, please specify
_No response_
### Select your Installation Method
DankInstaller
### Was this your original Installation method?
Yes
### If no, specify
_No response_
### dms doctor -vC
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## DMS Doctor Report
**System**
- [ok] Operating System: Fedora Linux 44 (KDE Plasma Desktop Edition)
- ID: fedora, Version: 44, Arch: amd64
- [ok] Architecture: amd64
- [ok] Display Server: Wayland
- WAYLAND_DISPLAY=wayland-1
**Versions**
- [ok] DMS CLI: dms (git) v1.5-3754
- /usr/bin/dms
- [ok] Quickshell: Quickshell 0.3.0 (revision 4b4fca3224ab977dc515ac0bb78d00b3dfa71e00, distributed by Fedora COPR (avengemedia/quickshell))
- /usr/bin/qs
- [ok] DMS Shell: v1.5-beta
- /usr/share/quickshell/dms
**Installation**
- [ok] DMS Configuration: Found
- /usr/share/quickshell/dms
- [ok] shell.qml: Present
- /usr/share/quickshell/dms/shell.qml
- [info] Install Type: System package
- /usr/share/quickshell/dms
**Compositor**
- [ok] niri: 26.04 (git)
- /usr/bin/niri
- [info] Active: niri
- [ok] Background Blur: Supported
- Compositor supports ext-background-effect-v1
**Quickshell Features**
- [ok] Polkit: Available
- Authentication prompts
- [ok] IdleMonitor: Available
- Idle detection
- [ok] IdleInhibitor: Available
- Prevent idle/sleep
- [ok] ShortcutInhibitor: Available
- Allow shortcut management (niri)
- [ok] BackgroundBlur: Available
- Background blur API support in Quickshell
**Optional Features**
- [ok] accountsservice: Available
- User accounts
- [ok] power-profiles-daemon: Available
- Power profile management
- [ok] logind: Available
- Session management
- [ok] cups-pk-helper: Available
- Printer management
- [ok] I2C/DDC: 1 monitor(s) detected
- External monitor brightness control
- [ok] qt6-imageformats: Installed (5 formats)
- Formats: WebP, TIFF, GIF, JP2, ICNS (/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats)
- [ok] kimageformats: Installed (4 formats)
- Formats: AVIF, HEIF, JXL, EXR (/usr/lib64/qt6/plugins/imageformats)
- [ok] Terminal: kitty
- [ok] Network: NetworkManager
- NetworkManager present. Using NM API.
- [ok] matugen: Installed
- Dynamic theming
- [ok] dgop: Installed
- System monitoring
- [ok] cava: Installed
- Audio visualizer
- [info] khal: Not installed
- Calendar events
- [ok] danksearch: Installed
- File search
- [ok] fprintd: Installed
- Fingerprint auth
**Config Files**
- [ok] settings.json: Present
- /home/JD/.config/DankMaterialShell/settings.json
- [ok] clsettings.json: Present
- /home/JD/.config/DankMaterialShell/clsettings.json
- [ok] plugin_settings.json: Present
- /home/JD/.config/DankMaterialShell/plugin_settings.json
- [ok] session.json: Present
- /home/JD/.local/state/DankMaterialShell/session.json
- [ok] dms-colors.json: Present
- /home/JD/.cache/DankMaterialShell/dms-colors.json
**Services**
- [ok] dms.service: enabled, active
- [ok] greetd: enabled
**Environment**
- [info] QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME: kde
- [info] QS_ICON_THEME: Not set
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**Summary:** 0 error(s), 0 warning(s), 36 ok
### Description
When DMS Is Restarted it loses Placement of Secondary Monitor.
### Expected Behavior
It Should not forgot / override display placement.
### Steps to Reproduce
1. Place Secondary Monitor On Top Of Primary Monitor.
2. Restart The DMS.
### Error Messages/Logs
_No response_
### Screenshots/Recordings
_No response_
Contributor guide
Research direction
Reproduce the issue by placing the secondary monitor above the primary, restarting DMS, and checking whether the placement changes. Inspect the mentioned settings.json and session.json files to determine where display placement is persisted; done means the placement remains unchanged after a DMS restart.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- linux
- Domain
- desktop, operating-systems
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 48/100