Start with /monitors: flag not open right monitor

[xBr0th3rx]

Describe the bug When I start Freerdp and use the /monitors: option, it does not work with single monitor selection. This then opens with e.g. /monitors:0 on the monitor where the mouse is currently on.

To Reproduce Steps to reproduce the behavior:

1. start xfreerdp3 session with on Multiple Monitors
2. set option /monitors:0 or 1
3. See monitor open where the mouse is currently on

Expected behavior If I specify /monitors:0 it is not opened on the monitor and not where my mouse is currently active.

Screenshots My Monitors:

Application details

• FreeRDP version (3.9.1-dev0 (f1725b2d9))
• /opt/freerdp-nightly/bin/xfreerdp3 /d:XXXX /u:XXXX /size:1915x995 /v:XXXX /f /decorations /sound /clipboard /sec:tls /cert-ignore /fonts /dynamic-resolution +auto-reconnect /rfx /monitors:0
• Output of `This is FreeRDP version 3.9.1-dev0 (f1725b2d9) Build configuration: BUILD_TESTING=OFF WINPR_HAVE_AIO_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_EXECINFO_BACKTRACE=1 WINPR_HAVE_EXECINFO_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS=1 WINPR_HAVE_EXECINFO_BACKTRACE_SYMBOLS_FD=1 WINPR_HAVE_EXECINFO_HEADER=1 WINPR_HAVE_FCNTL_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_GETLOGIN_R=1 WINPR_HAVE_GETPWUID_R=1 WINPR_HAVE_INTTYPES_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_POLL_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMEDLOCK_LIB=1 WINPR_HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMEDLOCK_LIBS= WINPR_HAVE_PTHREAD_MUTEX_TIMEDLOCK_SYMBOL=1 WINPR_HAVE_STDBOOL_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_STDINT_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_STRERROR_R=1 WINPR_HAVE_STRNDUP=1 WINPR_HAVE_SYSLOG_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_SYS_EVENTFD_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_SYS_FILIO_H= WINPR_HAVE_SYS_SELECT_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_SYS_SOCKIO_H= WINPR_HAVE_SYS_TIMERFD_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_TM_GMTOFF=1 WINPR_HAVE_UNISTD_H=1 WINPR_HAVE_UNWIND_H=1 WITH_AAD=ON WITH_ABSOLUTE_PLUGIN_LOAD_PATHS=ON WITH_ADD_PLUGIN_TO_RPATH=OFF WITH_ALSA=ON WITH_AVX2=OFF WITH_AVX2_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_BINARY_VERSIONING=ON WITH_CAIRO=ON WITH_CCACHE=ON WITH_CHANNELS=ON WITH_CJSON_REQUIRED=OFF WITH_CLANG_FORMAT=ON WITH_CLIENT=ON WITH_CLIENT_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_CLIENT_CHANNELS=ON WITH_CLIENT_CHANNELS_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_CLIENT_COMMON=ON WITH_CLIENT_INTERFACE=OFF WITH_CLIENT_SDL=ON WITH_CLIENT_SDL2=ON WITH_CLIENT_SDL3=OFF WITH_CLIENT_SDL_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_CLIENT_SDL_VERSIONED=OFF WITH_CUPS=ON WITH_DEBUG_ALL=OFF WITH_DEBUG_CAPABILITIES=OFF WITH_DEBUG_CERTIFICATE=OFF WITH_DEBUG_CHANNELS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_CLIPRDR=OFF WITH_DEBUG_CODECS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_DVC=OFF WITH_DEBUG_EVENTS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_KBD=OFF WITH_DEBUG_LICENSE=OFF WITH_DEBUG_MUTEX=OFF WITH_DEBUG_NEGO=OFF WITH_DEBUG_NLA=OFF WITH_DEBUG_NTLM=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RAIL=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RDP=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RDPDR=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RDPEI=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RDPGFX=OFF WITH_DEBUG_REDIR=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RFX=OFF WITH_DEBUG_RINGBUFFER=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SCARD=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SCHANNEL=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SDL_EVENTS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SDL_KBD_EVENTS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SND=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SVC=OFF WITH_DEBUG_SYMBOLS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_THREADS=OFF WITH_DEBUG_TIMEZONE=OFF WITH_DEBUG_TRANSPORT=OFF WITH_DEBUG_TSG=OFF WITH_DEBUG_TSMF=OFF WITH_DEBUG_TSMF_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_DEBUG_URBDRC=OFF WITH_DEBUG_WND=OFF WITH_DEBUG_X11=OFF WITH_DEBUG_X11_LOCAL_MOVESIZE=OFF WITH_DEBUG_XV=OFF WITH_DOCUMENTATION=OFF WITH_DSP_EXPERIMENTAL=OFF WITH_DSP_FFMPEG=ON WITH_DSP_FFMPEG_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_EVENTFD_READ_WRITE=1 WITH_FAAC=OFF WITH_FAAD2=OFF WITH_FDK_AAC=OFF WITH_FFMPEG=ON WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED=OFF WITH_FREERDP_DEPRECATED_COMMANDLINE=ON WITH_FULL_CONFIG_PATH=OFF WITH_FUSE=ON WITH_GFX_FRAME_DUMP=OFF WITH_GFX_H264=ON WITH_GPROF=OFF WITH_GSM=OFF WITH_INTERNAL_MD4=OFF WITH_INTERNAL_MD5=OFF WITH_INTERNAL_RC4=OFF WITH_JPEG=OFF WITH_JSONC_REQUIRED=OFF WITH_JSON_DISABLED=OFF WITH_KEYBOARD_LAYOUT_FROM_FILE=OFF WITH_KRB5=ON WITH_KRB5_NO_NTLM_FALLBACK=OFF WITH_LAME=OFF WITH_LIBRARY_VERSIONING=ON WITH_LIBRESSL=OFF WITH_LODEPNG=OFF WITH_MACAUDIO=OFF WITH_MACAUDIO_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_MANPAGES=ON WITH_MBEDTLS=OFF WITH_NATIVE_SSPI=OFF WITH_NEON=OFF WITH_OPENCL=OFF WITH_OPENH264=OFF WITH_OPENSSL=ON WITH_OPUS=ON WITH_OSS=ON WITH_PCSC=ON WITH_PKCS11=ON WITH_PLATFORM_SERVER=ON WITH_POLL=ON WITH_PROFILER=OFF WITH_PROXY=ON WITH_PROXY_APP=ON WITH_PROXY_EMULATE_SMARTCARD=OFF WITH_PROXY_MODULES=ON WITH_PULSE=ON WITH_RDTK=ON WITH_SAMPLE=ON WITH_SANITIZE_ADDRESS=ON WITH_SANITIZE_ADDRESS_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_SANITIZE_MEMORY=OFF WITH_SANITIZE_MEMORY_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_SANITIZE_THREAD=OFF WITH_SANITIZE_THREAD_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_SDL_IMAGE_DIALOGS=ON WITH_SDL_LINK_SHARED=ON WITH_SERVER=ON WITH_SERVER_CHANNELS=ON WITH_SERVER_INTERFACE=ON WITH_SHADOW=ON WITH_SMARTCARD_EMULATE=ON WITH_SMARTCARD_INSPECT=OFF WITH_SMARTCARD_PCSC=ON WITH_SOXR=OFF WITH_SSE2=OFF WITH_SWSCALE=ON WITH_SYSTEMD=ON WITH_THIRD_PARTY=OFF WITH_TIMEZONE_COMPILED=ON WITH_TIMEZONE_FROM_FILE=OFF WITH_TIMEZONE_ICU=OFF WITH_UNICODE_BUILTIN=OFF WITH_URIPARSER=ON WITH_VAAPI=OFF WITH_VAAPI_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK=OFF WITH_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK_AVAILABLE=0 WITH_VERBOSE_WINPR_ASSERT=ON WITH_VIDEO_FFMPEG=ON WITH_VIDEO_FFMPEG_AVAILABLE=1 WITH_WAYLAND=ON WITH_WEBVIEW=OFF WITH_WINPR_DEPRECATED=OFF WITH_WINPR_JSON=ON WITH_WINPR_TOOLS=ON WITH_WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_JPEG=ON WITH_WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_PNG=ON WITH_WINPR_UTILS_IMAGE_WEBP=ON WITH_WIN_CONSOLE=ON WITH_X11=ON WITH_XCURSOR=ON WITH_XEXT=ON WITH_XFIXES=ON WITH_XI=ON WITH_XINERAMA=ON WITH_XRANDR=ON WITH_XRENDER=ON WITH_XV=ON Build type: RelWithDebInfo CFLAGS: -g -O2 -ffile-prefix-map=/build/freerdp-nightly-3.0.0+0~20241022014826.1638~1.gbpf1725b=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -Wdate-time -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2 -fPIC -Wall -fvisibility=hidden -Wimplicit-function-declaration -Wredundant-decls -g -fno-omit-frame-pointer -fsanitize=address -fsanitize-address-use-after-scope Compiler: GNU, 10.2.1 Target architecture: x64 Keyboard Shortcuts: releases keyboard and mouse grab ++ toggles fullscreen state of the application ++c toggles remote control in a remote assistance session ++m minimizes the application Action Script Executes a predefined script on key press. Should the script not exist it is ignored. Scripts can be provided at the default location ~/.config/freerdp/action.sh or as command line argument /action:script: The script will receive the current key combination as argument. The output of the script is parsed for 'key-local' which tells that the script used the key combination, otherwise the combination is forwarded to the remote. `
• Windows Termal Server 2019
• If available the log output from a run with log.txt

Environment (please complete the following information):

• OS: Debian
• Version/Distribution: Debian 11
• Architecture: amd64

Additional context The strange thing is that if I specify more than 1 monitor, they are also opened correctly. But if I only select 1 monitor, it opens it where the mouse is currently located.

[akallabeth]

yes, as intended. updated the flag description in the referenced pull request so that such misconceptions are prevented.

[xBr0th3rx]

So that means the selection of a monitor is not possible?

[akallabeth]

not by command line, no. but there are other tools that allow placing windows where you want them.

[xBr0th3rx]

Aaah Okay then I know what's going on :D