Rofi appearing on the wrong or on both monitor

[bendem]

Version

Version: 1.0.0-devel
Git:     2127682

Configuration

https://gist.github.com/bendem/a8766dac1bcc25534c2c

Steps to reproduce

I'm launching rofi with rofi -show drun -modi drun from my i3 config (bindsym $mod+d exec --no-startup-id rofi -show drun -modi drun).

My mutli monitor is setup using xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --primary --output HDMI1 --auto --right-of eDP1

When an application on my laptop's monitor (primary) is focused, rofi starts at the middle of it to the middle of the other monitor. When an application is focused on the other monitor, rofi is launched normally (wrong monitor, correct aspect) on my laptop's (primary) monitor.

What behaviour you see

rofi shows up on the wrong screen or half on each screen (as if both monitor were actually one and it tried to appear in the middle - rofi.location: 2).

What behaviour you expect to see

rofi should open correctly sized on the screen focused.

More info

This behavior is not consistent. Generally, reloading i3 fixes it (bindsym $mod+Shift+r restart).

[DaveDavenport]

Very weird, esp. the i3 restart magically fixes things.

I cannot reproduce here..

can you pastebin: xrandr --listmonitors when it goes wrong.

[bendem]

Will do next time it happens (it'll be the full xrandr output, --listmonitors is not a thing on the version I'm on [1.4.3]).

[bendem]

This happened again today after switching my monitor's position. Here is the output of xrandr:

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3840 x 1080, maximum 32767 x 32767
eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 293mm x 165mm
   1920x1080     60.05*+
   1400x1050     59.98  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     60.02  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1368x768      60.00  
   1280x720      60.00  
   1024x768      60.00  
   1024x576      60.00  
   960x540       60.00  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   864x486       60.00  
   640x480       59.94  
   720x405       60.00  
   640x360       60.00  
HDMI1 connected 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 597mm x 336mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  50.00    59.94    24.00    23.98  
   1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1680x1050     59.88  
   1600x900      60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      59.90  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1024x768      75.08    70.07    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x576i      50.00  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x480i      60.00    59.94  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

[DaveDavenport]

hmm it happens when changing the monitor layout.. Ill test that at home/work where I have dual mon.

[DaveDavenport]

hmmm switching screens on and off, clone, swap and more did not reproduce this.

[flocke]

I have something similar with my herbstluftwm setup (3 monitors, setup with xrandr). Every time I open rofi (run and window mode) it is stretched over all 3 monitors (location 0). I assume it uses the total size of all screens (5280 x 1080) to calculate its position.

xrandr:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 5280 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
DisplayPort-0 connected primary 1680x1050+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 473mm x 296mm
   1680x1050     59.95*+
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      74.98    59.90  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.08    70.07    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00  
   720x400       70.08  
DisplayPort-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+3360+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 800mm x 450mm
   1280x768      59.99 +
   1920x1080     60.00*   50.00    59.94    30.00    25.00    24.00    29.97    23.98  
   1920x1080i    60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1360x768      60.02  
   1280x720      60.00    50.00    59.94  
   1024x768      75.08    60.00  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   720x576       50.00  
   720x576i      50.00  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   720x480i      60.00    59.94  
   640x480       75.00    60.00    59.94  
DVI-0 connected 1680x1050+1680+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 473mm x 296mm
   1680x1050     59.95*+
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      74.98    59.90  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.08    70.07    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00  
   720x400       70.08  

[DaveDavenport]

Interesting. What version of rofi? does it always happen? or sporadically (as in bug report). What distro and version of herbstlufwm? (wonder if switching from xinerama to querying xrandr might improve things).

[flocke]

Rofi version: 1.0.0 (happened in the RC1 as well, I believe it didn't happen in the latest 0.x version) Herbstluftwm version: 0.7.0 Distro: Exherbo

And for me it happens every time I call rofi, not sporadically.

[DaveDavenport]

Can you paste the output of https://github.com/DaveDavenport/xininfo?

$ xininfo -print
Total size:    3840 1080
Num. monitors: 2
               0: 0 0 -> 1920 1080
               1: 1920 0 -> 1920 1080
Active mon:    1
               1932-12

[flocke]

[flocke@toybox xininfo]# ./xininfo -print
Total size:    5280 1080
Num. monitors: 3
               0: 0 0 -> 1680 1050
               1: 3360 0 -> 1920 1080
               2: 1680 0 -> 1680 1050
Active mon:    0
               5-21

Edit: Here is what it looks like: http://shadowice.org/~flocke/images/misc/2016-04-18-192319_5280x1080_scrot.png

Edit2: Ok, I just noticed it is not always stretched over all monitors. Only when I run it from herbstluftwm tag 1 ("Main" in my screenshot), regardless on which monitor the tag is.

[DaveDavenport]

So the right size is exposed via xinerama. I guess I have to install autumnairwm.

[flocke]

It's really strange, I found 3 cases by now: When I run rofi from ...

1. ... the first herbstluftwm tag/workspace/whatever it is called (it's been a while since I configured it), regardless on which monitor this tag currently is -> it is stretched over all monitors
2. ... the second tag on the second monitor -> rofi pops up on the first monitor (regardless of what tag is on it) ... for whatever reason
3. ... every other tag-monitor combination -> it pops up on the correct tag and monitor it was called from, as expected

I will play around a little bit more and report back.

[purdobol]

Having similar problem. I'm using openbox and have dual monitor setup. Primary monitor is set where mouse pointer is. And rofi after upgrade appears only on "real" primary monitor (the first one). Previous version (0.15.12-1 :P) worked fine. It appeared where my mouse pointer was at the time, like it should.

[DaveDavenport]

@purdobol please read manpage, the -m option..

   -m num -monitor num

       Select (Xinerama) monitor to display rofi on. Negative numbers are handled differently:

       ·   -1: the currently focused monitor.

       ·   -2: the currently focused window (i.e. rofi will be displayed on top of the focused window).

       ·   -3: Position at mouse (still follows the location setting, use -location 1 to get normal context menu behaviour.)

           Default: -1

Behavior in 0.15.12 actually did not match up documentation.

(using mouse pointer to see active monitor is fallback mode, I guess we could add this as option. Please make a separate issue for this.)

[purdobol]

Thanks. It's working with -2 option. And sorry. Thought those issues are related.

[DaveDavenport]

n.p.

[DaveDavenport]

Does this issue still exists? any more information on this?

[bendem]

I can't say, I've not been using linux much lately.

[DaveDavenport]

Please re-open if still an issue. (I notice on i3 sometimes does weird things on hot-plugging monitors, i3-restart fixes this.. seems to be i3 passing wrong info.)

[2e0byo]

Found similar problems with i3 and xrandr; restarting i3 fixes every time. Perhaps this could be added to the FAQ, as I suspect a lot of i3 users using Rofi? (and apologies to reopen an old thread)

[DaveDavenport]

@2e0byo did you try with latest git? maybe above fix, fixes this.

[bendem]

I have been using rofi again for a few months and I have not encountered that problem again.

➜ rofi -version
Version: 1.4.2-80-git-74106921-dirty (next)
➜ i3 -version
i3 version 4.14.1 (2017-09-24) © 2009 Michael Stapelberg and contributors
➜ xrandr --version
xrandr program version       1.5.0
Server reports RandR version 1.5

[2e0byo]

Sorry for the delay...

Confirm this is still happening for me with latest rofi (Version: 1.4.2-130-git-43127f83 (next)). As a workaround I just have

xrandr --output DVI-0 --auto --output VGA-0 --auto --right-of DVI-0 i3-msg reload

in my .xinitrc, which is perfectly useable. After reload rofi behaves properly.

John

On Sun 05 Nov 2017 at 15:19, Dave Davenport wrote:

@2e0byo did you try with latest git? maybe above fix, fixes this.

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[ripefig]

Still happening on Kwin, with monitor set to "-1"

[DaveDavenport]

can I get the output of rofi -h? when it shows over 2 monitors.

[NMertsch]

I have the issue of rofi sometimes running on the wrong screen (but never on multiple screen, always in the middle of one screen) with i3 version 4.16.1 and rofi 1.5.1 on Ubuntu 19.04. with rofi.monitor: -1.

Happens when using two or three screens, I never tried more.

So far it seems like it can be "resolved" by this:

1. restart i3 (i3-msg restart)
   • rofi still sometimes runs on the same wrong screen as before. "sometimes" because I could not find a pattern when it works and when it doesn't.
2. if restarting i3 alone did not fix it: focus a different window than the currently focused. Focusing an empty workspace is not fixing it.
   • after that focusing different windows and workspaces via keyboard will cause rofi to run on the currently focused screen.

rofi -h:

rofi usage:
    rofi [-options ...]

Command line only options:
    -no-config                             Do not load configuration, use default values.
    -v,-version                            Print the version number and exit.
    -dmenu                                 Start in dmenu mode.
    -display [string]                      X server to contact.
        ${DISPLAY}
    -h,-help                               This help message.
    -dump-xresources                       Dump the current configuration in Xresources format and exit.
    -e [string]                            Show a dialog displaying the passed message and exit.
    -markup                                Enable pango markup where possible.
    -normal-window                         In dmenu mode, behave as a normal window. (experimental)
    -show [mode]                           Show the mode 'mode' and exit. The mode has to be enabled.
    -no-lazy-grab                          Disable lazy grab that, when fail to grab keyboard, does not block but retry later.
    -no-plugins                            Disable loading of external plugins.
    -plugin-path                           Directory used to search for rofi plugins.
    -dump-config                           Dump the current configuration in rasi format and exit.
    -dump-theme                            Dump the current theme in rasi format and exit.
DMENU command line options:
    -mesg [string]                         Print a small user message under the prompt (uses pango markup)
    -p [string]                            Prompt to display left of entry field
    -selected-row [integer]                Select row
    -format [string]                       Output format string
        s
    -u [list]                              List of row indexes to mark urgent
    -a [list]                              List of row indexes to mark active
    -l [integer]                           Number of rows to display
    -i                                     Set filter to be case insensitive
    -only-match                            Force selection or custom entry
    -no-custom                             Don't accept custom entry
    -select [string]                       Select the first row that matches
    -password                              Do not show what the user inputs. Show '*' instead.
    -markup-rows                           Allow and render pango markup as input data.
    -sep [char]                            Element separator.
        '\n'
    -input [filename]                      Read input from file instead from standard input.
    -sync                                  Force dmenu to first read all input data, then show dialog.
    -async-pre-read [number]               Read several entries blocking before switching to async mode
        25
    -w windowid                            Position over window with X11 windowid.
Global options:
    -modi [string]                          Enabled modi
        window,run,ssh (Default)
    -width [number]                         Window width
        50 (Default)
    -lines [number]                         Number of lines
        10 (File)
    -columns [number]                       Number of columns
        1 (Default)
    -font [string]                          Font to use
        mono 12 (Default)
    -bw [number]                            Border width
        1 (Default)
    -location [number]                      Location on screen
        0 (Default)
    -padding [number]                       Padding
        5 (Default)
    -yoffset [number]                       Y-offset relative to location
        0 (Default)
    -xoffset [number]                       X-offset relative to location
        0 (Default)
    -[no-]fixed-num-lines                   Always show number of lines
        False (File)
    -[no-]show-icons                        Whether to load and show icons
        True (File)
    -terminal [string]                      Terminal to use
        rofi-sensible-terminal (Default)
    -ssh-client [string]                    Ssh client to use
        ssh (Default)
    -ssh-command [string]                   Ssh command to execute
        {terminal} -e {ssh-client} {host} (Default)
    -run-command [string]                   Run command to execute
        {cmd} (Default)
    -run-list-command [string]              Command to get extra run targets
         (Default)
    -run-shell-command [string]             Run command to execute that runs in shell
        {terminal} -e {cmd} (Default)
    -window-command [string]                Command executed on accep-entry-custom for window modus
        xkill -id {window} (Default)
    -window-match-fields [string]           Window fields to match in window mode
        all (Default)
    -drun-icon-theme [string]               Theme to use to look for icons
        (unset) (Default)
    -drun-match-fields [string]             Desktop entry fields to match in drun
        name,generic,exec,categories (Default)
    -[no-]disable-history                   Disable history in run/ssh
        False (Default)
    -[no-]sort                              Use sorting
        False (Default)
    -[no-]levenshtein-sort                  Use levenshtein sorting also for fuzzy matching
        False (Default)
    -[no-]case-sensitive                    Set case-sensitivity
        False (Default)
    -[no-]cycle                             Cycle through the results list
        True (Default)
    -[no-]sidebar-mode                      Enable sidebar-mode
        False (Default)
    -eh [number]                            Row height (in chars)
        1 (Default)
    -[no-]auto-select                       Enable auto select mode
        False (Default)
    -[no-]parse-hosts                       Parse hosts file for ssh mode
        False (Default)
    -[no-]parse-known-hosts                 Parse known_hosts file for ssh mode
        True (Default)
    -combi-modi [string]                    Set the modi to combine in combi mode
        window,run (Default)
    -matching [string]                      Set the matching algorithm. (normal, regex, glob, fuzzy)
        normal (Default)
    -[no-]tokenize                          Tokenize input string
        True (Default)
    -m [string]                             Monitor id to show on
        -1 (Default)
    -line-margin [number]                   Margin between rows *DEPRECATED*
        2 (Default)
    -line-padding [number]                  Padding within rows *DEPRECATED*
        1 (Default)
    -filter [string]                        Pre-set filter
        (unset) (Default)
    -separator-style [string]               Separator style (none, dash, solid) *DEPRECATED*
        dash (Default)
    -[no-]hide-scrollbar                    Hide scroll-bar *DEPRECATED*
        False (Default)
    -[no-]fullscreen                        Fullscreen
        False (Default)
    -[no-]fake-transparency                 Fake transparency *DEPRECATED*
        False (Default)
    -dpi [number]                           DPI
        -1 (Default)
    -threads [number]                       Threads to use for string matching
        0 (Default)
    -scrollbar-width [number]               Scrollbar width *DEPRECATED*
        8 (Default)
    -scroll-method [number]                 Scrolling method. (0: Page, 1: Centered)
        0 (Default)
    -fake-background [string]               Background to use for fake transparency. (background or screenshot)
        screenshot (Default)
    -window-format [string]                 Window Format. w (desktop name), t (title), n (name), r (role), c (class) *DEPRECATED*
        {w}    {i}{c}   {t} (Default)
    -[no-]click-to-exit                     Click outside the window to exit
        True (Default)
    -[no-]show-match                        Indicate how it match by underlining it.
        True (Default)
    -theme [string]                         New style theme file
        ~/.config/rofi/themes/Arc-Dark.rasi (File)
    -color-normal [string]                  Color scheme for normal row
        (unset) (Default)
    -color-urgent [string]                  Color scheme for urgent row
        (unset) (Default)
    -color-active [string]                  Color scheme for active row
        (unset) (Default)
    -color-window [string]                  Color scheme window
        (unset) (Default)
    -max-history-size [number]              Max history size (WARNING: can cause slowdowns when set to high).
        25 (Default)
    -[no-]combi-hide-mode-prefix            Hide the prefix mode prefix on the combi view.
        False (Default)
    -pid [string]                           Pidfile location
        /run/user/1000/rofi.pid (Default)
    -display-window [string]                The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-windowcd [string]              The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-run [string]                   The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-ssh [string]                   The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-drun [string]                  The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-combi [string]                 The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -display-keys [string]                  The display name of this browser
        (unset) (Default)
    -kb-primary-paste [string]              Paste primary selection
        Control+V,Shift+Insert (Default)
    -kb-secondary-paste [string]            Paste clipboard
        Control+v,Insert (Default)
    -kb-clear-line [string]                 Clear input line
        Control+w (Default)
    -kb-move-front [string]                 Beginning of line
        Control+a (Default)
    -kb-move-end [string]                   End of line
        Control+e (Default)
    -kb-move-word-back [string]             Move back one word
        Alt+b (Default)
    -kb-move-word-forward [string]          Move forward one word
        Alt+f (Default)
    -kb-move-char-back [string]             Move back one char
        Left,Control+b (Default)
    -kb-move-char-forward [string]          Move forward one char
        Right,Control+f (Default)
    -kb-remove-word-back [string]           Delete previous word
        Control+Alt+h,Control+BackSpace (Default)
    -kb-remove-word-forward [string]        Delete next word
        Control+Alt+d (Default)
    -kb-remove-char-forward [string]        Delete next char
        Delete,Control+d (Default)
    -kb-remove-char-back [string]           Delete previous char
        BackSpace,Control+h (Default)
    -kb-remove-to-eol [string]              Delete till the end of line
        Control+k (Default)
    -kb-remove-to-sol [string]              Delete till the start of line
        Control+u (Default)
    -kb-accept-entry [string]               Accept entry
        Control+j,Control+m,Return,KP_Enter (Default)
    -kb-accept-custom [string]              Use entered text as command (in ssh/run modi)
        Control+Return (Default)
    -kb-accept-alt [string]                 Use alternate accept command.
        Shift+Return (Default)
    -kb-delete-entry [string]               Delete entry from history
        Shift+Delete (Default)
    -kb-mode-next [string]                  Switch to the next mode.
        Shift+Right,Control+Tab (Default)
    -kb-mode-previous [string]              Switch to the previous mode.
        Shift+Left,Control+ISO_Left_Tab (Default)
    -kb-row-left [string]                   Go to the previous column
        Control+Page_Up (Default)
    -kb-row-right [string]                  Go to the next column
        Control+Page_Down (Default)
    -kb-row-up [string]                     Select previous entry
        Up,Control+p,ISO_Left_Tab (Default)
    -kb-row-down [string]                   Select next entry
        Down,Control+n (Default)
    -kb-row-tab [string]                    Go to next row, if one left, accept it, if no left next mode.
        Tab (Default)
    -kb-page-prev [string]                  Go to the previous page
        Page_Up (Default)
    -kb-page-next [string]                  Go to the next page
        Page_Down (Default)
    -kb-row-first [string]                  Go to the first entry
        Home,KP_Home (Default)
    -kb-row-last [string]                   Go to the last entry
        End,KP_End (Default)
    -kb-row-select [string]                 Set selected item as input text
        Control+space (Default)
    -kb-screenshot [string]                 Take a screenshot of the rofi window
        Alt+S (Default)
    -kb-toggle-case-sensitivity [string]    Toggle case sensitivity
        grave,dead_grave (Default)
    -kb-toggle-sort [string]                Toggle sort
        Alt+grave (Default)
    -kb-cancel [string]                     Quit rofi
        Escape,Control+g,Control+bracketleft (Default)
    -kb-custom-1 [string]                   Custom keybinding 1
        Alt+1 (Default)
    -kb-custom-2 [string]                   Custom keybinding 2
        Alt+2 (Default)
    -kb-custom-3 [string]                   Custom keybinding 3
        Alt+3 (Default)
    -kb-custom-4 [string]                   Custom keybinding 4
        Alt+4 (Default)
    -kb-custom-5 [string]                   Custom Keybinding 5
        Alt+5 (Default)
    -kb-custom-6 [string]                   Custom keybinding 6
        Alt+6 (Default)
    -kb-custom-7 [string]                   Custom Keybinding 7
        Alt+7 (Default)
    -kb-custom-8 [string]                   Custom keybinding 8
        Alt+8 (Default)
    -kb-custom-9 [string]                   Custom keybinding 9
        Alt+9 (Default)
    -kb-custom-10 [string]                  Custom keybinding 10
        Alt+0 (Default)
    -kb-custom-11 [string]                  Custom keybinding 11
        Alt+exclam (Default)
    -kb-custom-12 [string]                  Custom keybinding 12
        Alt+at (Default)
    -kb-custom-13 [string]                  Csutom keybinding 13
        Alt+numbersign (Default)
    -kb-custom-14 [string]                  Custom keybinding 14
        Alt+dollar (Default)
    -kb-custom-15 [string]                  Custom keybinding 15
        Alt+percent (Default)
    -kb-custom-16 [string]                  Custom keybinding 16
        Alt+dead_circumflex (Default)
    -kb-custom-17 [string]                  Custom keybinding 17
        Alt+ampersand (Default)
    -kb-custom-18 [string]                  Custom keybinding 18
        Alt+asterisk (Default)
    -kb-custom-19 [string]                  Custom Keybinding 19
        Alt+parenleft (Default)
    -kb-select-1 [string]                   Select row 1
        Super+1 (Default)
    -kb-select-2 [string]                   Select row 2
        Super+2 (Default)
    -kb-select-3 [string]                   Select row 3
        Super+3 (Default)
    -kb-select-4 [string]                   Select row 4
        Super+4 (Default)
    -kb-select-5 [string]                   Select row 5
        Super+5 (Default)
    -kb-select-6 [string]                   Select row 6
        Super+6 (Default)
    -kb-select-7 [string]                   Select row 7
        Super+7 (Default)
    -kb-select-8 [string]                   Select row 8
        Super+8 (Default)
    -kb-select-9 [string]                   Select row 9
        Super+9 (Default)
    -kb-select-10 [string]                  Select row 10
        Super+0 (Default)
    -ml-row-left [string]                   Go to the previous column
        ScrollLeft (Default)
    -ml-row-right [string]                  Go to the next column
        ScrollRight (Default)
    -ml-row-up [string]                     Select previous entry
        ScrollUp (Default)
    -ml-row-down [string]                   Select next entry
        ScrollDown (Default)
    -me-select-entry [string]               Select hovered row
        MousePrimary (Default)
    -me-accept-entry [string]               Accept hovered row
        MouseDPrimary (Default)
    -me-accept-custom [string]              Accept hovered row with custom action
        Control+MouseDPrimary (Default)

Monitor layout:
              ID: 0 (primary)
            name: eDP1
        position: 1920,0
            size: 1366,768
            size: 340mm,190mm  dpi: 102,103

              ID: 1
            name: DP1
        position: 0,0
            size: 1920,1080
            size: 480mm,270mm  dpi: 102,102

              ID: 2
            name: HDMI2
        position: 3286,0
            size: 1920,1080
            size: 600mm,340mm  dpi: 81,81

Detected modi:
        * +window
        * windowcd
        * +run
        * +ssh
        * drun
        * combi
        * keys

Compile time options:
    * window  enabled
    * drun    enabled
    * timings disabled
    * gcov    disabled
    * asan    disabled

For more information see: man rofi
                 Version: 1.5.1
              Bugreports: https://github.com/DaveDavenport/rofi/
                 Support: https://reddit.com/r/qtools/
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      Configuration file: /home/niklas/.config/rofi/config

[sardemff7]

Please do not hijack an existing issue, specifically a closed one. Update rofi (preferably to git master, at least to latest release) and open a new issue if your problem persists.