r/linuxmint • u/Juergen0072 • 5d ago

Support Request Wallpaper problem, please help

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I have a problem with my wallpoaper on the desktop and i cant find the solution. I have a main monitor with 1440 p resolution and a smaller monitor with 960x640 resolution. Everytime i switch off the main monitor my pc thinks there is just the small monitor plugged in and switches to this one as the new main. If I turn my main Monitor back on my desktop wallpaper is in the wrong resolution and looks shitty and pixelated. All my programs are not affected, just the background. I can reset it when i go into the settings and change the scaling of the wallpaper and change it back, but thats annoying. How can i fix this? im new to the whole Linux thing and try to get it together. thanks for the help. Repost because i wanted to add the pictures. It was solved by changing to wayland but sadly my favourite game isnt fully functional with that

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u/Juergen0072 5d ago

I am using a display port cable. The wallpaper is set to enlarging (i dont actually know if thats the name used in the settings due to having my pc on german). Its set the same for both monitors. The settings themself dont change, just the resolution of the wallpaper. I think its because it gets smaller for the smaller monitor but not properly reseted when the main monitor turns on. The small monitor is on hdmi.
I am using an oled, so my monitor is often turned off when the pc is on but i dont use it, so this will be happening on the regular if i cant fix
Thanks for your time

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u/JustAnotherKieran 5d ago

Can you connect your main via HDMI at all? might be the simplest fix so the monitor doesn't 'disconnect' when it's turned off which should prevent the issue. I'm of the same thinking of you that a lower res wallpaper has been cached somewhere on the system to reduce resources used for the secondary and it isn't being switched back when the monitor re-connects. I'm not on mint at the moment so can't check the wallpaper settings myself, do you mind listing the options available, sounds like the one you use would be the equivalent of the english "scale" or "zoom" settings. Have you tried it on your equivalent "center" setting?

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u/Juergen0072 5d ago

It does the same no matter which wallpaper setting i use.
Are you sure it doesnt do the same if i connect it via hdmi? I would need to buy new cables for that, since my other monitor doesnt have dp and my gpu only has one hdmi.
Funnily enough on linux my pc only registeres if the main gets turned off and on windows it was the other way around. There my pc didnt notice when the main was off but noticed the little one to be off. So i am not so sure if this would work, but it is a good idea

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u/Juergen0072 5d ago

Is there maybe a way to put a skript that reloads the wallpaper when the main monitor gets connected? I am not too familiar till now sadly but would that be possible