I rebooted today and rainmeter started displaying my skin on the secondary (right) monitor instead of the primary (left) monitor. Try as I might with swapping DVI connections, reordering, reapplying settings, etc within Windows, my skin always appeared on the right monitor, whether it was marked as primary or not. I also tried manually dragging components of the skin over to the left monitor, made sure 'Save Position' was on, exited Rainmeter and re-opened, but the component would just display on the right monitor again.
Eventually, by adding @2 to all the X's in the Rainmeter.ini, I was able to get the skin back onto the left monitor.
Currently running Rainmeter 1.1 rev 223 (64-bit), but was running 1.1 rev 213 (32-bit) when this started.
System Stats:
Windows 7 64-bit
4GB of RAM
Xeon X3200 - Quad Core @ 2.40 Ghz
GeForce 9800 GT with 190.38 drivers
Thanks to DragonMage for helping me in IRC
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Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Same problem here.
My primary monitor is on the right side with resolution (1920x1080); while my secondary monitor is on left side with resolution (1280x1024).
Using 64bit widnows 7 and rainmeter 1.1 64bit.
My primary monitor is on the right side with resolution (1920x1080); while my secondary monitor is on left side with resolution (1280x1024).
Using 64bit widnows 7 and rainmeter 1.1 64bit.
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Same problem 2.
Windows 7, 64 bits.
Windows 7, 64 bits.
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Monitor's order changes because of the system or the display driver, so I'd like to correct.
I prepared the multi-monitor information reporting program.
Could you report this output and post a screenshot of the "Display Properties"?
(I'd like to know how these monitors are recognized (order, state, etc.) on the system...)
(If MultiMonReport_x64.exe does not work correctly on 64bit platform, try MultiMonReport.exe.)
Sample 1:
Sample 2:
I prepared the multi-monitor information reporting program.
Could you report this output and post a screenshot of the "Display Properties"?
(I'd like to know how these monitors are recognized (order, state, etc.) on the system...)
(If MultiMonReport_x64.exe does not work correctly on 64bit platform, try MultiMonReport.exe.)
Sample 1:
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
is this going to be fixed, and what do i have to add @2 to in the Rainmeter.ini? do i add it to all the windowX values or what?
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Same problem here on Win XP 32-bit.
Note: I have my monitors switched for which is primary. Not sure if anyone else did that too.
EDIT :: Just saw the reporting program. I ran it and sent the output to the coder.
Note: I have my monitors switched for which is primary. Not sure if anyone else did that too.
EDIT :: Just saw the reporting program. I ran it and sent the output to the coder.
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Thank you ~
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MultiMonReport v1.0
Notes:
- @0 means the virtual screen (= desktop). It's the rectangle that combined all monitors' rectangle.
- @1(2,3,...) means the specified monitor's screen.
- The order this program outputs may be different from display properties' one.
- Importantly, @1 may NOT mean the primary monitor's screen.
- OLD-method is compatible with Rainmeter-1.1(r306).
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= Dump of EnumDisplayDevices / EnumDisplayMonitors ==================
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EnumDisplayDevices API
\\.\DISPLAY1 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT : ACTIVE PRIMARY PRUNED
\\.\DISPLAY2 - NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT : ACTIVE
\\.\DISPLAYV1 - RDPDD Chained DD : MIRROR
\\.\DISPLAYV2 - RDP Encoder Mirror Driver : MIRROR
\\.\DISPLAYV3 - RDP Reflector Display Driver : MIRROR
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EnumDisplayMonitors API
\\.\DISPLAY1 : L=0, T=0, R=1920, B=1080 (W=1920, H=1080), PRIMARY
\\.\DISPLAY2 : L=-1280, T=56, R=0, B=1080 (W=1280, H=1024)
= Dump of Multi-monitor information =================================
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OLD-method:
MONITOR: Count=2, Primary=@1
@0: L=-1280, T=0, R=1920, B=1080 (W=3200, H=1080)
@1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (active) : L=0, T=0, R=1920, B=1080 (W=1920, H=1080)
@2: \\.\DISPLAY2 (active) : L=-1280, T=56, R=0, B=1080 (W=1280, H=1024)
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NEW-method:
MONITOR: Count=2, Primary=@1
@0: L=-1280, T=0, R=1920, B=1080 (W=3200, H=1080)
@1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (active) : L=0, T=0, R=1920, B=1080 (W=1920, H=1080)
@2: \\.\DISPLAY2 (active) : L=-1280, T=56, R=0, B=1080 (W=1280, H=1024)
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
Thank you for your report.
I've prepared the experimental-beta DLL to test on the multi-monitor environments.
If you test this DLL, you need to use with Rainmeter-1.1. And replace "Rainmeter.dll" to my post's one.
(Rainmeter.dll is probably located in "C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\" by default.)
If you got a problem using this DLL, report the Rainmeter's log and MultiMonReport's log.
(MultiMonReport is here: http://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1491#p14411)
Note:
- @0 means the virtual screen (= desktop area). It's the rectangle that combined all monitors' rectangle.
- @1(2,3,...) means the specified monitor's screen.
- The order Rainmeter handles may be different from display properties' one.
- Importantly, @1 DOES NOT mean the primary monitor's screen. If you'd like to handle as the primary monitor's screen, do not use @-directive.
I've prepared the experimental-beta DLL to test on the multi-monitor environments.
If you test this DLL, you need to use with Rainmeter-1.1. And replace "Rainmeter.dll" to my post's one.
(Rainmeter.dll is probably located in "C:\Program Files\Rainmeter\" by default.)
If you got a problem using this DLL, report the Rainmeter's log and MultiMonReport's log.
(MultiMonReport is here: http://forum.rainmeter.net/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=1491#p14411)
Note:
- @0 means the virtual screen (= desktop area). It's the rectangle that combined all monitors' rectangle.
- @1(2,3,...) means the specified monitor's screen.
- The order Rainmeter handles may be different from display properties' one.
- Importantly, @1 DOES NOT mean the primary monitor's screen. If you'd like to handle as the primary monitor's screen, do not use @-directive.
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
The new dll works perfectly on windows 7 pro 64bit, with rainmeter 1.1 64bit, thanks sooooo much! Test with Enigma theme.
Now my secondary screen finally got some work to do...
Now my secondary screen finally got some work to do...
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Re: Dual Displays Incorrectly Identified
It worked perfectly for me too. I just used the new 32-bit .dll file. The config files never were edited. I just waited for a fix, and it seems to have been a short wait.