Hello all,
I bought a new second monitor and got an issue with my dynamic xmobar setup. I use a laptop which is connected to both monitors via a docking station. This is the configuration I want to achieve with independent bars on monitor one and two. Note: when docked I do not want to turn the internal display off, this has to be done in order to save a configuration in autorandr. If anyone has a suggestion to avoid this problem, feel free to share.
Configuration of xrandr(autorandr):
1. Undocked
Internal display primary output
1. Docked
Internal display off
First monitor set as primary
Second monitor right of first monitor
Xmonad Configuration:
main :: IO ()
main = xmonad
. ewmh
. withUrgencyHook NoUrgencyHook
. dynamicEasySBs (pure . barSpawner)
. usePrefixArgument "M-u"
. rescreenHook def{ afterRescreenHook = onMonitorChange }
. spawnExternalProcess def
$ myConfig `additionalKeysP` myKeys
where
barSpawner :: ScreenId -> StatusBarConfig
barSpawner = \case
0 -> statusBarPropTo "_XMONAD_LOG_0" "~/.local/bin/xmobar ~/.config/xmobar/xmobar-old/xmobarrc -x 0" (xmobarPP 0)
1 -> statusBarPropTo "_XMONAD_LOG_1" "~/.local/bin/xmobar ~/.config/xmobar/xmobar-old/xmobarrc1 -x 1" (xmobarPP 1)
_ -> mempty
onMonitorChange :: X ()
onMonitorChange = do
spawn "autorandr --change"
Issue:
When I plug my laptop into the docking station my rescreenHook gets executed which invokes autorandr to load my specified profiles, which - when docked - applies the rules for my docked configuration shown above. Xmobar spawns on monitor with ID 1 and indicates, that there is also a second monitor displaying a different workspace but somehow there is no xmobar present on the other monitor (ID 0). When I run the command defined in my barSpawner for monitor ID 0, the xmobar is spawned and works perfectly fine.
Thanks for your help
Jan
