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- monitors
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- rotation
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- desk-profiles
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verified: 2026-10-21
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verified: 2026-10-30
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# Display Configuration
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@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ the dock and the cable, which is why the config keys on the EDID long name inste
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| Panel | EDID long name | Keyed by | Notes |
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|-------|----------------|----------|-------|
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| Sceptre M34 ultrawide | `Sceptre Tech Inc Sceptre M34 Unknown` | identity | `mode "3440x1440@180.000"`, **deliberate** — the panel also offers `3440x1440@239.998`, `144.001` and `120.000`; 180 is driven while the link is degraded (see the law below) — `focus-at-startup` |
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| PM1601 portrait | *not captured* | connector `HDMI-A-1` | dock-dependent; run `desk.sh capture` when plugged in, then re-key |
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| PM1601 portrait | captured 2026-10-30 — the two panels are `PNP(XYM) PM1601 0000000000000` and `PNP(XYM) PM1601 demoset-1` | connector `HDMI-A-1` in *this* profile; identity on the portable desk | dock-dependent; the identity key is known now, so re-key the block when the panel next rotates through a dock |
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| eDP-1 laptop panel | `Lenovo Group Limited 0x40A9 Unknown` | identity | scale **1.0** (deliberate; Ghostty grid at 1.25 rejected 2026-10-09), second `focus-at-startup` |
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VRR: the M34 supports it (its connector today is `DP-1`); **left disabled by
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@@ -58,6 +58,48 @@ decision** (2026-10-09). Add `variable-refresh-rate` per output if that ever cha
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`focus-at-startup` on both M34 and eDP-1: niri focuses in config order, so
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the ultrawide wins when present and the laptop panel is the fallback.
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## The desk-2 rig (portable)
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Laptop flanked by the two 16" PM1601 panels, all three landscape. Profile:
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`cfg/desk-2-portable.kdl` (`display.kdl` symlinks to it).
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```
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┌──────────┬──────────────┬──────────┐
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│ PM1601 │ │ PM1601 │ HDMI-A-1 1920x1200 normal x=0,y=0
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│ 1920x1200│ eDP-1 │ 1920x1200│ eDP-1 1920x1080 normal x=1920,y=60
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│(HDMI-A-1)│ 1920x1080 │ (DP-2) │ DP-2 1920x1200 normal x=3840,y=0
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│ │ │ │
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└──────────┴──────────────┴──────────┘ The laptop is 60 px down so it is
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x=0,y=0 x=1920,y=60 x=3840,y=0 centred against the taller panels.
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HDMI-A-1 sits to the LEFT of the laptop by request (2026-10-30); DP-2 keeps the
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right. Earlier the same rig ran both panels in portrait (rot 90, 1200x1920) with
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the laptop and both panels to its right — the rotation is `normal` now, so the
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panels are 1920 wide and every x moved.
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```
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Positions are absolute in logical space, so rotating a panel changes its logical
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width (1200 → 1920) and every x to its right; recompute the whole row, never just
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the rotated block.
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All three blocks are identity-keyed and pin their mode string verbatim. The
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`requires:` list names all three panels, so the matcher only claims this profile
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when the whole rig is present — unplug one 16" panel and the watcher leaves the
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current layout alone rather than shuffling the survivors.
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**The stale-profile trap this fixed (2026-10-30).** Before this profile existed,
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the portable rig ran with `display.kdl` → `desk-1-home.kdl`, whose identity
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blocks belong to the Sceptre ultrawide that is *not* connected and whose
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connector-keyed fallbacks carried `mode "3440x1440@180.000"`. niri found no such
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mode on a 1920x1200 panel, logged the fallback, and drove it at preferred — so
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the panels looked fine while every position and refresh value in force had been
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written for a different desk. `desk.sh match` reported "no desk profile matches
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connected outputs" and `blankpad-desk-autoswitch.service` therefore died at its
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initial match, leaving the laptop pinned to the wrong profile indefinitely.
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Law: **a desk with no matching profile is not "unchanged", it is silently
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misconfigured** — `desk.sh match` saying "no match" is a defect to fix before
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anything else on that desk behaves strangely.
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## Desk switching
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```mermaid
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@@ -80,8 +122,13 @@ graph LR
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- **Manual override:** `Mod+Shift+D` cycles profiles (wrong auto-pick, or
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same panels, new layout).
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- **New desk:** `desk.sh capture` prints connected long names → copy into a
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new `desk-N-<name>.kdl` (see `desk-2-portable.kdl` skeleton, portable
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monitor EDID pending first capture).
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new `desk-N-<name>.kdl` with one identity block per panel (template:
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[the desk-2 rig](#the-desk-2-rig-portable)).
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- **A dead watcher is a signal, not a crash to ignore:** the unit exits at
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startup when `desk.sh match` finds no eligible profile, so "no match" on a
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desk that clearly has panels means a missing profile, not an idle daemon.
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Check `systemctl --user is-active blankpad-desk-autoswitch` after touching
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desk profiles.
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- Unit: `blankpad-desk-autoswitch.service` (systemd user,
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`ConditionHost=blankpad`).
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Frank