# Login Screen Issues (Double login screen, Backwards monitor arrangement) **URL:** \ **Category:** Newbie\ **Created:** [December 29, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463 "2023-12-29T21:38:38Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 9:38pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/1 "2023-12-29T21:38:38Z")
Hello, I’m currently a new user on a fresh install of EndeavourOS. I noticed that both of my monitors contains the login screen. How do I change the login screen such that only one of the monitors is blank or has the login wallpaper without the login field? (Preferably the right one since the left one is my main monitor.) Also, on the login screen, the monitor arrangement is backwards, i.e. I have to move my cursor to the right on the right monitor to access the left monitor instead of moving to the left. How do I change the arrangement of the monitors for the login screen? ---
**Author:** ![anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon64645096)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/2 "2023-12-29T22:06:53Z")
Hello, If you are using KDE… I did a small search on “startpage”. This could get you started on the results your after: [https://notmart.org/blog/2022/12/multi-screen/](https://notmart.org/blog/2022/12/multi-screen/) In your system configuration: ![Screenshot_20231229_170346](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/1/111b03d4f9894cefface15e43e1ad8bbee7a612b.png) Take care 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 11:03pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/3 "2023-12-29T23:03:46Z")
To clarify, is this something native to KDE or is this like an extension/mod? Unfortunately, the current display settings do not affect the login screen, including the monitor arrangement. ---
**Author:** ![anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon64645096)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 11:20pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/4 "2023-12-29T23:20:05Z")
It’s native and works with KDM (X11), now with SDDM (also coming Wayland). > **[KDE Display Manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KDE_Display_Manager)** > > KDE Display Manager (KDM) is a display manager (a graphical login program) developed by KDE for the windowing systems X11. > KDE Display Manager was based on the source code of X display manager and was the default display manager of the KDE Software Compilation, until it was retired in KDE Plasma 5 in favour of SDDM. > KDM allowed the user to choose a desktop environment or window manager at login. KDM used the Qt application framework. It is configurable via KDE's System Settings; its appearance ... A couple years ago, I used to configure 2 displays and after a reboot, it took what I had entered in system configuration. You might want to experiment to mend it the way you like 😉 > **[Simple Desktop Display Manager](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Desktop_Display_Manager)** > > Simple Desktop Display Manager (SDDM) is a display manager (a graphical login program) for the X11 and Wayland windowing systems. SDDM was written from scratch in C++11 and supports theming via QML. > SDDM is free and open-source software subject to the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or later. > In 2013, Fedora KDE members decided to default to SDDM in Fedora 21. > KDE chose SDDM to be the successor of the KDE Display Manager for KDE Plasma 5. edit: correction with SDDM. ---
**Author:** ![manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/manuel/32/396_2.png) [@manuel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/manuel)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/5 "2023-12-29T23:24:37Z")
Maybe keys Fn+F4 or Fn+F7 (on a laptop) give the monitor arrangement setup? ---
**Author:** ![anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon64645096)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2023, 11:35pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/6 "2023-12-29T23:35:41Z")
Doing some additional searches inside the forum (top right), for dual monitors: > [@Dual monitor Set up, Apps keep opening on the "wrong" monitor](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/dual-monitor-set-up-apps-keep-opening-on-the-wrong-monitor/13351): > > Running KDE I’m having a minor problem, that started just recently, several apps, including Firefox, now seem to always open on my secondary monitor. And sure it’s a quick button click to move it back to the primary, but I’m not sure why it’s suddenly always opening up on the secondary monitor in the first place. Is there a way to force a given app, to open on a specific monitor? The whole search here: [https://forum.endeavouros.com/search?q=dual%20monitors](https://forum.endeavouros.com/search?q=dual%20monitors) 👋 ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/7 "2023-12-30T00:05:31Z")
This shortcut only opens up Dolphin. I tried the other one, for laptops, and it does nothing (which shouldn’t be surprising since I’m on a desktop). ---
**Author:** ![anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon64645096)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:14am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/8 "2023-12-30T00:14:43Z")
Additional search: [https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/143b6we/how\_to\_display\_login\_screen\_sddm\_on\_a\_single/?rdt=62896](https://www.reddit.com/r/archlinux/comments/143b6we/how_to_display_login_screen_sddm_on_a_single/?rdt=62896) > **[How to Fix Sddm on Multiple Screens · Victor's Blog](https://blog.victormendonca.com/2018/06/29/how-to-fix-sddm-on-multiple-screens/)** > > How to Fix Sddm on Multiple Screens [https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280645](https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=280645) ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:16am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/9 "2023-12-30T00:16:28Z")
While I appreciate the research you’ve done so far, they haven’t helped me because I need to reconfigure the login screen, not anything on the desktop proper. Both the login settings (Login Screen (SDDM)) and the lock screen settings (Screen Locking \> Configure) are limited. Also I noticed a weird quirk where if l’m logging in, the monitor arrangement is backwards, but if I just lock the screen (or the PC locks me out due to inactivity) then the monitor arrangement is correct. At this point, I’m considering just reinstalling endeavourOS with just one monitor plugged into my desktop and see if that fixes my problem. ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/10 "2023-12-30T00:17:26Z")
This seems promising. I was just typing my response to your last post when I got notification for this lol. Let me try this out. ---
**Author:** ![anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/6a8cbe/32.png) [@anon64645096](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/anon64645096)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/11 "2023-12-30T00:22:01Z")
Ok! I think I’ve done my best for the level of user I am. The very knowledgeable members (it’s night in Europe), professionals who help us all the time will come in tomorrow (or when they can since it’s a holliday 🙂 I’ll stop here since I don’t want to overflow the value of the forum. Take care 🙂 👋 ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 4:16am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/12 "2023-12-30T04:16:36Z")
So Epictetux’s response helped me with sddm, but I can’t configure the lock screen so it only has one login screen. I’ve seen posts around regarding this issue, but no one seems to have a solution for it. The package for the lock screen is separate from sddm and is harder to customize than it. I’m stuck in other words. I think if I can’t get this resolved by tomorrow, I’ll just reinstall with only one monitor, and then connect the monitor when it’s fully installed. ---
**Author:** ![smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/d6d6ee/32.png) [@smoothbrain](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/smoothbrain)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2023, 5:56pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/login-screen-issues-double-login-screen-backwards-monitor-arrangement/49463/13 "2023-12-30T17:56:52Z")
Just to update this, I did end up reinstalling anyway and it didn’t work. I switched to Cinnamon as my DE, and while it had more desirable behavior (just displaying wallpaper and only displaying login field on the monitor where my cursor is), it has its own issues, the biggest of which is the backwards monitor arrangement. However, all of what i described is for the login screen, while the lock screen is better, but I have my own gripes with it.