Barrier: Feature Request: Individual Display Configuration

Created on 7 Sep 2018 · 12Comments · Source: debauchee/barrier

Configuration

Below is a diagram of my layout. I have an additional laptop which is the client
in the place of the "Dead Section." As barriers treats all displays as one giant
display, it can be difficult to configure a layout which is convenient for use.
The only option I have found to work is to set it directly left. This only
allows access to the Dead Section via External Display 2, but it would be nice
to access it from each respective display.

------------------------- -------------------------
|                       | |                       |
|      1920 x 1080      | |     1920 x 1080       |
|   External Display 2  | |   External Display 1  |
| (Cannot go down here) | |  (Cannot go diagonal) |
------------------------- -------------------------
------------------------- -------------------------
| ///////////////////// | |                       |
| /// Dead Section //// | |      1920 x 1080      |
| ///////////////////// | |     Laptop Display    |
| / (Client Position) / | | (Cannot go left here) |
------------------------- -------------------------

Operating Systems

Client

System:
  Kernel: 4.18.5-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.28.3 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180831 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: System76 product: Lemur v: lemu6 
  Mobo: System76 model: Lemur v: lemu6 serial: <root required> 
  UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.05.06RS76 date: 11/29/2015 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 32.0 Wh condition: 32.0/45.3 Wh (71%) 
CPU:
  Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i7-6500U bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 4096 KiB 
  Speed: 500 MHz min/max: 400/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 500 2: 500 
  3: 500 4: 500 
Graphics:
  Card-1: Intel Skylake GT2 [HD Graphics 520] driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.1 driver: i915 
  resolution: <xdpyinfo missing> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 520 (Skylake GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.6 
Audio:
  Card-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.5-1-default 
Network:
  Card-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  driver: r8169 
  IF: enp1s0f1 state: down mac: 80:fa:5b:25:1e:d1 
  Card-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: a4:34:d9:44:13:99 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 471.36 GiB used: 31.45 GiB (6.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 950 PRO 256GB 
  size: 238.47 GiB 
  ID-2: /dev/sda vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 40.00 GiB used: 23.17 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-2 
  ID-2: /home size: 24.99 GiB used: 8.28 GiB (33.1%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/dm-3 
  ID-3: /opt size: 40.00 GiB used: 23.17 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-2 
  ID-4: /tmp size: 40.00 GiB used: 23.17 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-2 
  ID-5: /var size: 40.00 GiB used: 23.17 GiB (57.9%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-2 
  ID-6: swap-1 size: 15.59 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 286 Uptime: 1h 19m Memory: 15.58 GiB used: 1.58 GiB (10.1%) 
  Shell: zsh inxi: 3.0.20

Server

System:
  Kernel: 4.18.5-1-default x86_64 bits: 64 
  Desktop: Gnome 3.28.3 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180831 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Precision 5520 v: N/A 
  Mobo: Dell model: 080VVT v: X00 serial: <root required> UEFI: Dell 
  v: 1.9.4 date: 04/23/2018 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 48.7 Wh condition: 48.7/56.0 Wh (87%) 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6820HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP 
  L2 cache: 8192 KiB 
  Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 
  3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 801 
Graphics:
  Card-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 driver: i915 v: kernel 
  Card-2: NVIDIA GM107GLM [Quadro M1200 Mobile] driver: nouveau v: kernel 
  Display: x11 server: X.org 1.20.1 driver: nouveau 
  resolution: <xdpyinfo missing> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 530 (Skylake GT2) 
  v: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.6 
Audio:
  Card-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel 
  Card-2: Realtek type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.18.5-1-default 
Network:
  Card-1: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: 40:a3:cc:43:73:b2 
  Card-2: Realtek RTL8153 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152 
  IF: enp13s0u1u2 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full 
  mac: a4:4c:c8:9c:88:2b 
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: 52:54:00:f7:f7:5b 
  IF-ID-2: virbr0-nic state: down mac: 52:54:00:f7:f7:5b 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 109.45 GiB (5.9%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Seagate model: ST2000LM007-1R8174 size: 1.82 TiB 
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 350.00 GiB used: 79.30 GiB (22.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0 
  ID-2: /home size: 499.99 GiB used: 30.15 GiB (6.0%) fs: xfs dev: /dev/dm-2 
  ID-3: /opt size: 350.00 GiB used: 79.30 GiB (22.7%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-0 
  ID-4: /tmp size: 350.00 GiB used: 79.30 GiB (22.7%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-0 
  ID-5: /var size: 350.00 GiB used: 79.30 GiB (22.7%) fs: btrfs 
  dev: /dev/dm-0 
  ID-6: swap-1 size: 31.27 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/dm-1 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C mobo: 40.0 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2522 
Info:
  Processes: 349 Uptime: N/A Memory: 31.26 GiB used: 2.86 GiB (9.1%) 
  Shell: zsh inxi: 3.0.20

Barrier Version

Version: 2.1.0-RELEASE-0b2dfd80
Build Date: Monday May 14, 2018

Steps to reproduce bug

Create a configuration with the layout described above, and you will see what I am talking about.

Create the layout as described at the top of this bug report.
Attempt to move through the "Dead Section."
Unable to connect to the client as desired.

Other info

When did the problem start to occur? See "Steps to reproduce bug."
Is there a way to work around it? No
Does this bug prevent you from using Barrier entirely? No

Again, this is more of a feature request to have each monitor managed independently instead of as one giant display.

enhancement help wanted

Source

ghost

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Most helpful comment

How come this feature request is closed? I'd expect this request to still be relevant even if there's no current active development.

Karasuni on 19 Sep 2019

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All 12 comments

This would be a nice feature to have, but it's the kind of thing that won't get done until a developer that wants it has the time to write up a patch. If you would like to do so I'd be happy to take a look at the PR. Thanks!

walker0643 on 9 Sep 2018

This is what the very basis of Synergy and Barrier I thought would be about, multi screen, multi OS, multi layout configurations. Not everyone has the exact same size screens that are only left to right, this seems like the majority of users could use this. I as well have a client that is above my server, dual screen client and server. Fortunately Synergy offers (0,50) configuration on each interface.

chris-ault on 13 Sep 2018

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How come this feature request is closed? I'd expect this request to still be relevant even if there's no current active development.

Karasuni on 19 Sep 2019

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+10000000000000000

kyleschieffer on 23 Mar 2020

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How come this feature request is closed? I'd expect this request to still be relevant even if there's no current active development.

Re-stating this comment. Open and mark as Feature Request or provide an alternative solution for feature requests.

Karasuni on 12 May 2020

Reopening, as it is worth considering. Any help big or small welcomed.

shymega on 12 May 2020

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I am having trouble with my 2x2 Monitor Setup.

#            +--------+ +---------+
#            |win     | |desktop  |
#            |        | |         |
#            +--------+ +---------+
# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+
# |laptop |  |desktop | |desktop  |
# |       |  |        | |         |
# +-------+  +--------+ +---------+

section: links
    win:
        right = desktop(0,50)
        down  = desktop(0,50)
    desktop:
        up(0,50) = win(0,100)
        left(0,50) = win
        left(50,100) = laptop
    laptop:
        right = desktop(50,100)
end

I cannot move to "win" at all. Laptop and Desktop work as expected.
Individual Display Configuration would solve this problem.
I would like to help implementing this. Has anyone any starting point or tips for me? My idea is to split every Monitor to a seperate instance of barrierc.

benedikt-bartscher on 10 Jun 2020

I got it working by spawining an instance of barrierc for every Monitor with a fixed resoultion and offset. I'll try to implement this in a cleaner way now. If someone is interested in this i will publish my fork.

benedikt-bartscher on 15 Jun 2020

👍9 🚀3

@benedikt-bartscher please do

brad007 on 4 Jul 2020

<..> If someone is interested in this i will publish my fork.

Kindly Do. Thank you.

shahapurkar on 12 Aug 2020

I do support this claim with a setup:

[Client; Win 1080 144hz][Server; Win 1080p] [Server; Win 4k]

Log says following:

```[2020-10-07T21:07:28] INFO: starting server
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] INFO: config file: C:...
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] INFO: log level: INFO
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] INFO: service command updated
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] INFO: got ipc shutdown message
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] NOTE: disconnecting client "Laptop"
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] NOTE: client "Laptop" has disconnected
[2020-10-07T21:07:28] NOTE: stopped server
[2020-10-07T21:07:29] INFO: process 9832 was shutdown gracefully
[2020-10-07T21:07:29] INFO: starting new process as privileged user
[2020-10-07T21:07:29] INFO: drag and drop enabled
[2020-10-07T21:07:29] ERROR: failed to get desktop path, no drop target available, error=2
started server (IPv4/IPv6), waiting for clients
server status: active
[2020-10-07T21:07:30] INFO: OpenSSL 1.0.2l 25 May 2017
[2020-10-07T21:07:30] INFO: accepted secure socket
[2020-10-07T21:07:30] INFO: AES256-GCM-SHA384 TLSv1.2 Kx=RSA Au=RSA Enc=AESGCM(256) Mac=AEAD
[2020-10-07T21:07:30] NOTE: accepted client connection
[2020-10-07T21:07:30] NOTE: client "Laptop" has connected

MathiasBaumgartinger on 7 Oct 2020

I got it working by spawining an instance of barrierc for every Monitor with a fixed resoultion and offset. I'll try to implement this in a cleaner way now. If someone is interested in this i will publish my fork.

@benedikt-bartscher please share the fork, as this bug is a show stopper for barrier