This is indeed the main problem. If you have two screens of the same model, the OS is unable to see which is which. This also goes for many USB devices (such as webcams that randomly swap).
Ok but then it could at least say "there is a screen plugged into port 1, and the same serial in port 2, so I'll draw the things that were on port 1 there again"?
That way it would be up to the user to plug the same screen into the same port, which I think I could handle.
Plus I can see the serials are actually different, so just going by serials should work.
Or it should just tell you "hey buddy, you've got two screens with the same serial and that's why I don't know what to do"
>Ok but then it could at least say "there is a screen plugged into port 1, and the same serial in port 2, so I'll draw the things that were on port 1 there again"?
Yes, this is the strange thing. It's not like it's guessing which monitor is which, it's always swapped.
Agreed. In my case with a 15" MBP M1 Max and two LG UltraFine 5K's, which I always plug in the same ports, 99% of the time it remembers which display is which correctly. On my 2018 Intel, this was hit and miss. It's obviously not a trivial problem to solve...
lordnacho|1 year ago
That way it would be up to the user to plug the same screen into the same port, which I think I could handle.
Plus I can see the serials are actually different, so just going by serials should work.
Or it should just tell you "hey buddy, you've got two screens with the same serial and that's why I don't know what to do"
itsoktocry|1 year ago
Yes, this is the strange thing. It's not like it's guessing which monitor is which, it's always swapped.
jstsch|1 year ago