A somewhat stronger disconnect on wake (keep displays from reconnecting)

[merrickjeff]

Would help with displays that reconnect themselves after wake from sleep. See conversation in Discord on 21 March 2023 for more details.
Logs with two extra monitors plugged in but previously disconnected with BetterDisplay.txt
Logs with extra monitor 1 plugged in but disconnected in BetterDisplay.txt
Logs with extra monitor 2 plugged in but disconnected in BetterDisplay.txt

[waydabber]

https://ptb.discord.com/channels/903276571773771796/903276571773771799/1087822237056372777

[ciaw]

Hi, the above discord link does not load anything for me, but I am wondering if this is the correct thread for an issue I'm having:

I have two monitors, one via USB-C/DP another via HDMI (M1 Mac Mini / Ventura 13.3.1). DP is my main monitor, always on. I purchased BetterDisplay hoping that it would be able to keep the HDMI monitor disconnected until I want to use it, however the HDMI display comes back after every wake from sleep.

I of course have the "disconnect previously disconnected displays" option checked, I have actually tried pretty much every combination of options in that section to see if anything would work, but so far nothing has stopped the HDMI monitor from being re-connected after wake from sleep 100% of the time.

Please let me know if this is an issue you're already aware of, or what I could do to help troubleshoot it. Thank you.

[waydabber]

Some slowly waking displays with connection issues might properly wake up long after macOS wake and strangely disconnect and reconnect in the process. When this happens, the app thinks the display is physically reconnected irrespective of the wake event and does not disconnect it again. Adding a more forceful option to have manually disconnected displays auto-disconnect when detected should help with this.

[merrickjeff]

Hi, the above discord link does not load anything for me, but I am wondering if this is the correct thread for an issue I'm having:

I have two monitors, one via USB-C/DP another via HDMI (M1 Mac Mini / Ventura 13.3.1). DP is my main monitor, always on. I purchased BetterDisplay hoping that it would be able to keep the HDMI monitor disconnected until I want to use it, however the HDMI display comes back after every wake from sleep.

I of course have the "disconnect previously disconnected displays" option checked, I have actually tried pretty much every combination of options in that section to see if anything would work, but so far nothing has stopped the HDMI monitor from being re-connected after wake from sleep 100% of the time.

Please let me know if this is an issue you're already aware of, or what I could do to help troubleshoot it. Thank you.

My use case is pretty much exactly the same as you. Hope this enhancement makes its way into a release. Thanks for the great app @waydabber

[waydabber]

I tweaked this somewhat. Not sure if this will fix all issues, but the app now waits a bit more and should be somewhat more persistent in disconnecting reconnected displays. If the fix still does not work, let me know. The problem is tricky as I need to find a fine line between disconnecting accidentally connected displays but make sure I don't disconnect displays that are manually reconnected by the user (physically) in the meantime.

[merrickjeff]

@waydabber I'm still having the same issues with version 1.4.12 build 15110

[ciaw]

Hey mates. Unfortunately same. Have been testing it for a week or so now, and behaviour is same as always. Let me know if I can help troubleshoot. Thanks.