Hoping Someone Can Solve my Docking Station Woes

jlacroix · 2011-06-08 23:23:23

I have a Latitude E6410 laptop, with the Dell branded docking station. Although it does work, there are some problems I'd like to figure out, namely finding a way to get the screens to switch automatically when docking and undocking. I imagine I can use udev for this, but have no idea how.

When I dock, this command switches the screens appropriately:

xrandr --output DP1 --off --output HDMI1 --auto

When undocking, I just do the opposite:

xrandr --output HDMI1 --off --output DP1 --auto

I would prefer if there was a way I could have this happen automatically. Has anyone done this before?

Inxsible · 2011-06-09 00:04:03

does your docking/undocking fire an event? If so, you can call a custom script to switch the screen

jlacroix · 2011-06-09 00:09:40

Inxsible wrote:

does your docking/undocking fire an event? If so, you can call a custom script to switch the screen

I apologize and feel silly for not knowing this, but how do I find out if it creates an event?

Inxsible · 2011-06-09 00:18:08

It's pretty much similar to checking whether your laptop lid is closed or not. You can check with xev if it fires an event when you undock.

l'pc · 2011-06-10 17:15:29

You probably also could use Acpid.

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Hoping Someone Can Solve my Docking Station Woes

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