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Tomeklechu

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Registered: 2015-06-20

Posts: 18

[SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

Hi folks.

I hope you'll help me resolve my problem with extended display with i3 wm.
I can't make it work because my laptop display is 16:9 and my DVI monitor is a square pretty much. Proportion doesn't fit.

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 32767 x 32767
LVDS1 connected 1280x800+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 261mm x 163mm
   1280x800      60.00*+  49.99  
   1024x768      60.00  
   800x600       60.32    56.25  
   640x480       59.94  
   640x400       60.00  
DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
   1280x1024     60.02*+  75.02  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1024x768      75.08    75.03    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       75.00    60.32  
   640x480       75.00    60.00  
   720x400       70.08  
VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

http://oi63.tinypic.com/2j5id1.jpg
I don't want to use two monitors at one time, just VGA1 and with i3bar on downside of display.
Any solutions?? Thanks a lot.

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Last edited by Tomeklechu (2015-11-14 09:36:24)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,311

Re: [SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

You only want one screen? Have you read the wiki article for X and configured X according to your needs? If you want on the fly switching, use xrandr. If you think you need a GUI, consider arandr and/or lxrandr. One of them can even write the current setup to a shell script, so you can load it on boot or with a hotkey, but I don't remember which of the two.

EDIT: You can also automate the process. Google "udev rule external display".

Last edited by Awebb (2015-11-14 01:50:49)

c0mm0ner

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Registered: 2015-11-09

Posts: 93

Re: [SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto

Tomeklechu

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Registered: 2015-06-20

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

Yes only one screen. c0mm0ner's commad done what I wanted. Thank you very much. I  tried to do that with xrandr documentation but was very tired and I needed this to be working straight from the morning.
Turning off my laptop display solved problem I've beed trying "xrandr --output VGA1 --auto".

And sorry for this large picture, next time I'll use thumbnail.

Last edited by Tomeklechu (2015-11-14 09:36:58)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

Posts: 6,311

Re: [SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

That's why I always promote arandr. You can use a GUI and inspect the command line. A great educational tool.

Tomeklechu

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Registered: 2015-06-20

Posts: 18

Re: [SOLVED] i3 extended display problem

I'll read about it when I'll have some free time. Thanks.