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Marvix

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 157

[SOLVED] Autoswitch on opebox login to external monitor

Hello to community.

On my laptop I use openbox and I want after the login to have the system at switch at my external monitor. I have tried setting the lxrandr in the xinit and also I haven't find any similar solution.

How can I do it? Do I have to install the lxsession?

Thank you.

Last edited by Marvix (2017-11-02 17:08:22)

Slithery

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Registered: 2013-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] Autoswitch on opebox login to external monitor

Run the appropriate xrandr command in an openbox autostart file.

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Marvix

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Registered: 2013-10-08

Posts: 157

Re: [SOLVED] Autoswitch on opebox login to external monitor

That was under my very nose. The lxrandr had a file in .config/Autostart/LXRandR autostart with the configuration I had saved from the start

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=LXRandR autostart
Comment=Start xrandr with settings done in LXRandR
Exec=sh -c 'xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --rate 60.00 --same-as LVDS1 --output LVDS1 --off'
OnlyShowIn=LXDE

and I copied the xrandr output to paste it in openbox autostart file.

Can I make it start from selecting the lxrandr file?