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rWarrior

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Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 26

[Solved] Plug and Play Monitor

Currently, when I plug a monitor into my laptop, I need to restart my window manager (dwm).

I have disabled hot-plugging because it does not work with my system.
Is there a command I can run to setup the plugged in monitor and project the screen to my monitor without restarting X? Or does this depending on the window manager?

I have no idea where to start. Anything would help.

Thanks

Last edited by rWarrior (2010-01-23 03:33:55)

tlvb

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2008-10-06

Posts: 297

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Re: [Solved] Plug and Play Monitor

It might depend on what graphics card manufacturer and drivers you are using. I'm using an nvidia card with the nvidia drivers, and have a program; nvidia-settings where I can detect and configure screens/resolution without restarting X. Generally, you are probably interested in twinview and xinerama as search words.

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sasek

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From: Poland

Registered: 2009-12-26

Posts: 10

Re: [Solved] Plug and Play Monitor

Doesn't xrandr do that? Or graphical version - arandr?

hampusw

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From: Sweden

Registered: 2010-01-22

Posts: 3

Re: [Solved] Plug and Play Monitor

I agree, usually something like xrandr --auto should do it. See man xrandr for more info.

Last edited by hampusw (2010-01-22 18:22:48)

rWarrior

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Registered: 2008-12-28

Posts: 26

Re: [Solved] Plug and Play Monitor

xrandr does the job beautifully.
Thanks guy.