[SOLVED] Run hook on external monitor connect/disconnect

Bruce Connor · 2013-07-05 13:43:31

I want to run a script whenever I connect or disconnect an external monitor from my laptop.
Is there a hook I can create somewhere to achieve this?

Last edited by Bruce Connor (2013-07-16 16:03:03)

Army · 2013-07-05 14:15:27

Take a look at srandrd, it does EXACTLY what you want Just put

srandrd /path/to/script

in your .xinitrc and you're good to go

Bruce Connor · 2013-07-05 22:14:18

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to be working for me. =/

I've inserted

echo "Action was $SRANDRD_ACTION" >> $HOME/srandrd.out

into the script to attempt some debugging but I get no output. My guess is that the script isn't being run at all.

Last edited by Bruce Connor (2013-07-05 22:14:49)

Bruce Connor · 2013-07-16 16:01:56

And of course, I just decided to try it again and now it works.

Thanks for the tip.

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