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Marcel-

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From: Utrecht, NL

Registered: 2006-12-03

Posts: 266

Detect monitor to select different monitor sections in Xorg config

On my eeebox (with an Intel 945GME chipset) with DVI-I output I usually use a monitor with DVI input, but sometimes I connect it to my tv using an DVI-HDMI cable. Everything works fine with the next 10-monitor.conf file. As you can see, I'll have to uncomment two lines and comment out the other two to select a different monitor section (the option line is necessary to select the correct output line, otherwise it will default to 'VGA1').

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Neovo"
        VertRefresh  50-70
        …
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier   "Sony"
        ModeLine     "1280x720@60" …
        PreferredMode  "1280x720@60"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        …
        Option      "monitor-DVI1" "Neovo"
#        Option      "monitor-DVI1" "Sony"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Monitor    "Neovo"
#        Monitor    "Sony"
EndSection

Can I automatically choose another section when a different monitor is connected (e.g., using a wrapper script that detects the monitor and puts the corresponding 10-monitor.conf in xorg.conf.d before starting the X server)? Both monitors are correctly recognized by X.