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roygbiv

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Registered: 2011-05-18

Posts: 204

How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

More frequently I'm using an external monitor when working on Arch Linux, so I made this script, which works ok for now. This is a simple approach for this kind of stuff I think, so I'm wondering what you people out there are using to connect your external monitors. I guess there's a bunch of people in this community that are using two (or more) monitors? Please post your beloved script or name the package you are using. I would also be happy with some feedback or tips on my script.

#!/bin/bash
#~/scripts/vga

case $1 in
-r|--right) xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1 ;;
-l|--left)  xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --left-of LVDS1 ;;
-o|--off)   xrandr --output VGA1 --off ;;
*)          xrandr --output VGA1 --auto ;;
esac

Last edited by roygbiv (2011-08-24 18:15:54)

SS4

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From: !Rochford, Essex

Registered: 2010-12-05

Posts: 699

Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

#!/bin/bash
#
# A script to set up monitors correctly
# by SS4
#
xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --auto --left-of VGA-1 --output VGA-1 --auto --primary

Both my monitors are usually connected on boot although it does work if I hotplug the second monitor in

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KlavKalashj

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Registered: 2008-10-09

Posts: 376

Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

When I'm at home I connect my laptop to my TV and use that as the only screen. I have mapped the screen fn-key to this script:

#!/bin/bash
if xrandr -q | grep "HDMI1 connected" > /dev/null ; then
#       xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 138.500 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
#       xrandr --addmode HDMI1 1920x1080
        xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1360x768
        xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
else
        xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768
        xrandr --output HDMI1 --off
fi

Works perfectly.

Stebalien

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Registered: 2010-04-27

Posts: 1,239

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Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

I run this script on login/when I click the VGA button.

#!/bin/bash
mode="$(xrandr -q|grep -A1 "VGA1 connected"| tail -1 |awk '{ print $1 }')"
if [ -n "$mode" ]; then
    xrandr --output VGA1 --mode "$mode" --right-of LVDS1
    xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary
else
    xrandr --output VGA1 --off
fi

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ngoonee

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From: Between Thailand and Singapore

Registered: 2009-03-17

Posts: 7,358

Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

autorandr (I maintain it on the AUR).

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mikesd

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From: Australia

Registered: 2008-02-01

Posts: 788

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Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

I use this in my .xinitrc on all my machines:

# If two monitors are present, setup tiling.
if [[ -x /usr/bin/xrandr ]]; then
    OUTPUTS=($( xrandr | grep connected | cut -f 1 -d ' '))
    if [[ ${#OUTPUTS[@]} == 2 ]]; then
        xrandr --output ${OUTPUTS[0]} --left-of ${OUTPUTS[1]}
    fi
fi

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davvil

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Registered: 2008-05-06

Posts: 165

Re: How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

I made a small program for this while learning haskell. You can find it here.