Re: [gentoo-user] semi OT: Displayport

2018-05-29 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Thanks for the link, looks like its going to be "fun" :) - I think using an inotify file watcher might be the best/low resource way to detect the event. BillK On 05/30/18 10:23, Andrew Udvare wrote: > >> On 2018-05-29, at 22:03, Bill Kenworthy wrote: >> >> Can anyone suggest a way to detect

Re: [gentoo-user] semi OT: Displayport

2018-05-29 Thread Andrew Udvare
> On 2018-05-29, at 22:03, Bill Kenworthy wrote: > > Can anyone suggest a way to detect when the displayport adapter is > plugged in? > The event is provided by the driver(s) and if there is no event at all then you have to use a script that loops forever querying to see if something has

[gentoo-user] semi OT: Displayport

2018-05-29 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Hi all,     I have a surface4 pro and use a vga adapter on the displayport connection.  This works when manually (Xorg, XFCE4 and xrandr) configured to various external monitors and data projectors. I am trying to automate the process but plugging in the display port adapter does not generate