On 23/03/2016 16:39, Grant Edwards wrote: > On 2016-03-23, Alan McKinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Most users in this day and age would probably reply "why do I need to >> start with different resolutions and colour depth?" > > When using different display hardware: LCD projector, TV, etc.
xorg and plasma's monitor control thingy *always* finds the correct resolution for me. Admittedly, I might just have been lucky and thus far only used devices with accurate EDID info. If I ever do need to tweak resolution (and it's been *years*), the plasmoid has those controls. I can't recall when last I tweaked colour depth, or if I've ever done it, or even what it's for anymore... > >> It's been many years since I myself fiddled with any of that, all my >> displays are now LCD where only one resolution makes any sense - native > > If you've got multiple displays, "native" isn't really enough info. > Do you want to mirror a single screen, do you want multiple screens, > do you want a single screen spread across multiple displays, and so on... There are three setups I use often: - laptop only, no external monitor, only 1920x1080 internal - at home with 22" 1920x1080 external plus internal screen on - at work with 2500x1400 external on the left and 1920x1080 external on the right, internal screen off Every time I plug or unplug a monitor, xorg, plasmoid and XRandR all do their thing, recognize which monitor it is (not just the resolution) and five me what I had last time. 99% of the time that's what I want. When I plug in a new device for the first time, the plasmoid opens so I can drag 'n drop and configure what I want in real time. And it always just works. Contrast that with fiddling with xorg config files back when I still had CRTs <shudder> I stopped fiddling with xorg configs and startx when it dawned on me that all the fancy scripts in the world didn't help a jot if X itself wasn't working. So I might as well use X apps to do that part too. Were I to use separate X screens I might need to do what you do, but that's something I only ever did once, and quickly realized I didn't need it - I much prefer one screen spread over all display devices. Suits how this brain is wired -- Alan McKinnon [email protected]
