[email protected] (Joe Nelson), 2019.10.14 (Mon) 04:32 (CEST): > I'd like to write a daemon to change machdep.lidaction and the xrandr output > as > an external monitor or power is attached/detached from my laptop. Is there a > way to detect those events from a C program? x-on-resize[1] might help with detecting plug/unplug events of external monitors.
[1] https://keithp.com/blogs/x-on-resize/ git://people.freedesktop.org/~keithp/x-on-resize https://github.com/thedward/x-on-resize https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=148839239518671 Marcus > Here is how I want the sleep state and output display to change based on > whether power is connected, an external monitor is attached, and the laptop is > open: > > Power Mon Open | Sleep Display > --------------------------+------------------ > x x x | awake both > x x | awake external > x x | awake laptop > x | asleep > x x | awake both > x | asleep > x | awake laptop > | asleep > > -- > Joe Nelson https://begriffs.com >
