Nevermind, I am an idiot. I didn't realize what it was returning... Please disregard.
Thanks. Kevin On Mon, Jan 19, 2009 at 2:14 PM, K-Dawg <kdaw...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am really new to python and am trying to learn it to do some projects. I > wanted to perform a simple task and am having some trouble with it. I run > linux in a vm on a windows laptop for work. I have my laptop screen and an > external monitor. I move my Ubuntu VM back and forth depending on what I am > working on so I wanted to write a little python script that changed the > resolutions depending on what the current resolution is. > > I have: > > #! /usr/bin/python > > import sys > import os > import re > > re_currentResolution = re.compile(r'current \d{4}\sx\s\d{3,4}') > xrandr_output = os.popen('xrandr').readlines() > currentRes = re_currentResolution.search(xrandr_output) > print currentRes.group(0) > > I just want to grab the xrandr output as a string and parse it with the > regex. This will give me a string with the current resolution, for instance > "current 1024 x 768". I would then split that up and call back to the > os.system('xrandr -s 1280x1024'). If the resolution was "current 1280 x > 1024" then I would parse that and call back to os.system('xrandr -s > 1024x768'). > > However, when I try the line (as in the code above): > > currentRes = re_currentResolution.search(xrandr_output) > > it is complaining that xrandr_output is not a string. (however, if I do a > print xrandr_output it prints fine) > > I instead get the following error: > > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "change_res.py", line 9, in <module> > currentRes = re_currentResolution.search(xrandr_output) > TypeError: expected string or buffer > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanks. > > Kevin > >
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