On Feb 18, 2008 3:12 AM, kewlemer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can anyone please tell me why when the same script is in rc.local, > > > it's not working properly? i.e., I can't get the display on the > > > monitor unless I open the laptop initially. > > > > > > > If rc.local is executed before X is started it will do nothing. Also > > depending on the context that script is executed in you will probably > > have to specify the DISPLAY for randr to connect to. > > > Thank you very much for the note. Your tip of running "xrandr --auto" > works neatly when I log in and type it. But I still have a problem - > how do I automate this at boot up? When I boot the laptop with the lid > closed, keeping it plugged to the monitor, it fails to display > anything. I then open the laptop lid and it now throws me the laptop > screen display on the monitor. Then I log in and run "xrandr --auto" > and the display resizes to the monitor size. I want to automate this. > How I can do so ?
you'll probably want to remove any old gnome randr stuff in: /desktop/gnome/screen/$hostname/$screennum/ > > I could bind "xrandr --auto" to a function key, but it will still > throw me the laptop size screen on the monitor display. you can assign different keys to do different things or have a script that saves state somewhere and everytime you execute it it does a different thing based on the saved state. Either way, have 3 variants: xrandr --auto #whatever is connected xrandr --output VGA-0 --auto --output LVDS --off #VGA only xrandr --output LVDS --auto --output VGA-0 --off #LVDS only Alex _______________________________________________ xorg-driver-ati mailing list [email protected] http://lists.x.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg-driver-ati
