On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, CSJ <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing a script to output to external monitor automatically when it is > connected. > But now I have no idea about what name will be used for internal monitor in > xrandr. > some are "LVDS" and some are "DP1"
In recent versions of xrandr/xorg/etc there exists the concept of a primary output, maybe that is what you seek. > > I want to parsing the xrandr output and remove the internal one. (xrandr | > grep -v " connected" | grep -v $INTERNAL_NAME) > then others will be external monitor. > > So, does any methods to does which name will be used for internal monitor. > in many kinds of notebooks? > > One more question, > I've tried meego live USB, it can auto output when I plug a external > monitor, > How does it achieve this function? > Does any event will be issued when I plug a external monitor? > > Thanks > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected]: X.Org support > Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg > Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg > Your subscription address: [email protected] > -- Life spent, a precious moment, in the wink of an eye we live and we die. _______________________________________________ [email protected]: X.Org support Archives: http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg Info: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg Your subscription address: [email protected]
