Re: [STUMP] Multiple monitors

[Eric Larson]

At Fri, 03 Sep 2010 22:06:42 +0400,
Michael Raskin wrote:
> 
> On 09/03/2010 09:42 PM, Eric Larson wrote:
> >> #! /bin/sh
> >> xrandr -q | grep "VGA-0 connected" &&
> >>   xrandr --output VGA-0 --right-of LVDS --preferred &
> >> xrandr -q | grep "VGA-0 connected" ||
> >>   xrandr --output VGA-0 --off &
> >>
> >> Seems to do the same and is somewhat simpler...
> > 
> > The other thing the script does is set the resolution. That said, I
> > suspected that a simple shell script solution would be possible. 
> > 
> > When all you have is a hammer... ;)
> 
> For the information of all parties: "--preferred" sets the resolution to
> the preferred value for that output (it takes into account connected
> monitor, of course).

Ah! Thanks for pointing that out Michael. I might have to move to a
shell script after all

Eric