Comments on: Manipulate monitor displays easily with the xrandr extension http://linsec.ca/blog/2010/01/21/manipulate-monitor-displays-easily-with-the-xrandr-extension/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=manipulate-monitor-displays-easily-with-the-xrandr-extension You can have it right, or you can have it now. But you can't have it right now. Tue, 22 May 2012 12:03:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: jose http://linsec.ca/blog/2010/01/21/manipulate-monitor-displays-easily-with-the-xrandr-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-5661 jose Mon, 02 Aug 2010 11:08:19 +0000 http://linsec.ca/blog/?p=679#comment-5661 here's a possible workaround: cat /etc/rc.local #!/bin/bash export DISPLAY=:0 while ! pgrep gdm-simple-gree &>/dev/null ; do sleep 2 done sleep 2 xdotool mousemove x y xdotool type ' ' exit 0 don't forget to tweak x y variables to point to the correct position (monitor). obviously it works only on a fresh system restart (not when the gdm is started later on) here’s a possible workaround:

cat /etc/rc.local
#!/bin/bash
export DISPLAY=:0
while ! pgrep gdm-simple-gree &>/dev/null ; do
sleep 2
done
sleep 2
xdotool mousemove x y
xdotool type ‘ ‘
exit 0

don’t forget to tweak x y variables to point to the correct position (monitor). obviously it works only on a fresh system restart (not when the gdm is started later on)

]]> By: vdanen http://linsec.ca/blog/2010/01/21/manipulate-monitor-displays-easily-with-the-xrandr-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-4637 vdanen Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:34:51 +0000 http://linsec.ca/blog/?p=679#comment-4637 Yeah, I'm not sure how to fix that in gdm. Mine is backwards, and it has strange behaviour. Sometimes I get the login screen on both monitors (i.e. a mirrored mode) and sometimes only the external monitor (which is the left-most monitor, but gdm treats it like the right-most monitor). I have yet to figure out how to fix it in gdm. Yeah, I’m not sure how to fix that in gdm. Mine is backwards, and it has strange behaviour. Sometimes I get the login screen on both monitors (i.e. a mirrored mode) and sometimes only the external monitor (which is the left-most monitor, but gdm treats it like the right-most monitor). I have yet to figure out how to fix it in gdm.

]]> By: Leif http://linsec.ca/blog/2010/01/21/manipulate-monitor-displays-easily-with-the-xrandr-extension/comment-page-1/#comment-4636 Leif Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:23:28 +0000 http://linsec.ca/blog/?p=679#comment-4636 In the article "The monitors may be reversed at the gdm login screen, ..." I have this problem too, is there a way to change the gdm monitor layout? On this same topic of gdm layouts, my biggest problem with gdm is that it thinks my secondary monitor ist the one where my login prompt/window should go on. If I happen not to have that secondary monitor powered on, too bad, it still puts the login window there so on my primary monitor I'm stuck looking at a blue fedora wallpaper. In the article “The monitors may be reversed at the gdm login screen, …”

I have this problem too, is there a way to change the gdm monitor layout?

On this same topic of gdm layouts, my biggest problem with gdm is that it thinks my secondary monitor ist the one where my login prompt/window should go on. If I happen not to have that secondary monitor powered on, too bad, it still puts the login window there so on my primary monitor I’m stuck looking at a blue fedora wallpaper.

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