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| - | ====== DUAL MONITORS ====== | + | ====== Dual Monitors ====== |
| Known to work on Slackware 14.1 and XFCE | Known to work on Slackware 14.1 and XFCE | ||
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| + | ====== Cool Switching Scripts ====== | ||
| + | Here's a script I wrote to toggle between extended dual monitors and a single monitor- | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | #!/bin/bash | ||
| + | vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-0" # <--- CHANGE THIS. Find using "xrandr -q" | ||
| + | vLOC="--right" # <--- Change this if you want the second monitor in another position. CHOICES: --above --below --left --right | ||
| + | vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 ) | ||
| + | vOnOff=$(xrandr -q | grep $vEXT | sed 's/primary//g' | awk '{print $3}'| sed 's/[0-9]*x[0-9]*+[0-9]*+[0-9]*/ON/g' ) | ||
| + | [ "$vOnOff" != "ON" ] && vOnOff="OFF" | ||
| + | if [ "$vOnOff" = "OFF" ]; then | ||
| + | /usr/bin/xrandr --output $vEXT --auto $vLOC $vPRIMARYMONITOR | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | /usr/bin/xrandr --output $vEXT --off | ||
| + | fi | ||
| + | |||
| + | </code> | ||
| + | |||
| + | Script to toggle a mirrored monitor- | ||
| + | <code> | ||
| + | #!/bin/bash | ||
| + | vPRIMARYMONITOR="DVI-I-0" # <--- CHANGE THIS. Find using "xrandr -q" | ||
| + | vEXT=$(xrandr -q | grep " connected" | grep -v $vPRIMARYMONITOR | awk '{print $1}' | head -n 1 ) | ||
| + | vOnOff=$(xrandr -q | grep $vEXT | sed 's/primary//g' | awk '{print $3}'| sed 's/[0-9]*x[0-9]*+[0-9]*+[0-9]*/ON/g' ) | ||
| + | [ "$vOnOff" != "ON" ] && vOnOff="OFF" | ||
| + | if [ "$vOnOff" = "OFF" ]; then | ||
| + | /usr/bin/xrandr --output $vEXT --auto | ||
| + | else | ||
| + | /usr/bin/xrandr --output $vEXT --off | ||
| + | fi | ||
| + | </code> | ||
