gpatrick
April 11th, 2010, 21:30
Have a second 23" monitor that is connected to the VGA port. The laptop has a resolution of 1366x768 and the monitor has a resolution of 1920x1080.
Currently I have the laptop screen set to 1366x768 but with Windowmaker my dockapps are not on the right of the screen and cannot be moved. They're only 2/3's of the way to the right. I have the external screen to the left of the laptop and it is set using xrandr to 1920x1080.
How do I set it so the external screen is set to the left using 1920x1080 and the laptop to 1366x768. I also want the external screen to be an additional screen while currently it is a duplicate of the laptop monitor.
This is what I want but get the following error:
$ xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1080 --left-of LVDS --output LVDS --mode 1366x768
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3286x1080)
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1920
VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 287mm
1920x1080 60.0*+
1680x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1440x900 59.9
1280x800 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 70.1 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 66.7 59.9
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1280x720 59.9
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
800x600 59.9
640x480 59.4
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
I found this on an xrandr wiki and I put it in a file that is called before wmaker in the .xinitrc. However my mouse doesn't work and the screens are clones:
# If an external monitor is connected, place it with xrandr
# External output may be "VGA" or "VGA-0" or "DVI-0" or "TMDS-1"
EXTERNAL_OUTPUT="VGA-0"
INTERNAL_OUTPUT="LVDS"
# EXTERNAL_LOCATION may be one of: left, right, above, or below
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="left"
case "$EXTERNAL_LOCATION" in
left|LEFT)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--left-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
right|RIGHT)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--right-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
top|TOP|above|ABOVE)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--above $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
bottom|BOTTOM|below|BELOW)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--below $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
*)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--left-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
esac
xrandr |grep $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT | grep " connected "
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto $EXTERNAL_LOCATION
# Alternative command in case of trouble:
# (sleep 2; xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto $EXTERNAL_LOCATION) &
else
xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --off
fi
Currently I have the laptop screen set to 1366x768 but with Windowmaker my dockapps are not on the right of the screen and cannot be moved. They're only 2/3's of the way to the right. I have the external screen to the left of the laptop and it is set using xrandr to 1920x1080.
How do I set it so the external screen is set to the left using 1920x1080 and the laptop to 1366x768. I also want the external screen to be an additional screen while currently it is a duplicate of the laptop monitor.
This is what I want but get the following error:
$ xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1920x1080 --left-of LVDS --output LVDS --mode 1366x768
xrandr: screen cannot be larger than 1920x1920 (desired size 3286x1080)
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 1920 x 1920
VGA-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 510mm x 287mm
1920x1080 60.0*+
1680x1050 60.0
1280x1024 60.0
1440x900 59.9
1280x800 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1024x768 70.1 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
640x480 66.7 59.9
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 344mm x 194mm
1366x768 60.0*+
1280x720 59.9
1152x768 59.8
1024x768 59.9
800x600 59.9
640x480 59.4
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
I found this on an xrandr wiki and I put it in a file that is called before wmaker in the .xinitrc. However my mouse doesn't work and the screens are clones:
# If an external monitor is connected, place it with xrandr
# External output may be "VGA" or "VGA-0" or "DVI-0" or "TMDS-1"
EXTERNAL_OUTPUT="VGA-0"
INTERNAL_OUTPUT="LVDS"
# EXTERNAL_LOCATION may be one of: left, right, above, or below
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="left"
case "$EXTERNAL_LOCATION" in
left|LEFT)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--left-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
right|RIGHT)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--right-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
top|TOP|above|ABOVE)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--above $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
bottom|BOTTOM|below|BELOW)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--below $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
*)
EXTERNAL_LOCATION="--left-of $INTERNAL_OUTPUT"
;;
esac
xrandr |grep $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT | grep " connected "
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto $EXTERNAL_LOCATION
# Alternative command in case of trouble:
# (sleep 2; xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto $EXTERNAL_LOCATION) &
else
xrandr --output $INTERNAL_OUTPUT --auto --output $EXTERNAL_OUTPUT --off
fi