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On 23/03/2016 16:39, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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> On 2016-03-23, Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon@×××××.com> wrote: |
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>> Most users in this day and age would probably reply "why do I need to |
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>> start with different resolutions and colour depth?" |
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> When using different display hardware: LCD projector, TV, etc. |
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xorg and plasma's monitor control thingy *always* finds the correct |
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resolution for me. Admittedly, I might just have been lucky and thus far |
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only used devices with accurate EDID info. |
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If I ever do need to tweak resolution (and it's been *years*), the |
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plasmoid has those controls. I can't recall when last I tweaked colour |
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depth, or if I've ever done it, or even what it's for anymore... |
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>> It's been many years since I myself fiddled with any of that, all my |
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>> displays are now LCD where only one resolution makes any sense - native |
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> If you've got multiple displays, "native" isn't really enough info. |
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> Do you want to mirror a single screen, do you want multiple screens, |
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> do you want a single screen spread across multiple displays, and so on... |
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There are three setups I use often: |
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- laptop only, no external monitor, only 1920x1080 internal |
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- at home with 22" 1920x1080 external plus internal screen on |
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- at work with 2500x1400 external on the left and 1920x1080 external on |
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the right, internal screen off |
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Every time I plug or unplug a monitor, xorg, plasmoid and XRandR all do |
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their thing, recognize which monitor it is (not just the resolution) and |
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five me what I had last time. 99% of the time that's what I want. |
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When I plug in a new device for the first time, the plasmoid opens so I |
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can drag 'n drop and configure what I want in real time. And it always |
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just works. Contrast that with fiddling with xorg config files back when |
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I still had CRTs <shudder> |
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I stopped fiddling with xorg configs and startx when it dawned on me |
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that all the fancy scripts in the world didn't help a jot if X itself |
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wasn't working. So I might as well use X apps to do that part too. |
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Were I to use separate X screens I might need to do what you do, but |
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that's something I only ever did once, and quickly realized I didn't |
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need it - I much prefer one screen spread over all display devices. |
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Suits how this brain is wired |
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Alan McKinnon |
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alan.mckinnon@×××××.com |
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