DualMonitor

Set up additional monitor

TODO

• get names

xrandr --current | grep ' connected' | sed -n 's#\(w*\) .*#\1#p'

• get resolutions

xrandr --current | sed -n 's#.* connected \(primary \)\([0-9]*\)x\([0-9]*\)+.*#\2x\3#p'

• set

xrandr --output LVDS1 --primary
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1

Additional display modes

• search

apt-get install edid-decode
xrandr --verbose | edid-decode

• define

cvt -v 1600 926
xrandr --newmode "1600x926" 121.50  1600 1696 1856 2112  926 929
xrandr --addmode LVDS-1 1600x926

• use

xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode 1600x926

References

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/4489/a-tool-for-automatically-applying-randr-configuration-when-external-display-is-p
• https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/114359/how-to-get-edid-for-a-single-monitor