[tde-users] Re: Persistent configuration of multihead screen

Ran Talbott via tde-users composed on 2023-07-11 07:00 (UTC): ... Most PCs I have support 2, 3 or 4 screens at once, and I usually use most of them that way. All are multi-multiboot. So the following instruction is for Debian and its derivatives. For Fedora, Mageia and openSUSE the location I use is /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/. In /etc/X11/Xsession.d/, create a file. Its name shouldn't matter, but I'd start its name with a digit like 4, 5 or 6. While you're in that location, scan its content to be sure there isn't already a file there that employs xrandr. If there is, you may want to edit it instead of creating a new file. Use inxi -Gaz or xrandr to determine the name X uses for your two displays. If it was DP-1 on the right with Kicker and DP-2 on the left and you want them swapped, the file content would be: xrandr --output DP-2 --primary --output DP-1 --right-of DP-2 This location for xrandr will run as your TDE session starts. It won't affect TDM. If you want TDM affected, there's /etc/trinity/tdm/tdmrc's GreeterScreen= for designating on which to put the greeter. The above xrandr template should be safe to rerun at any time, but if your screens were not matched resolutions, using it to make a switch may move the Kicker elsewhere than where it belongs until logging out and back in. Assign a hotkey to your script or to a copy of it to make it easy to run/rerun at any time should it become necessary or desirable. -- Evolution as taught in public schools is, like religion, based on faith, not based on science. Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata