+1 for arandr. I use it on a similar laptop/spare monitor set-up. Wolf Halton http://sourcefreedom.com Apache developer: wolfhal...@apache.org On Oct 30, 2012 4:04 PM, "Sébastien Kalt" <sk...@throka.org> wrote:
> Hi, > > 2012/10/16 Roman V.Leon. <roman...@meta.ua> > >> Hello all. >> I use dual monitor configuration on my notebook. One screen is notebook's >> screen and second screen is just an external monitor with different >> resolution, which connected to notebook via VGA cable. All settings were >> made with help of "xrand" util, I use the following script when the desktop >> is loading: >> --------------- >> xrandr --output LVDS --pos 1920x312 --mode 1366x768 >> xrandr --output VGA-0 --pos 0x0 --mode 1920x1080 >> xrandr --output LVDS --primary >> --------------- >> >> The problem is all applications which use full-screen mode, are working >> across first and second monitor, but i would like that they go to >> full-screen only on one monitor. Please advise how I could do it? Thanks in >> advance. >> > I'm using this script, with my external monitor on the left of my laptop : > > xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --rotate normal --primary > xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --right-of VGA1 > > And as I sometimes rotate my monitor to watch documents in portrait > layout, I use this one : > > xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --rotate left > > And when I'm done, I use again the first script ;) > > You can try grandr/arandr while in an X session, I don't remember if it > displays the xrandr commands when launched from a console. > > Sebastien > >
