On Wed, Mar 01, 2017 at 10:14:39AM GMT, Marcus MERIGHI wrote: > sc...@ggr.com (Scott Bonds), 2017.02.28 (Tue) 02:21 (CET): > > I'm polling using xrandr to check whether a new display was plugged > > in, so I can run a script to switch to it, i.e. plug in an external > > VGA monitor and it lights up automatically, unplug it and my laptop > > automatically switches back to using its internal display. > > I have wanted the same and found no way to avoid polling xrandr(1). > > If you find a way, would you be so kind to share the solution? > > > But, every time I run xrandr my (USB connected) audio stutters, which > > makes me sad because I was hoping to poll for a new display every 5 > > seconds, but that's not so great while listening to music. > > Does the --nograb parameter of xrandr(1) help? > > Marcus > > > Does anyone know of a better way to notice a newly plugged in > > display...perhaps one that's more passive/efficient so as not to > > provoke stuttering audio? I don't see any output from hotplugd that I > > could use unfortunately, that seemed like the right place to look > > first. I didn't notice anything I could use in the Xorg log either. > > > > !DSPAM:58b4d0ab225251121513987! >
Hi all, A while ago, Keith Packard wrote small display configuration tool called x-on-resize[0] which might be exactly what you are looking for but I have no idea how much effort would it be to get it working/ported on/to OpenBSD. [0] https://keithp.com/blogs/x-on-resize/ Regards, Raf
