On Wed, Mar 1, 2017 at 11:49 AM, Raf Czlonka <rczlo...@gmail.com> wrote: > 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/
It builds out-of-the-box Thanks for making me know about x-on-resize, David
