Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-23 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hi, Typically, what I want is that a laptop detects when an external monitor is plugged/unplugged, then execute the user preferred action for _that_ device ("xrandr --auto" or open grandr or use an arandr [wnpp 484849] profile or others[6]...). This should be possible ! ACPI[1] is supposed to

Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-22 Thread Carl Fink
On Sat, Jun 21, 2008 at 09:22:16PM +, Jack Malmostoso wrote: > On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:40:11 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > > > I'm wondering how you handle this. Any great idea we could enable in > > Lenny ? > > grandr is your friend. There was an article on this very subject in last month's

Re: Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-22 Thread Jack Malmostoso
On Sat, 21 Jun 2008 20:40:11 +0200, Franklin PIAT wrote: > I'm wondering how you handle this. Any great idea we could enable in > Lenny ? grandr is your friend. -- Best Regards, Jack Linux User #264449 Powered by Debian GNU/Linux on AMD64 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a

Switching to external monitor.

2008-06-21 Thread Franklin PIAT
Hello, I connect an external monitor to my laptop when I'm at home or at work. In order to reconfigure my monitor when I leave, I have configured an icon on my gnome panel, which invoke "xrandr --auto" to automatically detects the suitable resolution. I'm wondering how you handle this. Any great