#1 2016-11-16 22:45:03

ccarr77

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Registered: 2016-11-16

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Desktop / display settings

I'm new to BunsenLabs, but for the most part like it very much so far; it's fast as hell.

I haven't figured out how to make the screen res stay between boots. I've been changing it using ARandR. Also where is the setting for the widget for "System Info" and "Short-cut Keys" this moves to the center when the screen res is increased.

damo

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Re: Desktop / display settings

Save the settings for your layout, and run them at login.

Arandr -> Layout -> Save as. This will save a settings script in ~/.screenlayout, containing the actual xrandr command, so either run the script or the xrandr command.

Menu -> Preferences -> Edit autostart, then add

~/.screenlayout/<layout scriptname> &

or

xrandr --output etc etc &

I don't know what you mean by "widget" - are you talking about the main menu? (There isn't a "system info" on a stock BL, BTW).

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brontosaurusrex

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Re: Desktop / display settings

Probably sysinfo=conky.

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Re: Desktop / display settings

Probably sysinfo=conky.

OK, so @ccarr77 can just restart it then:  Menu -> Preferences -> Conky -> Reload Conkys

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Re: Desktop / display settings

I'm new to BunsenLabs, but for the most part like it very much so far; it's fast as hell.

I haven't figured out how to make the screen res stay between boots. I've been changing it using ARandR. Also where is the setting for the widget for "System Info" and "Short-cut Keys" this moves to the center when the screen res is increased.

a) Use arandr to configure your screens as preferred.

b) Use Layout > Save As. Name the layout and save it into the suggested folder ~/.screenlayouts.

c) What a program actually saved is a shell script with a xrandr invocation! So from your Openbox autostart, just 'execute' the layout file you want to load.

Steve

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Re: Desktop / display settings

xrandr --output etc etc &

This worked for me thanks. I put bunsenlabs on small desktop computer to run a media center (kodi & Tvheadend) but as the monitor is big and im sitting away from it on the lounge the full resolution of 1920x1200 was just too big to see anything on a webpage or in geany.

So in the autostart file goes this command for my setup....

xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1152x864 &

Last edited by Steve (2017-01-07 05:07:14)