#1 2023-11-21 21:45:12

sexynsmartjenny

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From: Boston, MA

Registered: 2016-07-17

Posts: 161

saving dual screen settings with aRandR

Hi:

So I have two monitors for my laptop, one is a TV, the other one is the laptop, and when I start my PC, I go to settings => aRandR to change the settings so I can utilize both monitors.

However, when I restart my PC, the settings revert back to its original. So how do I make the change to settings permanent?

Last edited by sexynsmartjenny (2023-11-21 21:45:30)

rbh

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Re: saving dual screen settings with aRandR

So how do I make the change to settings permanent?

From Introduction to the Bunsenlabs Lithium Desktop, under heading: "Screen settings".

BunsenLabs has a Screen layout editor:

The command "arandr"
Menu -> Preferences -> Display -> ARandR Screen Layout Editor

ARandr is  a  visual front end for xrandr.
You can configure multiple monitors, set size, resolution and orientation.
If you want configured settings to load at start, you can save the settings as a script, to be loaded by autostart:

On menu "Layout", choose "Save As", save as screen.sh in the default folder: ~./screenlayout/.
Open file ~/.config/bunsen/autostart in your editor.
After text "### SETTINGS START", add:
$HOME/.screenlayout/screen.sh

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// Regards rbh

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