Hello, I have an nVidia card, and I can use the NVIDIA X Server Settings app to dynamically detect and configure displays I connect to my laptop. When I'm done with the configuration, I simply apply it, and keep on truckin' without having to restart X.
Doing this manually each time I connect/disconnect an external display can get tiresome. I can generate an xorg.conf for each setup I frequently use (ie: different monitors at work/home, no monitor on the go), but that means restarting X when the display configuration changes. This can be undesirable if I just want to move from my desk to the living room. I'd like to run a single command, passing it one of my xorg.conf files (for instance), and have my screens configured on-the-fly. I looked at the command-line options for nvidia-settings and nvidia-xconfig but they don't seem to do what I want. I also looked at XRandR but I'm not sure what's the best way forward. Does anyone have something like this already set up? What did you use? Will these nvidia tools do what I need or should I look to XRandR? How do I get started with setting up XRandR? Thanks! Mike
