i guess you should use xrandr if you can enable your monitor with xrandr you can create a a bash script like this
#!/bin/bash xrandr ...<your option> xrandr ...<another option> after you did save this on ~/.kde/Autostart/ so everytime you load kde it will load your script you can do this stuff from systemsettings here http://simplest-image-hosting.net/png-0-gp1841 2012/5/24 Björn Ballard <bjorn.ball...@gmail.com> > I would be grateful for help with this too. I too am using Kubuntu 12.04 > (with KDE 4.8.3). I use a laptop exclusively. Whenever I have the > external monitor plugged in I have to configure KDE to extend the desktop > on to it. I would like to know if it's possible, and how to, store the > configuration of external monitor to the left of the laptop with the > desktop expanded onto it (instead of cloned), and have it automatically use > this configuration only when the external monitor is connected. > > Many thanks > Björn > > > On 24 May 2012 12:53, Marcelo Magno T. Sales <mmtsa...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I would like to extend my desktop to my second monitor. KDE defaults >> to clone the image of the main monitor on the secondary monitor. >> I can setup the desktop the way I want, with the secondary monitor >> above the primary one, using KDE System Settings. However, this setup >> does not survive a reboot and every time I turn on the computer, I >> have to setup the desktop again. >> Is there a way to make the dual monitors configuration to stick using >> KDE's GUI tools or do I need to create a xorg.conf file and edit it >> manually? >> I'm running Kubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin). >> >> Thanks, >> >> Marcelo >> ___________________________________________________ >> This message is from the kde mailing list. >> Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. >> Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. >> More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. >> > > -- > Equal Rights, Representation, Education and Welfare > > ___________________________________________________ > This message is from the kde mailing list. > Account management: https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/kde. > Archives: http://lists.kde.org/. > More info: http://www.kde.org/faq.html. >
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