Okay, nobody liked my questions. ;-) Let me ask a different question, then:
Is there a way to query xrandr to give me the current configuration as an xrandr command? That could help give me a workaround. Thanks, Jamie On Thu, Jun 18, 2009 at 1:08 AM, Jamie Jackson<myspa...@gmail.com> wrote: > (Ubuntu 9.04) > > At work, I've got dual head, external monitors (VGA, TDMS-1). If I > suspend there, and resume at home (using only built-in LVDS), I get a > black screen. > > I have similar problems when going in reverse. > > The only way I've been able to recover is via SSH and xrandr, however, > my home => work xrandr process is haphazard. While I can usually get > it to work, I can only get enough to give me a panel (on the wrong > screen, the VGA) to get to the gnome display config gui (where I can > finish the proper config, getting the panel on the main TDMS-1, and > the auxiliary display on the smaller VGA). > > When I need to resume at home, I usually bag it, and just hard reset. > > I've got a few questions: > > 1. Is there a way to get X to roam better (be smarter about detecting > and using displays on resume)? > 2. Alternatively, is there some xrandr sequence I can use that makes > the home => work transition less awkward? > 3. Also, alternatively, what's the sequence for the work => home > transition? (This one's a bit of a pain, because I've got to jump > through some hoops to SSH in at home, but if I had a sequence, I could > script it, and then maybe blindly run my script from a TTY.) > > Thanks, > Jamie > _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list xorg@lists.freedesktop.org http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg