i3 for dual-monitor on laptop
Try this instead:
xrandr | grep 'HDMI1 connected' &&
xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --output HDMI1 --auto --left-of eDP1
That will run the xrandr
command only if the HMDI1
screen is connected. I don't know the details of the format of .3/config
(although I do know it will ignore anything after the exec
line, are you sure you want this with exec
?), so if that doesn't work just put it in a script and call the script from config
.
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danielspaniol
Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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danielspaniol over 1 year
I am using i3 as the window manager on my laptop. Now I want it to work with my HDMI monitor. So far I have this is my
.3/config
:exec xrandr --output eDP1 --auto --output HDMI1 --auto --left-of eDP1
This works quite well but only as long as my HDMI monitor is plugged in. When it is not I have half of my workspaces not visible since they are not displayed on my laptops monitor.
How can I make it detect whether or not the other monitor is plugged in and have a configuration for both cases?
Also can it automatically detect when the HDMI is (un)plugged and change the configursation accordingly? Or do I have to bind it to a key to check for monitors? -
Dhinesh.B over 5 yearsThanks, this did the trick for me:
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --auto --left-of LVDS-1