On Wed, 15 Mar 2006 17:01:08 -0500 kamaraju kusumanchi <raju.mailinglists@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi > I have two xorg.conf files. The first one is for laptop alone ( say > xorg1.conf) . The second is used when laptop is connected to a projector > (say xorg2.conf). > > I usually use xorg1.conf . But when I have to connect to a projector, I do > > sudo cp xorg2.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf to make your life easier, you might do something like this: 1. make two xorg.conf files... name them whatever you like, I'll use xorg1.conf & xorg2.conf 2. use a symlink to whichever you want to use: ln -s /etc/X11/xorg1.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf 3. write a really simple shell script to switch where the link points. #! /bin/bash if (ls /etc/X11/xorg.conf -l | grep xorg1); then rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf; ln -s /etc/X11/xorg2.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf; else rm -f /etc/X11/xorg.conf; ln -s /etc/X11/xorg1.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf; fi call it something like switchmon or somesuch and chmod +x it. then switching monitor output is easy, and it'll automatically switch from whichever is active to the other one. you can also put a startx at end i suppose too. I used this when I was configuring my mythtv system and was switching back and forth from a monitor to the tv-out trying to get the configuration right. made it nice and easy. others have addressed, hopefully your other issues. A
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