Re: screen color distortion after xrandr

[Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org>]

Felmon Davis wrote: 
> greets!
> 
> I was trying to get a second monitor (a tv) to work using xrandr. I noticed
> that the screen on the laptop would suffer severe, almost 'psychedelic',
> effects if I hit a certain setting.
> 
> unfortunately I don't recall the setting but the ill effect was consistent
> and rendered the display nearly unreadable. and the only solution was to end
> the session.
> 
> then by accident I hit the 'save this configuration' key and now the setting
> is permanent.
> 
> btw I created a second user and it doesn't suffer from the problem.
> 
> I cannot find a way to restore the proper display setting. there's no
> configuration file I can find for xrandr.
> 
> it's an Asus Zenbook with Intel HD graphics.
> 
> I am considering shifting to the second user and grappling with the UID and
> GID changes. I ultimately want to get back to using the original username.
> 
> surely there is a simpler solution. perhaps purge xrandr?

xrandr doesn't have a "save this configuration" key; it is
command-line only.

What *randr program were you using?

arandr

lxrandr

something built in to a desktop environment?

-dsr-