Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 11:24:51 +0100 From: Mateusz Piotrowski <0mp@FreeBSD.org> To: Alexey Dokuchaev <danfe@freebsd.org>, Milan Obuch <freebsd-x11@dino.sk> Cc: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Dynamic multimonitor setup question Message-ID: <665f28bc-42b5-f862-3211-01b90b070fd4@FreeBSD.org> In-Reply-To: <Yi/z93X7dZUU7Bay@FreeBSD.org> References: <20220228093951.30914524@zeta.dino.sk> <20220314101646.0042335c@zeta.dino.sk> <Yi/z93X7dZUU7Bay@FreeBSD.org>
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On 15/03/2022 03:03, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:16:46AM +0100, Milan Obuch wrote:
>> I did some searching, googling and similar... a found two ports already
>> in FreeBSD's port collection, x11/arandr and x11/srandrd. The former is
>> just a graphical interface to xrandr, easy to understand and intuitive
>> (similar to the way Windows and MacOS X does multimonitor setup). The
>> latter should do what I am after, but it did not work for me :(
>>
>> Per 'man srandrd', if started with 'srandrd -v -n some_script', it
>> should output some debug data (-v), stay in foreground (-n) and invoke
>> some_script when monitor is being plugged or unplugged. It does not
>> work for me. Something happens just when I invoke 'xrandr' in another
>> terminal - I see some debug output, but the script is not invoked.
>>
>> Is anybody here using x11/srandrd? I can debug the script invocation,
>> but if the event is not detected without external intervention, it is
>> not really usable for me. And I have no experience with debugging the
>> issue in graphics stack...
I'm using srandrd to recenter my wallpapers when I configure an external monitor (I always do it
manually with either arandr or xrandr).
I just start srandrd like this:
srandrd -e -n ~/bin/srandrd-handler
~/bin/srandrd-handler is a shell script with an executable bit set and it contains only the following:
#! /bin/sh -
feh --no-fehbg --bg-center --image-bg 'black' "${HOME}/wallpaper.png"
Good luck!
Mateusz
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/03/2022 03:03, Alexey Dokuchaev
wrote:<br>
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On Mon, Mar 14, 2022 at 10:16:46AM +0100, Milan Obuch wrote:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I did some searching, googling and similar... a found two ports already
in FreeBSD's port collection, x11/arandr and x11/srandrd. The former is
just a graphical interface to xrandr, easy to understand and intuitive
(similar to the way Windows and MacOS X does multimonitor setup). The
latter should do what I am after, but it did not work for me :(
Per 'man srandrd', if started with 'srandrd -v -n some_script', it
should output some debug data (-v), stay in foreground (-n) and invoke
some_script when monitor is being plugged or unplugged. It does not
work for me. Something happens just when I invoke 'xrandr' in another
terminal - I see some debug output, but the script is not invoked.
Is anybody here using x11/srandrd? I can debug the script invocation,
but if the event is not detected without external intervention, it is
not really usable for me. And I have no experience with debugging the
issue in graphics stack...
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<p>I'm using srandrd to recenter my wallpapers when I configure an
external monitor (I always do it manually with either arandr or
xrandr).</p>
<p>I just start srandrd like this:</p>
<p>srandrd -e -n <span class="pl-k">~</span>/bin/srandrd-handler</p>
<p><span class="pl-k">~</span>/bin/srandrd-handler is a shell script
with an executable bit set and it contains only the following:</p>
<p>#! /bin/sh -<br>
feh --no-fehbg --bg-center --image-bg 'black'
"${HOME}/wallpaper.png"</p>
<p>Good luck!</p>
<p>Mateusz<br>
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