monitor/display configuration

[Member stephenbbb]

Hello,

where is the configuration for displays? I connect a TV by hdmi and would like to send same output to the TV and the laptop monitor.
Thanks
S.

[Member Xecure]

Control Centre > Session > Set Screen Resolution (aRandR)

[Member stephenbbb]

I see there is Outputs in the menu, but no “detect” item. what do I do if antix does not see I plugged an hdmi monitor?
Thank you.

[Moderator BobC]

On mine I need to plug in the HDMI monitor before I boot, then it works fine.

[Member Xecure]

Open Arandr. Go to Output > HDMI > Active

Tick it (to on). Then hit the Apply button (Button under menu on the top left of the window).

Now your HDMI screen is active. Move it around (or move the laptop monitor) and place it wherever you want. Change the resolutions with Output > HDMI > Resolution > …

[Member seaken64]

I also have had to have HDMI plugged in first before booting. After you use the GUI to get the monitors activated and placed in their relative positions and with the right resolution use the menu to “save” the configuration. You can use that configuration file in future sessions to make it easier to setup. Or, if you leave the monitors/TV plugged in all the time you can add the command to your “startup” file for the desktop session and then antiX will set it up for you each time you reboot or restart a session.

seaken64

[Moderator BobC]

Try Xecure’s solution, it worked on mine.

I hadn’t noticed the Active box before, and it didn’t take effect until I clicked Apply.

Code could be added to ~/.screenlayout/default.sh to parse the output of xrandr to see if the 2nd display is connected, and if it is, then setup the screen differently. My add-on screen is HDMI-1.

#!/bin/sh
hdmiactive=$(xrandr | grep "HDMI-1 connected" | wc -l)
if [[ "$hdmiactive" -lt 1 ]]; then  
  xrandr --output HDMI-1 --off --output eDP-1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal
else
  xrandr --output HDMI-1 --mode 3840x2160 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output eDP-1 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 3840x1080 --rotate normal
fi

• This reply was modified 1 month ago by BobC.

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