Hi, I've maned xrandr and also saw the --primary is to set some output as primary, No idea about how to get which is primary :( <div class="gmail_quote">2010/7/2 Maarten Maathuis <<a href="mailto:madman2003@gmail.com">madman2003@gmail.com</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="im">On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, CSJ <<a href="mailto:changsijay@gmail.com">changsijay@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > Hi, > > I am writing a script to output to external monitor automatically when it is > connected. > But now I have no idea about what name will be used for internal monitor in > xrandr. > some are "LVDS" and some are "DP1" </div>In recent versions of xrandr/xorg/etc there exists the concept of a primary output, maybe that is what you seek. <div class="im"> > > I want to parsing the xrandr output and remove the internal one. (xrandr | > grep -v " connected" | grep -v $INTERNAL_NAME) > then others will be external monitor. > > So, does any methods to does which name will be used for internal monitor. > in many kinds of notebooks? > > One more question, > I've tried meego live USB, it can auto output when I plug a external > monitor, > How does it achieve this function? > Does any event will be issued when I plug a external monitor? > > Thanks > </div>> _______________________________________________ > <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a>: X.Org support > Archives: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg</a> > Info: <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank">http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> > Your subscription address: <a href="mailto:madman2003@gmail.com">madman2003@gmail.com</a> > -- Life spent, a precious moment, in the wink of an eye we live and we die. </blockquote></div>