internal monitor name in xrandr

[CSJ]

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 :(

2010/7/2 Maarten Maathuis <madman2003 at gmail.com>

> On Fri, Jul 2, 2010 at 12:19 PM, CSJ <changsijay at gmail.com> 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"
>
> In recent versions of xrandr/xorg/etc there exists the concept of a
> primary output, maybe that is what you seek.
>
> >
> > 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
> >
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