I’m stuck with a dual screen problem. This is my first post and I couldn’t find an etiquette guide or advice on consistency of information forum post, so I apologise in advance for not doing certain expected things.
First up, here’s what I’m trying to do.
- Have laptop docked with large monitor and extend desktop to larger monitor. I want the larger monitor to be the primary monitor.
- Undock the laptop, while still docked and either a) automatically switch to one monitor and that is primary monitor or b) use hotkey or panel widget to change monitor configuration
- Power down the laptop and undock the laptop then power it up undocked and automatically switch to one monitor and that is primary monitor.
- Power down the laptop and dock the laptop then power it up and either a) automatically switch to extended desktop to larger monitor. I want the larger monitor to be the primary monitor or b) use hotkey or panel widget to change monitor configuration.
My problem is this. I’ve managed to set-up “profile” 1. using an application called display. I’ve undocked and now at another location I’d like to move to “profile” 2, but when I log in I get a desktop, that isn’t what I expect. My panel is not present so it’s more cumbersome to start programs. I ran the same display program and it showed one monitor, and I set it up for one monitor, but there is no option to set primary monitor. In “profile” 1, I didn’t set the primary monitor, I just dragged the panel from one screen to the other. Now I imagine this panel is somewhere else.
The questions:
- How can I get my screen back in “profile” 2 mode without calling it quits and recreating the panel again and then have a risk of two panels when I’m next in “profile” 1 mode.
- How can I conveniently get the set of profiles above to work regularly.
I can let you know any info you want. Right now I’m, confused because there seem to be so many options, SAX2, xrandr, xinerama, twinview, mergeFB as well as lots of different inconsistent applets to configure them. Is there a best practice for doing this?
Lenovo X61, openSUSE 11.2 64-bit