3 Automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices
7 The original [wertarbyte/autorandr](https://github.com/wertarbyte/autorandr)
8 tree is unmaintained, with lots of open pull requests and issues. I forked
9 it and merged what I thought were the most important changes. I will maintain
10 this branch until @wertarbyte finds the time to maintain his branch again.
12 ## License information and authors
14 autorandr is available under the terms of the GNU General Public License
17 Contributors to this version of autorandr are:
32 Save your current display configuration and setup with:
34 autorandr --save mobile
37 Connect an additional display, configure your setup and save it:
39 autorandr --save docked
42 Now autorandr can detect which hardware setup is active:
49 To automatically reload your setup, just append `--change` to the command line
51 To manually load a profile, you can use the `--load <profile>` option.
53 autorandr tries to avoid reloading an identical configuration. To force the
54 (re)configuration, apply `--force`.
56 To prevent a profile from being loaded, place a script call _block_ in its
57 directory. The script is evaluated before the screen setup is inspected, and
58 in case of it returning a value of 0 the profile is skipped. This can be used
59 to query the status of a docking station you are about to leave.
61 If no suitable profile can be identified, the current configuration is kept.
62 To change this behaviour and switch to a fallback configuration, specify
63 `--default <profile>`.
65 Another script called `postswitch` can be placed in the directory
66 `~/.autorandr` as well as in all profile directories: The scripts are executed
67 after a mode switch has taken place and can notify window managers or other
68 applications about it.
70 While the script uses xrandr by default, calling it by the name `autodisper`
71 or `auto-disper` forces it to use the [disper](http://willem.engen.nl/projects/disper/)
72 utility, which is useful for controlling nvidia chipsets. The formats for
73 fingerprinting the current setup and saving/loading the current configuration
74 are adjusted accordingly.
76 To install autorandr call `make install`, define your setup and then call
77 `make hotplug` to install hotplug scripts.
79 For Debian using auto-disper:
80 To make the screen auto-configure when your computer wakes up,
81 * Copy auto-disper into /usr/local/bin/
82 * Copy pm-utils/40auto-disper into /etc/pm/sleep.d/
83 * (Assuming gnome) Run gnome-keybinding-properties and ADD a shortcut,
84 I called it "Run auto-disper", I set it to CTRL-F7, and the command is:
85 `auto-disper -c --default default`
86 * Create a default disper setting... eg for laptop: unplug all monitors,
87 set up the screen nicely on the laptop display.
88 Then run `auto-disper --save laptop`