[Solved]display settings not saving

nickwalt10 · 2012-05-12 23:40:58

I'm completely new to any Linux platforms and after some research I decided too get crunchbang and I am really liking it so far. One issue I am having so far is with the display settings. I have 2 monitors and I can use the display settings so it is a continuous display but once I reboot it reverts back to just mirroring the first monitor. Any information to get the display settings to save after rebooting well be grateful. Also I set a different wallpaper on each monitor and after I reboot it sometimes picks 1 of the 2 wallpapers and sometimes picks a default wallpaper if this makes a difference
Thanks for the help.

Last edited by nickwalt10 (2012-05-17 07:30:18)

machinebacon · 2012-05-12 23:48:04

Happens to me all the time. You can use the xrandr command that does the same like the grandr GUI interface, and add the xrandr command line to the ~/.config/openbox/autostart

i don't use two screens, but maybe you want to post the output of xrandr and somebody will surely assist you.

sunfizz98 · 2012-05-13 05:14:13

@machinebacon
Confirmed and probably the easiest way to go about doing it.

I have a dual screen setup but I don't have separate wallpapers set up per screen (not sure if feh can do that).

nickwalt10 · 2012-05-13 08:11:57

thx for the help guys, like i said before i am brand new with linux plantforms. can i please get a more detailed tutorial of what exactly to type and where because im not understanding how to add xrandr to auto start. thank you very much and here is the output of xrandr after i change the settings to extended view

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2880 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 256mm
1440x900 59.9*+
1280x1024 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1280x800 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 60.0
1024x768 70.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 72.8 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1
DVI-I-2 connected 1440x900+1440+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 256mm
1440x900 59.9*+
1280x1024 60.0
1280x960 60.0
1280x800 59.8
1152x864 75.0
1280x720 60.0
1024x768 70.1 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3 56.2
640x480 72.8 75.0 60.0
720x400 70.1

nickwalt10 · 2012-05-14 02:15:39

Ok after spending a few hours roaming around google and the forums here i finally figured out adding these 2 lines would fix my problem and they did. They are in the autostart file, thx for pointing me in the right direction guys.

xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1440x900
xrandr --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1440x900 --right-of DVI-I-1

machinebacon · 2012-05-14 02:26:43

That's how we love it - self-solved and posted a solution! Well done!

Can you mark it as [solved] by editing your first entry and adding [solved] to the subject line? Thanks!

jefurii · 2012-06-05 18:15:49

nickwalt10 wrote:

xrandr --output DVI-I-1 --mode 1440x900
xrandr --output DVI-I-2 --mode 1440x900 --right-of DVI-I-1

You can also run these from the command line if, for example you're using a laptop that is only sometimes connected to the external monitor.

rhowaldt · 2012-06-05 18:38:50

^ that's exactly what i do with my hdmi-setup. i just got an alias called 'hdmi' in my ~/.bashrc

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