Re: [gdm-list] Setting up GDM with variable resolutions depending on monitor

[Ray Strode <halfline gmail com>]

Hi,

On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Will Clardy <will_clardy lavabit com> wrote:
> I have an Asus EeePC (with a resolution of 1024x600) that I carry around on
> a
> daily basis, but when I'm home I connect a 1920x1080 VGA monitor. I'm trying
> to
> find a way to use xrandr to detect when the VGA monitor is attached and
> start
> GDM at the proper resolution on the VGA monitor with the Asus display turned
> off.
If you get it configured the way you like it after you've logged into
gnome, you can copy the monitors.xml file from ~/.config/monitors.xml
to /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml and GDM should follow suit.

--Ray