How do you connect your external monitor(s)?

Question

More frequently I'm using an external monitor when working on Arch Linux, so I made this script, which works ok for now. This is a simple approach for this kind of stuff I think, so I'm wondering what you people out there are using to connect your external monitors. I guess there's a bunch of people in this community that are using two (or more) monitors? Please post your beloved script or name the package you are using. I would also be happy with some feedback or tips on my script.
#!/bin/bash
#~/scripts/vga
case $1 in
-r|--right) xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --right-of LVDS1 ;;
-l|--left) xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --left-of LVDS1 ;;
-o|--off) xrandr --output VGA1 --off ;;
*) xrandr --output VGA1 --auto ;;
esac
Last edited by roygbiv (2011-08-24 18:15:54)

Answer 1

When I'm at home I connect my laptop to my TV and use that as the only screen. I have mapped the screen fn-key to this script:
#!/bin/bash
if xrandr -q | grep "HDMI1 connected" > /dev/null ; then
# xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 138.500 1920 1968 2000 2080 1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync
# xrandr --addmode HDMI1 1920x1080
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1360x768
xrandr --output LVDS1 --off
else
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1366x768
xrandr --output HDMI1 --off
fi
Works perfectly.