brainstorming for UDS-N - Graphics

[Anmar Oueja]

On 2 October 2010 14:11, Bryce Harrington <bryce at canonical.com> wrote:
> IIRC, gnome-settings-daemon is *supposed* to memorize different hardware
> patterns and the last configuration you set for them,

It does remember the last setup if you booted the machine with the
external display connected. However, if you connect the screen or you
suspend then resume with the screen plugged in or plugged during
suspend, it defaults to the laptop screen on the left and the external
display on the right.

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> Anyway, even with your case, there shouldn't be a need to pop up a
> configure prompt each time - it should remember and set things to how
> they were before.

I agree. The less popups the better.

> Do you have a crt/lcd button on your laptop?  If you press it several
> times does it toggle you through the setting(s) you want?

Pressing the Fn+F7 (on my Thinkpad) toggles the laptop screen and the
Display screen but doesn't return the arrangement of the displays to
what I setup it up again.

My only options to returning the displays to the original layout is to
either do it explicitly or reboot the system with the external screen
connected.

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