Sucess with dual monitors

[Matthew Kuiken]

Jean Hollis Weber wrote:
> David Woyciesjes wrote:
>>     And this works okay when you start the laptop without the 
>> external monitor attached? Hmmm... I'll have to see if my Thinkpad 
>> A30p supports dual monitors like that...
>
>
> Good question. I had not tried that yet. (The thought that I should 
> try it skittered through my mind yesterday and escaped without being 
> acted on.)
>
> So I just tested it. I disconnected the monitor and rebooted. Not 
> surprisingly, Ubuntu came up with the dual-screen setup, and programs 
> that had been last displayed on the secondary screen (and closed 
> before I rebooted) could not be seen when I reopened them. Fortunately 
> I quickly discovered how to move them back onto the visible area. 
> (Right-click on program name in bottom panel, choose Move from the 
> pop-up menu, and move the mouse until the program moved into the 
> visible area.) Not ideal, but it works.
>
> I guess if I were going to be using the laptop away from my desk for 
> awhile (I often go on trips lasting several weeks), I would have two 
> xorg.conf files -- one for with dual-screen and one for without -- and 
> swap between them. Also not ideal...
>
> Another thing I haven't tried yet is using the second screen as a 
> clone, as that is often something I need when doing demos for people. 
> Months ago, when I was just starting to try to work this out, I had a 
> clone setup working fine, so I'm hopeful. No doubt this means yet more 
> swapping of xorg.conf files.
>

I use a script that I have set up to switch between my single monitor 
and multi monitor setups.  I have attached it to the email.  As you can 
see, it is _very_ simplistic, but could easily be expanded to choose 
between several different operating modes.  This is my first attempt at 
Bash scripting, so any pointers/critiques are appreciated.

-Matt

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