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Old 03-21-2012, 12:39 PM   #16
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Thanks for the info and how to get it to start automatically. I'll try it out and see what happens. Don't suppose you have any idea about the dead space on my primary monitor? The 30-40 pixels of extra space below the taskbar that the mouse can travel into?
 
Old 03-21-2012, 03:08 PM   #17
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Try to specify resolution, maybe that is the problem.
 
Old 03-21-2012, 03:46 PM   #18
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Good idea. I'll have to give that a shot. I'll reboot my laptop so it wipes the settings and I'll specify the resolution of both screens. Maybe it will be the difference.
 
Old 03-21-2012, 04:46 PM   #19
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Try doing something like
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xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --primary --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1 --auto
Using the auto switch should make it use the default resolution of the monitor. I have done this with my laptop and 22" monitor being 1280x800 and 1680x1050 respectively.
 
Old 03-22-2012, 08:42 AM   #20
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I tried the command and it did work to set my proper resolutions, but I am still having the issue of the dead space below the edge of my main display (laptop screen). Any other ideas?
 
Old 03-26-2012, 06:53 AM   #21
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Hi all,

I'm really hoping to mark this ticket as solved, but I'm still hoping for a solution to the extra space below my main screen (although I'm probably going to give up on that for now), and I have stumbled on a new issue. I tried what VARNICA suggested to add my xrandr commands to my xinitrc file, but it didn't work.

I am new to Slackware and Linux for these types of changes. Is there something I have to enable or do to have it look at the xinitrc file? I put it in my home directory and had to create it since it didn't exist. But I thought it automatically searched for it. Can someone direct me to what I have to do to make my xrandr commands launch at startup?

Thanks.
 
Old 03-26-2012, 04:52 PM   #22
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Hello

you have .xinitrc file in your home directory, but it is hidden. Try ls -la command and you should see it .xinitrc
Files with dot in front are hidden. Or open terminal and in your home directory type

Code:
nano .xinitrc
Cheers
 
Old 03-27-2012, 08:13 AM   #23
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When I did that (I use VI though), it was a new file that was created. So the file didn't exist prior to me creating it. I did add the commands exactly as you laid it out, but it didn't appear to do anything.
 
Old 03-27-2012, 09:15 AM   #24
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Hello what DE do you use and
can you post the output of

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ls -la /home/user/
switch user whit your log in user.

or simply in user directory exec ls -la and post so we can see.

Last edited by VARNICA; 03-27-2012 at 09:23 AM.
 
Old 03-27-2012, 10:12 AM   #25
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Here is the output.
Quote:
total 204
drwx--x--x 37 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 16:42 ./
drwxr-xr-x 4 root root 4096 Mar 16 10:00 ../
-rw------- 1 jeremy users 644 Mar 26 07:37 .ICEauthority
-rw------- 1 jeremy users 364 Mar 26 07:37 .Xauthority
-rw------- 1 jeremy users 4851 Mar 27 09:10 .bash_history
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 73 Mar 16 15:51 .bash_profile
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 170 Mar 16 16:00 .bashrc
drwxr-xr-x 5 jeremy users 4096 Mar 22 08:04 .cache/
drwxr-xr-x 11 jeremy users 4096 Mar 22 14:45 .config/
drwx------ 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 .dbus/
drwx------ 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 09:47 .dropbox/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 27 03:54 .electricsheep/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 23 15:01 .fontconfig/
drwx------ 3 jeremy users 4096 Sep 22 2012 .freerdp/
drwx------ 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 07:37 .gconf/
drwx------ 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 07:38 .gconfd/
drwx------ 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 21 11:03 .gnome2/
-rw------- 1 jeremy users 183 Mar 26 08:30 .gtk-bookmarks
drwxr----- 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 .hplip/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 23 15:01 .libreoffice/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 .local/
drwx------ 4 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 12:05 .mozilla/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 21 02:55 .mplayer/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 22 14:46 .openoffice.org/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 16:42 .pentadactyl/
drwx------ 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 20 10:02 .putty/
drwx------ 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 11:43 .remmina/
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 3729 May 23 2009 .screenrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 87 Mar 22 16:43 .startxrandr
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 20 13:47 .teamviewer/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 22 08:03 .thumbnails/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 10:42 .tickr/
drwxr-xr-x 4 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 11:37 .wine/
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 32 Mar 22 16:46 .xinitrc
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 0 Mar 27 11:08 .xscreensaver-getimage.cache
-rw-r--r-- 1 jeremy users 779 Mar 15 2007 .xsession
-rw------- 1 jeremy users 9977 Mar 27 11:04 .xsession-errors
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Desktop/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Documents/
drwxr-xr-x 3 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 11:05 Downloads/
drwx------ 13 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 07:37 Dropbox/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Music/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 11:04 Packages/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Pictures/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Public/
drwxr-xr-x 17 jeremy users 4096 Mar 26 11:05 Scripts/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Templates/
drwxr-xr-x 2 jeremy users 4096 Mar 16 10:05 Videos/
drwxr-xr-x 9 jeremy users 4096 Mar 19 11:57 slackware64-compat32/
 
Old 03-27-2012, 10:16 AM   #26
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Keep in mind that .xinitrc exists because I created it. The following is what is in the file:
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/bin/sh /home/user/.startxrandr
 
Old 03-27-2012, 11:46 AM   #27
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Ok, strange but try this first change the mode of script

Code:
chmod +x .startxrand
and then in X go to the start menu Settings, Xfce 4 Settings Manager, Session and Startup, Application Autostart and Add the script .startxrandar
 
Old 03-27-2012, 12:13 PM   #28
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Ok, so I just did what you suggested and it worked. Thank you very much.

Now the question I have is isn't there a way to have that start via files from the command line or something? Using the application autostart is fine, but I would like to know how to get things to start automatically just by modifying the proper files (like with the .xinitrc if it had worked). I'm trying to learn all I can and I don't want to end up being tied to any specific window manager if possible.

Thanks.
 
Old 03-27-2012, 04:35 PM   #29
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If you want to start from command line, you can copy .xinitrc from /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.xfce to your home directory, just rename it to .xinitrc. And edit to start the script.



To learn more here are some links:


http://www.slackbook.org/html/x-wind...m-xinitrc.html

and

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xinitrc

Last edited by VARNICA; 03-28-2012 at 09:23 AM.
 
Old 03-28-2012, 08:07 AM   #30
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Thanks for the info and the links. I'll read through them and try it out.

Thanks for all your help, going to finally close this thread
 
  


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