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bash script to arrange monitors to suit various locations
#!/bin/bash
## Office
# If we find that a screen is connected via docking station VGA, activate it and position it
# to the left of the laptop screen.
xrandr | grep 'DP-2-3 connected' | ifne xrandr --output DP-2-3 --auto --left-of eDP-1
# If we find that a screen is connected via docking station HDMI, activate it and position it
# to the left of the laptop screen, making it primary.
xrandr | grep 'DP-2-1 connected' | ifne xrandr --output DP-2-1 --auto --left-of DP-2-3 --primary
## Home
# If we find that a screen is connected via thunderbolt adapter, activate it and position it
# to the left of the laptop screen, making it primary.
xrandr | grep 'DP-1 connected' | ifne xrandr --output DP-1 --auto --left-of eDP-1 --primary
## Home (old)
# If we find that a screen is connected via laptop HDMI-2 port, activate it and position it
# to the left of the laptop screen, making it primary.
xrandr | grep 'HDMI-2 connected' | ifne xrandr --output HDMI-2 --auto --left-of eDP-1 --primary
# If we find that a screen is connected via laptop HDMI-2 port, chillax back to 57Hz or so.
# This could probably be cleaned up to test less, and to verify that 1920x1080 is viable.
# Also not sure if I need to run --newmode / --addmode each time?
xrandr | grep 'HDMI-2 connected' | ifne xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_57.00" 163.00 1920 2040 2240 2560 1080 1083 1088 1119 -hsync +vsync
xrandr | grep 'HDMI-2 connected' | ifne xrandr --addmode HDMI-2 "1920x1080_57.00"
xrandr | grep 'HDMI-2 connected' | ifne xrandr --output HDMI-2 --mode "1920x1080_57.00" --left-of eDP-1 --primary
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