I installed Debian Sid, since it uses xserver-xorg 1.3, randr 1.2 and the intel driver 2.0, and started developing my application. I wrote the interface using glade (so that I don’t have to change the code if I want to make the UI look different.<\/p>\n
I have almost finished writing <\/span>version 0.1 which will enable you to<\/strong>:<\/span><\/p>\n \tclone your screen on an external screen or TV<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \trotate your screen(s)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tchange your screen(s) resolution<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n You will be able to do all this without touching your xorg.conf, only a few mouse clicks are required.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n What are the requirements?<\/strong><\/p>\n \txserver-xorg 1.3<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \trandr 1.2<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tthe intel driver 2.0 (or the ATI open source driver from GIT code)\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tA GNU\/Linux distribution which uses the first three elements in this\tlist.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n This means that you will not be able to use it on Feisty. Maybe on Gutsy.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Does it work flawlessly?<\/strong><\/p>\n No,not yet. At least not with the version of randr available on Debian unstable. However it works quite well here.<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Known Issues<\/strong><\/p>\n \tThere is no way to select PAL\/NTSC for your CRT TV therefore my TV\tworks at 30Hz and the video is black and white *\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tI do not know how Randrgui will work with HD TVs *\n<\/p>\n<\/li>\n Sometimes\tyou have to change the resolution of your 2<\/span>nd<\/span><\/sup>\tscreen in order to get the right resolution on your first screen\t(this means that more clicks are required).<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tIf I use a DVI2VGA adapter 1 extra TMDS-1 device spawns up (I’ll\thave to ask some Xorg hackers about this)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n * As far as I know,the first 2 problems are solved in Randr GIT code <\/strong>therefore I will have to play with the experimental code and adapt randrgui.<\/span><\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n TODO<\/strong><\/p>\n \tWrite a logger (for version 0.1 ?)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tGive the option to use each screen separately (instead of just\tcloning your main screen on the other screens)<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tAdapt Randrgui to Randr’s GIT code<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tFind a better name for Randrgui<\/p>\n<\/li>\n \tmake a deb package<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n Release date<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n I hope to release it soon. I am studying all day for my English and Spanish exams therefore I can code only at nights.\n<\/p>\n \n<\/p>\n Screenshots<\/strong><\/p>\n I know this screenshot does not show how RandrGUI works therefore I promise that I will post more screenshots soon.<\/p>\n Blogged with Flock<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I have been working at nights on a new project of mine. I have always thought that Keith Packards’ RandR was an excellent tool and I wanted to make xrandr (its textual interface) more userfriendly. I am aware that another chap is working on a UI written in C, however I thought I would contribute […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-debian","category-ubuntu"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=93"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=93"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=93"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/albertomilone.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=93"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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