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xrandr — Set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for a screen. More information: <https://

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Problem

How to use the xrandr command: Set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for a screen. More information: <https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/man/man1/xrandr.1.xhtml>.

Solution

xrandr — Set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for a screen. More information: <https://www.x.org/releases/current/doc/man/man1/xrandr.1.xhtml>.

Display the current state of the system (known screens, resolutions, ...):

xrandr {{[-q|--query]}}

Disable disconnected outputs and enable connected ones with default settings:

xrandr --auto

Change the resolution and update frequency of DisplayPort 1 to 1920x1080, 60Hz:

xrandr --output DP1 --mode 1920x1080 {{[-r|--rate]}} 60

Set the resolution of HDMI2 to 1280x1024 and put it on the right of DP1:

xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1280x1024 --right-of DP1

Disable the VGA1 output:

xrandr --output VGA1 --off

Set the brightness for LVDS1 to 50%:

xrandr --output LVDS1 --brightness 0.5

Display the current state of any X server:

xrandr {{[-d|--display]}} :{{0}} {{[-q|--query]}}

Code Snippets

Display the current state of the system (known screens, resolutions, ...)

xrandr {{[-q|--query]}}

Disable disconnected outputs and enable connected ones with default settings

xrandr --auto

Change the resolution and update frequency of DisplayPort 1 to 1920x1080, 60Hz

xrandr --output DP1 --mode 1920x1080 {{[-r|--rate]}} 60

Set the resolution of HDMI2 to 1280x1024 and put it on the right of DP1

xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1280x1024 --right-of DP1

Disable the VGA1 output

xrandr --output VGA1 --off

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