• From: Gallifrey
  • Registered: 2011-05-25
  • Posts: 42

Topic: #! does not save grandr config nor wallpaper

Is it normal that I gotta reconfig my dual monitors and wallpaper after each restart?
Its a bit annoying.

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  • Registered: 2008-12-12
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Re: #! does not save grandr config nor wallpaper

I was having the same problem with My Aspire. Checked the autostart.sh and found the following on lines 25 and 26 by default

## Set desktop wallpaper
nitrogen --restore &

Try moving it to the bottom  and/or perhaps adding a sleep and see if that helps. Make sure you back it up before editing it. If not I wrote a short script that I would be happy to post and mapped it to a function key in rc.xml . That is on my work 'puter though so It could take some time to get it so I can post it.  I will subscribe to this topic and wait to hear back.

Cheers and good luck.

  • Registered: 2011-11-22
  • Posts: 1,317

Re: #! does not save grandr config nor wallpaper

You can automate this process. There have been a number of threads on having to run xrandr at each openbox autostart -- search on "run xrandr at autostart" in the search box (at the top right of the page) and you will see several. I needed to put this line in my openbox autostart (~/.config/openbox/autostart) to make my dual monitors work correctly

xrandr --output VGA-0 --primary --right-of DVI-0

I'm no xrandr expert, so I will let others help you work out what you need for your setup...

Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2012-03-13 01:51:39)

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Re: #! does not save grandr config nor wallpaper

xrandr FTW!!!  grandr is bloat. tongue

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