How to setup dual monitor in kde?

[Stephan Diestelhorst]

Am Samstag 26 Mai 2012, 20:31:11 schrieb Marcelo Magno T. Sales:
> Em sábado, 26 de maio de 2012, às 19:01:40, dE . escreveu:
> > On 05/25/12 01:05, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
> > > 2012/5/24 Stef Bon<stef at bononline.nl>:
> > >> On 05/24/2012 07:22 PM, Nowardev-Team wrote:
> > >>> NB THE bash script must be executable  to do that just do
> > >>> 
> > >>> chmod +x your_name_bashscript_for_xrandr
> > >>> 
> > >>> *to see your aviable options you can just type on konsole
> > >>> 
> > >>> 
> > >>> xrandr
> > >>> *
> > >> 
> > >> No,
> > >> 
> > >> it's just possible using the display settings in the settings. Select
> > >> Display and Monitor, select
> > >> Multiple Monitors, and there you are.
> > >> 
> > >> It works very good.
> > >> 
> > >> Stef
> > > 
> > > It works, but after a reboot KDE forgets what had been configured and
> > > goes back to clone mode again.
> > > Even if you "Save as default" in System Settings, the configuration is
> > > lost after a reboot.
> > > Is there a way to make it stick?
> > > 
> > > Thanks,
> > > 
> > > Marcelo
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> > This's not reproducible in my case, which version of KDE are you running?
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> 
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> I'm running 4.8.2, Ubuntu packages. However, since yesterday, the 
> configuration saved as default in System Settings began to stick. Now I can 
> logout and login again and the monitors configuration stays as I had left it.
> I didn't do anything different, there were no updates... Don't know why it 
> works now (not complaining, not complaining at all! :) )

It seems to be somewhat sticky, but it also depends on what monitors
you have attached to when you login, the thing boots etc.  Just to side
step this (and because I want to drove two external screens and need to
switch off the laptop panel for that to work before hand) I have two
scripts with xrandr in them.

Stephan
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