How do I tell Unity to mirror my display, using the command line?
I find it awkward, slow, and cumbersome, when giving a presentation, to:
- Plug in the video cable to my laptop
- Open System Settings
- Find the Display Icon
- Select the "Mirror Displays" checkbox
- Click Apply
- Wait a second and then confirm the settings
Instead, I would like to just run a command or write a script that mirrors my primary display and applies in an "I'm feeling lucky" manner.
I've looked at xrandr, but haven't found anything promising...
unity multiple-monitors display display-resolution
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I find it awkward, slow, and cumbersome, when giving a presentation, to:
- Plug in the video cable to my laptop
- Open System Settings
- Find the Display Icon
- Select the "Mirror Displays" checkbox
- Click Apply
- Wait a second and then confirm the settings
Instead, I would like to just run a command or write a script that mirrors my primary display and applies in an "I'm feeling lucky" manner.
I've looked at xrandr, but haven't found anything promising...
unity multiple-monitors display display-resolution
asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Dustin KirklandDustin Kirkland
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I find it awkward, slow, and cumbersome, when giving a presentation, to:
- Plug in the video cable to my laptop
- Open System Settings
- Find the Display Icon
- Select the "Mirror Displays" checkbox
- Click Apply
- Wait a second and then confirm the settings
Instead, I would like to just run a command or write a script that mirrors my primary display and applies in an "I'm feeling lucky" manner.
I've looked at xrandr, but haven't found anything promising...
unity multiple-monitors display display-resolution
asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Dustin KirklandDustin Kirkland
11k25985
I find it awkward, slow, and cumbersome, when giving a presentation, to:
- Plug in the video cable to my laptop
- Open System Settings
- Find the Display Icon
- Select the "Mirror Displays" checkbox
- Click Apply
- Wait a second and then confirm the settings
Instead, I would like to just run a command or write a script that mirrors my primary display and applies in an "I'm feeling lucky" manner.
I've looked at xrandr, but haven't found anything promising...
unity multiple-monitors display display-resolution
unity multiple-monitors display display-resolution
asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Dustin KirklandDustin Kirkland
11k25985
asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Dustin KirklandDustin Kirkland
11k25985
asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
Dustin KirklandDustin Kirkland
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asked Oct 27 '15 at 13:28
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The option with xrandr for mirroring displays is --same-as. What you will need to configure as well is the resolutions. I have a laptop and a VGA external monitor. Doing xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS mirrored the displays, but because VGA output is larger in resolution than laptop screen , the laptop screen got stretched too much. In other words, you may need to configure them to match in resolution. For instance, this answer on unix.stackexchange.com shows example:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --output LSVD1 --mode 1600x900 --same-as HDMI1
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The option with xrandr for mirroring displays is --same-as. What you will need to configure as well is the resolutions. I have a laptop and a VGA external monitor. Doing xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS mirrored the displays, but because VGA output is larger in resolution than laptop screen , the laptop screen got stretched too much. In other words, you may need to configure them to match in resolution. For instance, this answer on unix.stackexchange.com shows example:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --output LSVD1 --mode 1600x900 --same-as HDMI1
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The option with xrandr for mirroring displays is --same-as. What you will need to configure as well is the resolutions. I have a laptop and a VGA external monitor. Doing xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS mirrored the displays, but because VGA output is larger in resolution than laptop screen , the laptop screen got stretched too much. In other words, you may need to configure them to match in resolution. For instance, this answer on unix.stackexchange.com shows example:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --output LSVD1 --mode 1600x900 --same-as HDMI1
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The option with xrandr for mirroring displays is --same-as. What you will need to configure as well is the resolutions. I have a laptop and a VGA external monitor. Doing xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS mirrored the displays, but because VGA output is larger in resolution than laptop screen , the laptop screen got stretched too much. In other words, you may need to configure them to match in resolution. For instance, this answer on unix.stackexchange.com shows example:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --output LSVD1 --mode 1600x900 --same-as HDMI1
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The option with xrandr for mirroring displays is --same-as. What you will need to configure as well is the resolutions. I have a laptop and a VGA external monitor. Doing xrandr --output VGA-0 --same-as LVDS mirrored the displays, but because VGA output is larger in resolution than laptop screen , the laptop screen got stretched too much. In other words, you may need to configure them to match in resolution. For instance, this answer on unix.stackexchange.com shows example:
xrandr --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1080 --output LSVD1 --mode 1600x900 --same-as HDMI1
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