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Re: [trinity-users] Making a dual monitor setting in Kcontrol endure

From: "Timothy Pearson" <kb9vqf@...>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2012 18:18:35 -0600
> On Sunday 04 November 2012 22:31:05 Dan Youngquist wrote:
>> On 11/04/2012 10:26 AM, Lisi Reisz wrote:
>> > So is there any way I can persuade Trinity to keep the settings in
>> > KControl??
>>
>> I don't know about KControl, but if you run KRandRTray, you can click on
>> the icon in the system tray and select the monitor you want, or select
>> "Next available output" and it'll go to the other one.  Very easy and
>> foolproof. I use it to switch to the TV and back when playing movies on
>> a
>> laptop via S-Video cable.
>
> Aptitude tells me that there is no such animal.  Google tells me that
> there
> was in 3.5.11. :-(  I'll look again in the morning.  Thanks for the
> suggestion.
>
> Lisi

krandrtray is most definitely available in all versions of TDE!

Also, you may want to look into the Monitor and Display module of
KControl; this module allows you to set up a systemwide multi-monitor
configuration that applies automatically on startup.

Tim