xfce4-display-settings

[houghi]

On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 01:45:28PM +0100, Boris Hollas wrote:
> I use xrandr to detect and activate monitors. However, the Xfce
> window manager doesn't always discover that the screen resolution
> has changed. So I tried
> 
> ~$ xfce4-display-settings --display=DVI-0
> xfce4-display-settings: Cannot open display: DVI-0.
> 
> although
> 
> ~$ xrandr -q
> Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 8192 x 8192
> DVI-0 connected 1920x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y
> axis) 546mm x 352mm
> 
> Also,
> 
> ~$ xfce4-display-settings --display=LVDS
> xfce4-display-settings: Cannot open display: LVDS.
> 
> although LVDS is connected.
> 
> What is the correct syntax?

Does `xfce4-display-settings` work? It does not with me. I have no idea if
it should or could work. When I try, I get a pop-up saying "Unable to
start the Xfce Display Settings". 

I use nvidia-settings and use things like:
DISPLAY=:0.1 nvidia-settings


houghi
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