make xrandr settings permanent

[maartend]

I rotated my screen to the right using xrandr (xrandr --rotate right). I am now trying to make this permanent, but after logging out or rebooting, my screen is rotated back to the original position.

I tried the following, as suggested by google and other posts:
- put the command in ~/.xprofile, ~/.xsession, ~/.xinitrc and ~/.profile
- add a session-setup-script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
- add a display-setup-script in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
- add the command to the list of autostart applications
- create a file /etc/X11/Xsession.d/45custom_xrandr-settings with the command
- add the command to /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc

None of these worked, the only result I had was that the screen was rotated at login, but immediately reverted to the original position after login with the session-setup-script and autostart methods.

I am using xubuntu 12.04 on an intel atom N270 with intel graphics.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to get this working?

[sledit]

Greets,

I'm a bit annoyed with the behavior of randr in 12.x as well. This thread [http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2074929&highlight=rotate+display] suggests that randr and xinerama conflict in the newer nvidia drivers - you can enable one but not both. It might be worth a try to make sure that its disabled in the config file[s].

luck
SL

[volodiak]

Try putting delay at the top of your randr script:

sleep 1 && randr ...
I run my randr scriopt from autostart and it works fine with 1 second sleep.

[funicorn]

Yes, all you have done is NOT the correct way to do that. Try this way:

Note: Command lines in ~/.xinitrc are committed one by one. So make sure each line is to be detached from xinit. If it's a daemon or a loop function, make sure it runs in the background.

~/.xinitrc File



#!/usr/bin/env bash
<command_line_1>
<command_line_2>

<command_line_.>

LightDM configuration

Ubuntu 12.04 uses LightDM by default.
Create a new file /usr/share/xsessions/custom.desktop with:


[Desktop Entry]
Name=Xsession
Exec=/etc/X11/Xsession

You should now have a new session option during login, Xsession will load the user's ~/.xsession file

[paquequiereseso]

I did not have the xorg.conf and did not want to run Xorg-configure. I edited /etc/ gdm/PreSession/Default and it worked without doing anything else.

#!/bin/sh
PATH="/usr/bin:$PATH"
#Customización xrandr
cvt 1024 768
xrandr --newmode "1024x768_75.00" 82.00 1024 1088 1192 1360 768 771 775 805 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-0 1024x768_75.00
xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1024x768_75.00
#Fin customizaciónUse it with your own values ​​resulting from cvt on Terminal. Change cvt 1024 768 75 on Terminal for your desired resolution & Hz. VGA-0 or other value like VGA-1, DVI-0... depends of result xrandr on Terminal.