Re: xrandr Question finally ready to ask

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On Mon, Aug 25, 2025 at 12:42 (+0200), Thierry de Coulon via tde-users wrote:

> On Monday 25 August 2025 10:31:39 Felix Miata via tde-users wrote:
>> dep composed on 2025-08-25 06:50 (UTC):
>>> I have a line I need to run sometime before the desktop appears on a
>>> dinky computer. It's an xrandr command that rotates the screen 90 degrees
>>> to the right and sets 168 dpi. What I don't know is where to put it.

>> If you want it applicable to any and every user of the computer, on Debian,
>> Ubuntu, Mint and kin, put it in /etc/X11/Xsession.d/.

> I have a bash script in /etc/X11/Xsession.d that does someting like that. It 
> reads:

> #!/bin/bash
> xrandr --output eDP-1 --primary --mode 1920x1080

> And sets this Thinkpad (that has high resolution screen) back to something 
> usable for a desktop. DOn't remember having done something else.

? Are you saying you use xrandr to set your screen to a lower resolution?
If so, why would you do that?  (I am using a 142 dpi laptop screen, and my
wife's is something like 160 dpi, and neither of us are staring at
hard-to-read text or teeny-tiny icons.)

                                Jim
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