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Rony
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For example the external monitor is identified as VGA-1

Invoke the external monitor


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto
$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto

Place the external monitor on the right-hand-side (of my laptop being LVDS-1)


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1
$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1

Rotate the VGA-1 display (counter clockwise)


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1 --rotate left
$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1 --rotate left

For example the external monitor is identified as VGA-1

Invoke the external monitor


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto

Place the external monitor on the right-hand-side (of my laptop being LVDS-1)


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1

Rotate the VGA-1 display (counter clockwise)


$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1 --rotate left

For example the external monitor is identified as VGA-1

Invoke the external monitor

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto

Place the external monitor on the right-hand-side (of my laptop being LVDS-1)

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1

Rotate the VGA-1 display (counter clockwise)

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1 --rotate left
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Rony
Rony
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For example the external monitor is identified as VGA-1

Invoke the external monitor

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --auto

Place the external monitor on the right-hand-side (of my laptop being LVDS-1)

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1

Rotate the VGA-1 display (counter clockwise)

$ xrandr --output VGA-1 --right-of LVDS-1 --rotate left