gnome-randr-rust VS gnome-monitor-config

TIL about various things for ostree distros:

https://github.com/maxwellainatchi/gnome-randr-rust :

> gnome-randr-rust: `xrandr` for Gnome/wayland, on distros that don't support `wlr-randr`*

Kernel-fsync: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/sentry/kernel-fsync/

gnome-vrr:

Changing the orientation: Gnome is currently using Wayland rather than X as the default, so using xrandr has no effect. However, I can use gnome-randr-rust (available in nixpkgs via nix-shell -p gnome-randr). The following is sufficient to change the orientation when I run it from Console in the desktop session:

On wayland, there seem to be many options, unfortunately none work. xrandr --output XWAYLAND0 --off simply has no effect, wlr-randr is not supported because of compositor doesn't support wlr-output-management-unstable-v1, and gnome-randr modify HDMI-1 --mode='-1' (or --off) is not available yet (See: https://github.com/maxwellainatchi/gnome-randr-rust/issues/13)

Hey, I might've actually found a way to do this! Want to open a new issue on my repo and I'll dig into it a bit further? I need a little help checking out this solution since I don't have an Intel card so I can't actually see if my theory is correct.

A project to write a wayland compositor for gnome I wouldn't use it, but it shows the need is there.

I'm using Fedora38+Gnome+Wayland (New script supports KDE+Wayland). So there's a limited amount of options for this (i.e xrandr isn't viable for display switching etc...). The most convenient tool I found was gnome-monitor-config. So after building (the official repo doesn't have build instructions, you can find them in my fork) and experimenting with it, I wrote a script that takes an argument (display mode) and automatically is able to switch to the specified setup. So either workstation setup (monitors) or gaming/media (TV) setup. If anyone's in a similar situation... it's worth trying. I'm having a lot more fun with this more laid back gaming setup :P.

If you are using Xorg take a look at Xrandr, if on wayland Gnome-Monitor-config is a good solution. If you choose the latter take a look at this thread for installation and command structure: https://www.reddit.com/r/gnome/comments/zaunxf/turn_off_the_primary_screen_with_wayland/

You can use https://github.com/jadahl/gnome-monitor-config/

You can use gnome-monitor-config. It's packaged in Fedora at least.

Mutter can do it, but the Displays panel can't. If you install gnome-monitor-config (It's packaged on some distros, but otherwise you can build it from source), you can do something like this: