xplugd
Monitor, keyboard, and mouse plug/unplug helper for X (by troglobit)
ddcutil
Control monitor settings using DDC/CI and USB (by rockowitz)
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| 64 | 1,027 | |
| - | 2.9% | |
| 2.7 | 9.9 | |
| almost 2 years ago | 4 days ago | |
| C | C | |
| MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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xplugd
Posts with mentions or reviews of xplugd.
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Detect the number of monitors when xrandr doesn't detect when the monitor is off
I'm not sure about turning on or off, but there is a very nice project, https://github.com/troglobit/xplugd, that keeps a daemon running and reacting to when a display is connected or disconnected, or a keyboard or a mouse, and then runs a shell script which you can then run xrandr commands, for example. It won't be triggered on turning a monitor on or off, but it will work on disconnecting or connecting. It is also does not depend on your window manager, doesn't matter if it is Qtile or something else. It is a nice project, I use and really like it, but I'm not sure it is 100% what you want here. ):
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Swap keys globally for all keyboards
Have a look at xplugd, or xinputd that allow you to run commands on X server events.
ddcutil
Posts with mentions or reviews of ddcutil.
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Show HN: Multi-monitor KVM using just a USB switch
Apologies. I hate when people do that as well.
In addition to the other links posted, ddcutil.org has some more good info: https://www.ddcutil.com/#introduction
- Scrollbars Are Becoming a Problem
- CEC over DisplayPort
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Recommandations KVM
Sous Linux j'avais utilisé ddcutil
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Connecting a Display Port 1.4 graphics card to the Dell thunderbolt dock WD22TB4
Most monitors have a Virtual Control Panel (VCP), which implements features defined in the Monitor Control Command Set (MCCS). This is a VESA standard. You can find the Input selection command in table 8-10. You send these commands over an I2C bus called Display Data Channel/Command Interface which is yet another VESA standard. If you are running Windows https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html will let you use every VCP feature your monitor has. For Linux, https://www.ddcutil.com/ does this. For Mac, https://github.com/alin23/Lunar
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Opinions on functional & performance requirements for a desktop TB/USB4 AIC
The protocol is called DDC , it's a VESA standard. In there, it's called VCP features. If you are running Windows https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/control_my_monitor.html will let you use every VCP feature your monitor has. For Linux, https://www.ddcutil.com/ does this. For Mac, https://github.com/alin23/Lunar note how all three mention input selection.
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TIL there are apps that can control your monitor without touching the buttons on it
ddcutil (a command-line tool, and what most UI tools are based on)
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'monitorctl' cli tool to control brightness, contrast and volume of external monitors on linux
A related non rust tool (that also has an optional GUI) is ddcutil. How does this compare to that?
- I built a widget to adjust the brightness of external monitors
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Brightness issue
I've also used ddcui: https://www.ddcutil.com/#introduction, available as an AUR package: https://github.com/rockowitz/ddcutil. This has a nice GUI: https://www.ddcutil.com/screenshots/ddcui_features.png and works on everything I've tried it on out of the box.