Man1 - autorandr.1

autorandr - automatically select a display configuration based on connected devices

autorandr [/OPTION/] [/PROFILE/]

This program automatically detects connected display hardware and then loads an appropriate X11 setup using xrandr. It also supports the use of display profiles for different hardware setups.

Autorandr also includes several virtual configurations including off, common, clone-largest, horizontal, and vertical. See the documentation for explanation of each.

-h, –help

Display help text and exit

-c, –change

Automatically load the first detected profile

-d, *–default */PROFILE/

Make profile PROFILE the default profile. The default profile is used if no suitable profile can be identified. Else, the current configuration is kept.

-l, *–load */PROFILE/

Load profile PROFILE

-s, *–save */PROFILE/

Save the current setup to profile PROFILE

-r, *–remove */PROFILE/

Remove profile PROFILE

–batch

Run autorandr for all users with active X11 sessions

–current

List only the current (active) configuration(s)

–config

Dump the variable values of your current xrandr setup

–cycle

Cycle through all detected profiles

–debug

Enable verbose output

–detected

List only the detected (i.e. available) configuration(s)

–dry-run

Don’t change anything, only print the xrandr commands

–fingerprint

Fingerprint the current hardware setup

–match-edid

Match displays based on edid instead of name

–force

Force loading or reloading of a profile

–list

List all profiles

*–skip-options [*/OPTION/] …

Set a comma-separated list of xrandr arguments to skip both in change detection and profile application. See xrandr(1) for xrandr arguments.

–version

Show version information and exit

Configuration files are searched for in the autorandr directory in the colon separated list of paths in $XDG_CONFIG_DIRS - or in /etc/xdg if that var is not set. They are then looked for in ~.autorandr/ and if that doesn’t exist, in $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/autorandr or in ~.config/autorandr/ if that var is unset.

In each of those directories it looks for directories with config and setup in them. It is best to manage these files with the autorandr utility.

Phillip Berndt <phillip.berndt@googlemail.com>
See https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr for a full list of contributors.

Report issues upstream on GitHub: https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr/issues
Please attach the output of xrandr –verbose to your bug report if appropriate.

For examples, advanced usage (including predefined per-profile & global hooks and wildcard EDID matching), and full documentation, see https://github.com/phillipberndt/autorandr.