I too was tired of having to configure manually the disposition of my monitors when I plugged them in.
So I decided to google for "Monitor hotplugging linux" and found this script that defines custom behaviour when monitor are plugged in.
I have adapted the original script to use loginctl, I'm sure this can be improved, and have set the monitors to --preferred for resolution rather than statically setting a resolution.
Added functionality for Display Link devices which show up, under the latest modesetting driver, as DVI-1-X. On my local machine I have patched modesetting to only name the device DVI-1-0 as this makes things easier in i3wm with workspace assignments I have modified this version again to support the latest modesetting driver without any patches, the device name will now be grabbed from xrandr and set accordingly for i3-wm users, this will also automatically move workspaces of your choice to that new screen and back again.
All files should be reviewed and addapted to your specific configuration.
I was inspired by the original author to adapt this script to my own needs.
The original author was inspired by http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5469828/how-to-create-a-callback-for-monitor-plugged-on-an-intel-graphics
- clone the repo
- move or copy hotplug.sh somewhere special to you
- move or copy 99-monitor-hotplug.rules to /etc/udev/rules.d/
- edit 99-monitor-hotplug.rules and replace RUN+="..." with the path to hotplug.sh
- consider rebooting or running
udevadm triggerto load the rule - copy the optional resume@ and suspend@ service files and enable them for your primary user
udevadm monitor --propertyto see what happens when you plug or unplug a monitor
I'm not responsible of the effect of this script on your computer
Feel free to do whatever you want with it :-)
Enabled multiple monitor hotpluging: HDMI1 + VGA1 + Display Link Fixed hotplug disconnect of fixed video devices: HDMI1 & VGA1
Latest adjustments, code cleanup, added dynamic pluggability to a single Display Link device. Accidental unplug should still recover workspaces in i3-wm. Added suspend@ and resume@ systemd service files for auto-disconnect and auto-reconnect on suspend and resume.
Original fork and adjustment to my needs