set-resolution

This is a simple Bash script that helps to change resolutions in linux systems.

Features are:

• Modeline adding on the fly
• Configurable labels for easy use

Examples

set-resolution VGA2 300x300
set-resolution Virtual7 300x300
set-resolution 1280x700  # uses the first connected output

You could practically use any silly resolution. Useful for virtual machines.

Labels

Labels are configured in ~/.resolution-labels like this

beamer=1280x720
laptop=1980x1050

So just label, =, resolution, newline :) You can use formatting spaces or tabs of course.

You may now also call

set-resolution beamer
set-resolution laptop

set-resolution Virtual3 laptop

and it'll use the configured resolution.

Internal stuff and dependancies

It uses xrandr to change the resolution. If the resolution is not being found, its modeline is generated using cvt, added using xrandr, and then selected.

Therefore xrandr needs to be installed.

Tested with xrandr 1.4.