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Set correct primary monitor for login screen when lightdm greeter starts up on Elementary OS
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#!/bin/bash | |
# | |
# Created: 2017-07-02 16:20 | |
# Updated: 2018-02-09 12:23 | |
# Creator: Ryan Miller | |
# Website: http://devopsmachine.com/ | |
# File: /usr/local/bin/set-primary-monitor-pantheon-greeter | |
# | |
# Set correct primary monitor for login screen when lightdm greeter starts up on Elementary OS. | |
# | |
# Make sure to add the following line into /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/40-pantheon-greeter.conf (without the #) | |
# greeter-setup-script=/usr/local/bin/set-primary-monitor-pantheon-greeter | |
# | |
# Change this variable to your primary display (Run 'xrandr -q' to see available displays) | |
PRIMARY_DISPLAY='HDMI-0' | |
# Get list of connected monitors | |
x_out=$(xrandr -q | grep -e '\( \)connected' | awk -F' ' '{ print $1 }') | |
# Safety - Check if PRIMARY_DISPLAY is connected; if not, bail out of script | |
[[ $(grep ${PRIMARY_DISPLAY} <<< ${x_out}) ]] || exit 0 | |
# Iterate over x_out and disable all monitors except for PRIMARY_DISPLAY | |
for monitor in ${x_out[@]} ; do | |
if [[ ${monitor} = ${PRIMARY_DISPLAY} ]] ; then | |
xrandr --output ${monitor} --primary | |
else | |
xrandr --output ${monitor} --off | |
fi | |
done |
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if the screen turn to black. Just make sure the computer boot failed several time you will get into Grub2 and enter to recovery mode after that remove 2 file above
/usr/local/bin/set-primary-monitor-pantheon-greeter
and/usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/40-pantheon-greeter.conf
now black screen gone. Also all solution doesn't work for me.