Can I start Xming with magic flags that can accomodate different monitor profiles?
I take a Windows laptop with me daily, and use it under different monitor configurations. They can be ordered by how they were "docked":
- Dock 1: at the office, with 4 monitors and 3 are in portrait mode;
- Dock 2: in the bedroom, with a 4K + 2K dual-monitor setup;
- Dock 3: ...
Taking the laptop between various monitor profiles, I notice that Xming won't render on all the monitors. If I start Xming with my Laptop's small monitor alone, I can barely see any GUI programs when I switch to a multi-monitor setup. Xming seems to be pretty conservative in utilizing its "pixels". While I can maximize an Xming window, all it shows is a solid white color. If I drag the window around, and should I be lucky enough, I may "run into the graphical display".
Is there a good way to start Xming so that it is aware of the monitor configuration/profile? For now, when I switch between monitor layouts, I shall need to manually "restart" (Exit and Launch again) Xming to make use of all my monitors.
I can think of a way to use Windows Task Scheduler to add a rule which starts Xming when the laptop is powered and shuts down the process when the power source is removed. Yet, it won't work for another very frequent use-case of mine: I tend to use Remote Desktop Connection quite frequently, trying to remote access a home PC. Since this home PC also has its own monitors when I am home, the power-on-off is not a robust solution.
I would like to learn a one-time setup trick to save time to be spent on restarting Xming instnces on Windows.
PS, for now, I devise the following shortcut using AutoHtoKey to exit/reload Xming.
; Xming reload: {{{
^!+x::
process, exist, Xming.exe
pid = %ErrorLevel%
Process, Close, %pid%
Sleep 1000
ShellRun("C:Program Files (x86)XmingXming.exe", ":0 -clipboard -multiwindow", "", "", 3)
return
Lastly, while I can delicate the exit/reload job to AutoHotKey, existing Xming should wipe out all working sessions of the GUI programs.
multiple-monitors xming
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I take a Windows laptop with me daily, and use it under different monitor configurations. They can be ordered by how they were "docked":
- Dock 1: at the office, with 4 monitors and 3 are in portrait mode;
- Dock 2: in the bedroom, with a 4K + 2K dual-monitor setup;
- Dock 3: ...
Taking the laptop between various monitor profiles, I notice that Xming won't render on all the monitors. If I start Xming with my Laptop's small monitor alone, I can barely see any GUI programs when I switch to a multi-monitor setup. Xming seems to be pretty conservative in utilizing its "pixels". While I can maximize an Xming window, all it shows is a solid white color. If I drag the window around, and should I be lucky enough, I may "run into the graphical display".
Is there a good way to start Xming so that it is aware of the monitor configuration/profile? For now, when I switch between monitor layouts, I shall need to manually "restart" (Exit and Launch again) Xming to make use of all my monitors.
I can think of a way to use Windows Task Scheduler to add a rule which starts Xming when the laptop is powered and shuts down the process when the power source is removed. Yet, it won't work for another very frequent use-case of mine: I tend to use Remote Desktop Connection quite frequently, trying to remote access a home PC. Since this home PC also has its own monitors when I am home, the power-on-off is not a robust solution.
I would like to learn a one-time setup trick to save time to be spent on restarting Xming instnces on Windows.
PS, for now, I devise the following shortcut using AutoHtoKey to exit/reload Xming.
; Xming reload: {{{
^!+x::
process, exist, Xming.exe
pid = %ErrorLevel%
Process, Close, %pid%
Sleep 1000
ShellRun("C:Program Files (x86)XmingXming.exe", ":0 -clipboard -multiwindow", "", "", 3)
return
Lastly, while I can delicate the exit/reload job to AutoHotKey, existing Xming should wipe out all working sessions of the GUI programs.
multiple-monitors xming
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
llinfengllinfeng
283114
add a comment |
I take a Windows laptop with me daily, and use it under different monitor configurations. They can be ordered by how they were "docked":
- Dock 1: at the office, with 4 monitors and 3 are in portrait mode;
- Dock 2: in the bedroom, with a 4K + 2K dual-monitor setup;
- Dock 3: ...
Taking the laptop between various monitor profiles, I notice that Xming won't render on all the monitors. If I start Xming with my Laptop's small monitor alone, I can barely see any GUI programs when I switch to a multi-monitor setup. Xming seems to be pretty conservative in utilizing its "pixels". While I can maximize an Xming window, all it shows is a solid white color. If I drag the window around, and should I be lucky enough, I may "run into the graphical display".
Is there a good way to start Xming so that it is aware of the monitor configuration/profile? For now, when I switch between monitor layouts, I shall need to manually "restart" (Exit and Launch again) Xming to make use of all my monitors.
I can think of a way to use Windows Task Scheduler to add a rule which starts Xming when the laptop is powered and shuts down the process when the power source is removed. Yet, it won't work for another very frequent use-case of mine: I tend to use Remote Desktop Connection quite frequently, trying to remote access a home PC. Since this home PC also has its own monitors when I am home, the power-on-off is not a robust solution.
I would like to learn a one-time setup trick to save time to be spent on restarting Xming instnces on Windows.
PS, for now, I devise the following shortcut using AutoHtoKey to exit/reload Xming.
; Xming reload: {{{
^!+x::
process, exist, Xming.exe
pid = %ErrorLevel%
Process, Close, %pid%
Sleep 1000
ShellRun("C:Program Files (x86)XmingXming.exe", ":0 -clipboard -multiwindow", "", "", 3)
return
Lastly, while I can delicate the exit/reload job to AutoHotKey, existing Xming should wipe out all working sessions of the GUI programs.
multiple-monitors xming
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
llinfengllinfeng
283114
I take a Windows laptop with me daily, and use it under different monitor configurations. They can be ordered by how they were "docked":
- Dock 1: at the office, with 4 monitors and 3 are in portrait mode;
- Dock 2: in the bedroom, with a 4K + 2K dual-monitor setup;
- Dock 3: ...
Taking the laptop between various monitor profiles, I notice that Xming won't render on all the monitors. If I start Xming with my Laptop's small monitor alone, I can barely see any GUI programs when I switch to a multi-monitor setup. Xming seems to be pretty conservative in utilizing its "pixels". While I can maximize an Xming window, all it shows is a solid white color. If I drag the window around, and should I be lucky enough, I may "run into the graphical display".
Is there a good way to start Xming so that it is aware of the monitor configuration/profile? For now, when I switch between monitor layouts, I shall need to manually "restart" (Exit and Launch again) Xming to make use of all my monitors.
I can think of a way to use Windows Task Scheduler to add a rule which starts Xming when the laptop is powered and shuts down the process when the power source is removed. Yet, it won't work for another very frequent use-case of mine: I tend to use Remote Desktop Connection quite frequently, trying to remote access a home PC. Since this home PC also has its own monitors when I am home, the power-on-off is not a robust solution.
I would like to learn a one-time setup trick to save time to be spent on restarting Xming instnces on Windows.
PS, for now, I devise the following shortcut using AutoHtoKey to exit/reload Xming.
; Xming reload: {{{
^!+x::
process, exist, Xming.exe
pid = %ErrorLevel%
Process, Close, %pid%
Sleep 1000
ShellRun("C:Program Files (x86)XmingXming.exe", ":0 -clipboard -multiwindow", "", "", 3)
return
Lastly, while I can delicate the exit/reload job to AutoHotKey, existing Xming should wipe out all working sessions of the GUI programs.
multiple-monitors xming
multiple-monitors xming
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
llinfengllinfeng
283114
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
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283114
asked Jan 28 at 20:35
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asked Jan 28 at 20:35
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