On Tue, 22 Jul 2025 21:28:20 +1000 fed...@eyal.emu.id.au wrote: > On 22/7/25 18:16, Barry Scott wrote: >> Try like this: >> >> XAUTHORITY=/run/user/1000/xauth_icQwML DISPLAY=:0.0 xterm > I do not have any (my uid is 500) > /run/user/500/xauth_* > 'locate' knows of none either.
locate does not browse /run by default (see /etc/updatedb.conf) and have to be run since Xorg starts to give a valid result. You can usually find what xauthority file is used by looking at the -auth option given to the Xorg process. Ex: ps auxwww | grep Xorg This depends on how Xorg is launched: gdm lightdm startx ... Normally the xauthority record is added to you ~/.Xauthority file. This seems the case for you. > What does work is running (from tty2) > xterm -display :0 > then switching to tty1 (blank screen) > then typing (blind) the xrandr command. For ease I created ~/xx.sh > to do the xrandr and it works. > It seems that unless I have tty1(Xorg) active the xrandr does not do > it, but running the same command while on tty1 does work. Using chvt to make tty1 active and then execute the xrandr may work. No need to start an xterm. Try thus this (from tty2): chvt 1; sleep 1; xrandr --display :0 --output HDMI1 --mode 3840x2160 -- francis -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@lists.fedoraproject.org Do not reply to spam, report it: https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue
