How to run Display Settings from CLI virtual terminal (Ctrl
+Alt
+F1
) ?
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Are you actually starting an X session on VT1? or are you asking about launching GUI applications from the CLI virtual terminal?– steeldriverJun 27, 2015 at 11:24
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launching GUI applications from the CLI virtual terminal, yes– user284234Jun 27, 2015 at 11:26
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You must be referring to:
gnome-control-center display
You can find the command in the .desktop
file:
gnome-display-panel.desktop
This .desktop
file is to be found in /usr/share/applications
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1@begueradj wait, from Ctrl+Alt+F1 ?? You mean Ctrl+Alt+T I guess? You won't run any GUI application from Ctrl+Alt+F1 Jun 27, 2015 at 11:33
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3Although if there is a desktop session already running, then you should be able to open the display settings on that from the VT by prepending the command with the appropriate
DISPLAY
variable e.g.DISPLAY=:0 unity-control-center display
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1@JacobVlijm there is :) it is 30 per day. At least for a user with my reputation :) There is a badge about it too– user284234Jun 27, 2015 at 17:42
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For Cinnamon desktop environment (Like for Linux Mint or Ubuntu with Cinnamon DE):
cinnamon-settings display
Has saved me a lot of times since my second monitor won't start up from sleep until I open the Display Settings.
I bind this to 'pause'-button in the Keyboard Shortcuts