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Hi All, I'm trying to figure out how nvidia-settings works so I can make a script to make it so I can switch between monitors easier. So my first question ...
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    Restart x without loging out?

    Hi All,

    I'm trying to figure out how nvidia-settings works so I can make a script to make it so I can switch between monitors easier. So my first question is if someone could take a guess at how it restart x without logging out at all? When I dual monitor the screen just blinks really quickly and then the second monitor turns on. I'm assuming it has to restart X to do this...is there another way?

    Thanks all, this will be a multipart question because of how many things I'll have to get accomplished
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    I have Arch, Gentoo and Debian all start and allow login before starting X ... I have not played with Ubuntu to do the same - but would do if I used it regularly (prefer admin tasks at command line but have some users start X at login and logout when X is stopped). Are you after something more complicated?

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    well it doesn't require super user privileges, so that makes it slightly more complicated. I'm really unsure about how nvidia-settings does it so I'm not exactly sure what I'm after
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