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Asked: 2021-10-16 04:01:20 +0800 CST

How to change the XFCE display profile via command line?

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I can configure different display profiles using the xfce4-display-settings command, and I know that I can query which display profile is currently in use with the command

xfconf-query -c displays -p /ActiveProfile

which gives me the ID of the current profile. Is it possible to change the display profile using the command line? I tried

xfconf-query -c displays -p /ActiveProfile -s <PROFILE ID>

but while this changes the output of xfconf-query -c displays -p /ActiveProfile, it does not actually change the configuration of my monitors.

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2 Answers

  1. The following should work. I tired with XFCE 4.16.

    xfconf-query --create --type string -c displays -p /Schemes/Apply -s <PROFILE>
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  2. Try this https://github.com/KeyofBlueS/xfce4-display-profile-chooser

    With this bash script you can, via command line, list, set and remove already configured display profiles in xfce4-display-settings. This is useful if you want e.g. to automate stuff by setting profiles within a script or to use a keyboard shortcut. A graphical user interface is provided with yad.

    hope it helps

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