GDM monitor configuration

Topics: GDM

GDM can use a user’s GNOME monitor configuration as its default display layout.

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Setting the monitor configuration for GDM

GDM uses the same configuration file format as GNOME. You can have it simply copy a user’s current configuration at startup.

Create /etc/systemd/system/gdm.service.d/override.conf:

[Service]
ExecStartPre=/bin/cp /home/_user_/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml

See GDM - ArchWiki for details.

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