Setcustomres: set a custom resolution to a screen with a single command

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setcustomres, set a custom resolution to a screen with a single command.

Description: Set custom resolution to a display using xrandr
Usage: setcustomres OPTIONS
Version: 2.1

-w | --width            Mandatory: Width of resolution
-h | --height           Mandatory: Hight of resolution
-o | --output           Mandatory: Display output
-r | --refresh-rate     Custom refresh rate (Default 60Hz)
-p | --param            xrandr parameters, wrap with double quotes
--help                  Print this help message



          ---Usage Examples---

# This sets a custom resolution to HDMI-1
~$ setcustomres -w 1920 -h 1080 -o HDMI-1

# This sets a custom resolution to DP-1 and maps it to the right of VGA-1
~$ setcustomres --width 1366 --height 768 --output DP-1 --param "--right-of VGA-1"

# This sets a custom resolution to VGA-2 and makes it the primary screen
~$ setcustomres -w 1680 -h 1050 -o VGA-2 -p "--primary"

# This sets a custom resolution to HDMI-1 with a refresh rate of 120Hz
~$ setcustomres -w 1600 -h 900 -o HDMI-1 -r 120

More info: GitHub - YoungFellow-le/setcustomres: A tool that summarizes the process of setting a custom resolution to a monitor using xrandr.

Can be installed from the AUR:

yay -S setcustomres
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Why has this been moved to a new topic @Yochanan?

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Because it’s your own software you’re self-promoting. :wink:

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Oh, okay

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I hope this works on my rog ally handheld as trying to set 960x540 won’t work with xrandr

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The script utilizes xrandr, so unless there’s something wrong with your commands it’s unlikely that setcustomres would be any different.

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But wlr-randr should work very similarly but for wayland.
If either of you wants that.

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Similar to setcustomres or xrandr?

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I’m guessing xrandr:

https://sr.ht/~emersion/wlr-randr/

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