How to change display's position from command line?

Question

How can I use the command prompt to do get the setup shown below?

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Edit: I need the secondary display to be located to the left and half-way to the top of the primary display, as shown above.

The output of xrandr is:

        Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3200 x 1567, maximum 32767 x 32767
    eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+1280+487 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 345mm x 194mm
       1920x1080      60.0*+   59.9  
       1680x1050      60.0     59.9  
       1600x1024      60.2  
       1400x1050      60.0  
       1280x1024      60.0  
       1440x900       59.9  
       1280x960       60.0  
       1360x768       59.8     60.0  
       1152x864       60.0  
       1024x768       60.0  
       800x600        60.3     56.2  
       640x480        59.9  
    VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
    HDMI2 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm
       1280x1024      60.0*+   75.0  
       1920x1080      60.0     59.9  
       1152x864       75.0  
       1280x720       60.0     59.9  
       1024x768       75.1     60.0  
       800x600        75.0     60.3  
       640x480        75.0     60.0     59.9  
       720x400        70.1  
    VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

Please [edit] your question and add the output of `xrandr`. Also, please explain what you need. Are you expecting one screen to be above the other? By how much? Do you just need one screen to be on the right of the other one? — terdon, May 19 '15 at 17:56
possible duplicate of [Output of xrandr shows 1024x768+1366+0; what does it mean and can I change it?](http://askubuntu.com/questions/614145/output-of-xrandr-shows-1024x76813660-what-does-it-mean-and-can-i-change-it) — Jacob Vlijm, May 19 '15 at 18:49
Please take a look at the dupe I marked your question as. Strictly taken I am doubting if it is a *literal* dupe, however, the answer I would post would be a 100% copy. If you don't agree, please leave a comment and I'll remove the dupe mark. — Jacob Vlijm, May 19 '15 at 18:51

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered May 19 '15 at 18:48

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Try this:

xrandr --output eDPI1 --mode 1024x768 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output HDMI2 --mode 1366x768 --pos 1024x384 --rotate normal

answered May 19 '15 at 18:48

Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy

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That's a lot more than strictly needed. Simply `xrandr --output eDPI1 --pos x` would do :) – Jacob Vlijm May 19 '15 at 18:58
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<.< shhh, I copied settings from lxrandr, I've no idea what I am doing – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 19 '15 at 18:59
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haha, You are the best :) – Jacob Vlijm May 19 '15 at 18:59
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On my turn, I simply copied `eDPI1` from your answer, while op does not have a screen like that :) – Jacob Vlijm May 19 '15 at 19:01
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wait what ? OP posted output of xrandr which reports eDPI1 there. Did I miss something ? – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 19 '15 at 19:03
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Oh dear, I should learn to read some day. – Jacob Vlijm May 19 '15 at 19:04
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@JacobVlijm we need more coffee XD – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 19 '15 at 19:08
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I actually modified your script into `xrandr --output HDMI2 --mode 1280x1024 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal --output eDP1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1280x512 --rotate normal`. Thanks a lot! – Eduardo May 20 '15 at 01:17
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Eduardo, that works :) youre very welcome – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 20 '15 at 01:22
I used `--size` instead of `--mode` – Mark Jeronimus May 17 '20 at 08:23
@MarkJeronimus Yep, that's a good one too. Just keep in mind, `--size` is actually something different than `--mode`. The `--size` option sets the size of the "virtual" or "software" screen. For single monitor setup ( like a laptop for example ) that's going to behave the same, but on dual monitor setups that it's obviously different. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy May 17 '20 at 08:58
I needed it to solve [this problem](https://askubuntu.com/questions/532727/dual-monitor-setup-one-monitor-has-double-width-and-scrolls-into-other-monitor), but then the displays were not relatively aligned anymore – Mark Jeronimus May 17 '20 at 16:55

How to change display's position from command line?

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