How to set up left-right swap for dual screens on Linux?

To swap the dual screens on a Linux system from left to right, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal and enter the following command to view the interface name of the monitor:
xrandr
  1. Locate the interface names of the two monitors you want to switch positions with, typically labeled as HDMI-0 and HDMI-1 or DP-0 and DP-1.
  2. Use the following command to swap the positions of two monitors:
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --auto --output HDMI-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-0

In the above command, HDMI-0 represents the left monitor and HDMI-1 represents the right monitor. Use the –right-of option to specify that the right monitor is positioned to the right of the left monitor.

  1. If you want to restore the original position, you can use the following command:
xrandr --output HDMI-0 --auto --output HDMI-1 --auto --right-of HDMI-1

You can easily swap your dual monitors in a Linux system by following the steps mentioned above.

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