Add an option to test if docked

[ettom]

It would be nice if there was an option to run a command that would test if the laptop is docked. If yes, then switch video modes and run hook scripts. Currently when turning on the laptop when it is docked you have to either physically undock and dock or run dockd --set docked. This feature would eliminate the need to do that.

[ettom]

I wrote a simple bash script that does that.

#!/bin/bash
   
  string=$(lsusb)
  if [[ $string = *"Dock"* ]]; then
  dockd --set docked
  fi

[etnx]

Where did you put this script ?

[ettom]

It depends on your DE. The idea is to run this on startup. I'm running i3 so I added the following line to my i3 config.
exec --no-startup-id ~/.scripts/checkdock.sh

[etnx]

I'm using LXDE. I have put in my lxsession autostart file
@bash /path/to/script/checkdock.sh
But I see no result.

[ettom]

Did you make the script executable? Did you try running it manually? You can also try running lsusb while laptop is docked and see if the dock shows up , if it does and the line contains the string "Dock", then the script should work.

[etnx]

In fact, lsusb does not contain the string "Dock". But lsusb contains a string with my external screen name (let's call it "BlurpBrand"). So, I wrote this :

#!/bin/bash

string=$(lsusb)
if [[ $string = "BlurpBrand" ]]; then
dockd --set docked
fi

It's a bit dirty but it works.