X-plane on linux

Last Updated or created 2022-07-13

Starting x-plane can be a problem on Linux when screens are not properly detected. (Like order of screens or sizes)

Below is a three-screen start script for Linux.

#!/bin/bash
#Will start a three screen xplane session
#Screen are @ 1920x1080 resolution
numscreens=3
count=0
if [ -z $1 ] ; then
./X-Plane-x86_64 --monitor_bounds=0,0,1920,1080,1920,0,1920,1080,3840,0,1920,1080
 while [  $count -lt $numscreens ]; do
    sleep 1
    count=$( wmctrl -l | grep X-System | wc -l)
 done
fi
screencount=1
wmctrl -l | grep X-Syst |awk '{ print $1 }' | while read ; do 
	wmctrl -i -r "$REPLY" -T "X-System_$screencount"
	let  screencount=screencount+1
done
wmctrl -r "X-System_1" -e 1,0,0,1920,1080
wmctrl -r "X-System_2" -e 1,1920,0,1920,1080
wmctrl -r "X-System_3" -e 1,3840,0,1920,1080