---
name: "kscreen-console"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "kscreen"
version: "1.0.2.1-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/kscreen-console"
---

# kscreen-console(1)

lists monitor and screen configuration and their changes

## NAME

kscreen-console - lists monitor and screen configuration and their changes

## SYNOPSIS

kscreen-console \[Qt-options\] \[KDE-options\] \[options\] \[arg(s)\]

## DESCRIPTION

KScreen-console lists the current monitor setup and screen configuration (like xrandr --verbose). Then kscreen-console waits for further screen/monitor events and lists them. You can exit the program with Ctrl-C

## OPTIONS

###

### Arguments:

- arg(s)

  Arguments for command

### Options:

- **--commands**

  Show available commands

###

### Generic options:

- **--help**

  Show help about options

- **--help-qt**

  Show Qt specific options

- **--help-kde**

  Show KDE specific options

- **--help-all**

  Show all options

- **--author**

  Show author information

- **-v, --version**

  Show version information

- **--license**

  Show license information

- **--**

  End of options

###

### KDE options:

- **--caption \<caption\>**

  Use 'caption' as name in the titlebar

- **--icon \<icon\>**

  Use 'icon' as the application icon

- **--config \<filename\>**

  Use alternative configuration file

- **--nocrashhandler**

  Disable crash handler, to get core dumps

- **--waitforwm**

  Waits for a WM\_NET compatible windowmanager

- **--style \<style\>**

  sets the application GUI style

- **--geometry \<geometry\>**

  sets the client geometry of the main widget - see man X for the argument format (usually WidthxHeight+XPos+YPos)

###

### Qt options:

- **--display \<displayname\>**

  Use the X-server display 'displayname'

- **--session \<sessionId\>**

  Restore the application for the given 'sessionId'

- **--cmap**

  Causes the application to install a private color map on an 8-bit display

- **--ncols \<count\>**

  Limits the number of colors allocated in the color cube on an 8-bit display, if the application is using the QApplication::ManyColor color specification

- **--nograb**

  tells Qt to never grab the mouse or the keyboard

- **--dograb**

  running under a debugger can cause an implicit --nograb, use --dograb to override

- **--sync**

  switches to synchronous mode for debugging

- **--fn, --font \<fontname\>**

  defines the application font

- **--bg, --background \<color\>**

  sets the default background color and an application palette (light and dark shades are calculated)

- **--fg, --foreground \<color\>**

  sets the default foreground color

- **--btn, --button \<color\>**

  sets the default button color

- **--name \<name\>**

  sets the application name

- **--title \<title\>**

  sets the application title (caption)

- **--testability**

  load the testability framework

- **--visual TrueColor**

  forces the application to use a TrueColor visual on an 8-bit display

- **--inputstyle \<inputstyle\>**

  sets XIM (X Input Method) input style. Possible values are onthespot, overthespot, offthespot and root

- **--im \<XIM server\>**

  set XIM server

- **--noxim**

  disable XIM

- **--reverse**

  mirrors the whole layout of widgets

- **--stylesheet**

  \<file.qss\>   applies the Qt stylesheet to the application widgets

- **--graphicssystem \<system\>**

  use a different graphics system instead of the default one, options are raster and opengl (experimental)

- **--qmljsdebugger \<port\>**

  QML JS debugger information. Application must be built with -DQT\_DECLARATIVE\_DEBUG for the debugger to be enabled

### kdeoptions(7), qtoptions(7)

## SEE ALSO

## AUTHORS

```
Alejandro Fiestas Olivares <afiestas@kde.org>
```

## MANPAGE AUTHOR

Manual page written by Achim Bohnet \<allee@kubuntu.org\>\