>
> You could, theoretically use the system|preferences|display tool to set the
> screens to clone with a large (matching the larger screen) desktop and just
> disable the laptop screen when the external monitor is connected, that would
> allow you to fully utilize the larger screen, but you'd only have the one
> screen.
>
>
That about clears it up for me, thanks. If I understand you correct
mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf_backup
$ xrandr
shows the same info (1024x768)
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 1536
VGA-0 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
473mm x 296mm
1024x768 75.0* 60.0
800x600 75.0 60.3
640x480 75.0 59.9
720x400 70.1
LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x
0mm
1024x768 60.0*+ 60.0
800x600 60.3 59.9
640x480 59.9 59.4
S-video disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
And I did disable the laptop's screen, because there is no point in over
taxing the video card. Thanks for that, didn't realize I could do that.
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