I have upgraded to gnome 2.30 and while there are a few rough edges, the display is causing real problems.
When I am using a projector ("beamer" for the yanks here :) on external vga and LCD at the same time, the screen sometimes treats the vga out as a second screen (not a clone of the first which is what I want). Its random on how it happens. Then if I start any application, Mr Murphy will ensure it starts on the wrong output :) I suspect running vmware at some point before connecting the projector may have something to do with it (has never happened unless I have run vmware sometime since boot) Earlier gnome (<=2.28) had a panel icon for managing the display but this had dissappeared with 2.30. so: 1. how can I manage the display from gnome 2.30 2. how can I fix the underlying problem of being cloned sometimes and not others. 3. how can I do an emergency fix without having to restart X (maybe a script/xrandr command if it exists?) i.e., its somewhat disastrous to discover this at the start of a presentation!) BillK -- William Kenworthy <bi...@iinet.net.au> Home in Perth!