Do you want to separate desktop screens, or one a copy of the other? If the latter, it is simply a matter of pressing the proper fn+f? key. Beware, for this I usually switch to a text console (ctrl-alt-f1) before pressing these keys, as my laptop hangs when doing the display switching while in X. Pressing the fn+f? keys in rapid succession also hangs my unit. Probably a video driver problem -- mine's an intel chipset.
If the former, try using Systems Settings (I'm using Kubuntu, btw) first. If that doesn't work, try googling "multihead". There are a few howto's in ubuntuforums.org -- try searching there as well. --- mike t. ----- Original Message ---- From: Allister Levi Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Technical Discussion List <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 9, 2007 10:04:33 PM Subject: [plug] two screens on gutsy gibbon beta Hi, I have a Dell D630 laptop which i would also like to use with an external monitor (a Dell E178FP). In Feisty, I suppose it just works when you plug in the external monitor's cable into the laptop. Now, in my case, it just doesn't automatically display my desktop on the external monitor. Could someone tell me how to manually configure the X server to have the external monitor as well? Allister
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