For the virtual desktop you could get away with "Virtual 1024 1536"
Are you trying to clone the internal monitor or have an extended desktop? I have a similar setup to yours (except I have the misfortune of an x1400; what a pain!) and the following works to get my external monitor working as an extended desktop: xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode "1024x768" xrandr --output LVDS --left-of VGA-0 In my experience, xrandr -q provides more modes than those defined in xorg.conf so that you may dynamically set the mode to a wide range of sane possibilities. On a default hardy install the above worked for me (I used other resolutions as well) Another thing you probably have already checked is that your monitor is looking for a signal on the right input. My monitor switches back to a digital input when an analog signal is absent. I have to manually switch to VGA for my monitor to recognize a VGA signal if I have used DVI. Good luck! -- open source ati driver in hardy can't do external monitor on laptop https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/222905 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
