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Posted: **Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:13 pm**

i installed kubuntu 8.10, am owner of t60p and pluged in samsung t220 on vga port
with no proprietry driver xrandr can see both monitors, but if i change from "clone" to "left of" or "right of" nothing happens
with driver enabled (what i want) xrandr doesn't even see both my monitors, it just displays "default" and i can't do anything

is it possible with proprietry drivers or maybe the open source ones, to make external monitor my primary(with task manager...) and lcd of thinkpad extend on the left side?
and how do i do that?

i tried a lot of google result tips but none worked.the best thing i got was that my monitor was extend of laptop lcd but with the resolution of laptop and not primary

ty for any advice

Posted: **Fri Nov 07, 2008 7:40 pm**

Can you post the command you're trying with xrandr, and the output of

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xrandr -q

Post the full command also please.

Posted: **Sat Nov 08, 2008 8:13 am**

xrandr -q

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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1400 x 1050, maximum 1400 x 1050
default connected 1400x1050+0+0 0mm x 0mm
   1400x1050      60.0* 
   1280x1024      75.0     70.0     60.0  
   1280x960       60.0  
   1280x768       60.0  
   1280x720       60.0  
   1152x864       75.0     70.0     60.0  
   1024x768       75.0     72.0     70.0     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     72.0     70.0     60.0     56.0  
   720x480        60.0  
   640x480        75.0     72.0     60.0  
   640x400        75.0     60.0  
   512x384        75.0     60.0  
   400x300        75.0     60.0  
   320x240        75.0     60.0  
   320x200        75.0     60.0

im not using commands but the tool that comes with kubuntu, its a little icon in tray that would let you to change things or under system prop. in display

Posted: **Thu Nov 27, 2008 6:51 pm**

well, looks like xrandr doesn't work with fglrx driver.

so if somebody could post xorg.conf file with dual-head and external lcd as primary display(extended desktop), plz plz plz

i just can't get it to work

just hate ATI and the card im stuck with, never should I bought it
so to every linux user on this forum, NEVER EVER buy a ATI graphics card, it's a hell to get it to work(and not just dual-head)

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