Cannot set second screen beside first screen

[Carter Hollingsworth]

Hello,
I believe your problem is originating from hardware setting in your
laptop. Although it may be possible i do not know how. But I think
your hardware is preventing the displays from setting up correctly.
This is only a theory. I would recommend still waiting for a more
experienced user to respond for I do not have any experience with
setting up a duel display on a laptop.

On 5/23/10, Arnaud bourree <arnaud.bourree at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2010/5/21 Dotan Cohen <dotancohen at gmail.com>:
>> I have a Dell Inspiron 6400 / 1505E with 1680x1050 built-in LVDS and
>> external VGA connected to a 1680x1050 LCD monitor. I can get the
>> external monitor to mirror the regular display, but I cannot put them
>> side-by-side with the KDE System Settings tool.
>>
>> The KDE System Settings tool sees the external VGA monitor as the
>> "first" monitor and the built-in LVDS as the "second". When I
>> configure the LVDS to the right of the external VGA monitor, the LVDS
>> goes blank. When I configure the LVDS to the left of the external VGA
>> monitor, the external VGA goes blank.
>>
>> What must I do to get these monitors configured?
>>
>> I'm using Kubuntu 9.10, KDE 4.2.2. Thanks.
>>
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>> Dotan Cohen
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>
> Hello,
>
> I also failed to used krandr, so I write a simple script based on
> xrandr command line tool.
> I run each time I plug my 2nd monitor.
> It set my 2nd monitor right of my laptop.
>
> #!/bin/bash
> xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --preferred --output VGA1 --auto --right-of
> LVDS1
>
> I hop that will help you
>
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> Arnaud
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