external monitor

[Edgars Šmits]

On Mon, May 25, 2009 at 5:25 AM, Dennis Castanos
<dcastanos at snowcrest.net> wrote:
> I just purchased a dell 17" wide screen that I have connected to my
> laptop.  The resolution is set at 1024 x 768 on both laptop and monitor
> under Ubuntu.  XP displays correctly at 1280 X 768.  Can this be fixed
> or should I return the Dell 17", Model SE178WFP?
> thanks for any help
> Dennis


Had the same problem at my end, would only display at the laptop
resolution, not the wide screen. Try "arandr", a GUI app that allows
you to disable the laptop LCD when hooked up to the external screen


HTH

ED
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