external monitor

[pkaplan1]

On Monday 25 May 2009 06:10 Edgars Šmits wrote:
> 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
>
Or try:
www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Xorg_RandR_1.2
for methods to get an extended desktop spanning both monitors, each 
displaying at their native resolution.
Paul