<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div style='font-family: Arial; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'>Search on xrandr, the tool for managing this. There's a good article on thinkwiki although it's focused on IBM Thinkpads. The Ubuntu wiki is also helpfuul. Paul ----- Original Message ----- From: "norman" <norman@littletank.org> To: "ubuntu-users" <ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 14, 2009 12:54:41 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: external monitor I am using Ubuntu 8.10 with an Inspiron 1525 and I wish to connect an external monitor to operate independently and not simply copy the same settings as the laptop monitor. I have tried looking in Google but have not found anything helpful. The only thing I came across was a reference to using the Fn key in combination with the F8 key but when I tried this nothing happened. Could some kind person point me in the right direction please from where I may get some positive help. Norman -- ubuntu-users mailing list ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users </div></body></html>