[xubuntu-users] independant displays (no coupled screen switching)?

Thu Nov 3 06:28:17 UTC 2016

On Wed 2016-10-05 (17:05), Ulli Horlacher wrote:

> My new workstation with Xubuntu 16.04 now has two coupled displays. Both
> have DISPLAY=:0.0 and I cannot switch the virtual screens independantly.
> When I choose another screen with the Workspace Switcher, both displays
> are switched together. BAD.
> 
> With Settings->Display (xfce4-display-settings) I was not able to
> configure the displays independant.
> 
> What is the trick?

Meanwhile I found a solution:
I have to use a hand crafted xorg.conf!

http://askubuntu.com/questions/278115/dual-screen-setup-in-ubuntu-with-intel-hd-graphics

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