If you haven't done so, you need also to define a virtual screen size which is big enough to include both physical displays. You may want to have a look in man 1 xrandr.
--- Omer On Fri, 2010-05-21 at 17:55 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > 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. -- One does not make peace with enemies. One makes peace with former enemies. My own blog is at http://www.zak.co.il/tddpirate/ My opinions, as expressed in this E-mail message, are mine alone. They do not represent the official policy of any organization with which I may be affiliated in any way. WARNING TO SPAMMERS: at http://www.zak.co.il/spamwarning.html _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
