I'm unable to reproduce this bug, as well as bug 885991. The seccond screen in xorg.conf does not appear to work (see Xorg.0.log). I do have dual (physical) screens working great via xrandr and gnome-settings daemon. This is using fglrx-updates-12.104-0ubuntu0.0.1 and kernel 3.2 in precise.
Here are the relevent sections of Xorg.0.log [ 15.802] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Wed Oct 16 16:02:06 2013 [ 15.802] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" [ 15.802] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d" [ 15.944] (==) ServerLayout "aticonfig Layout" [ 15.944] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-0" (0) [ 15.944] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-0" [ 15.944] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-0" [ 15.944] (**) |-->Screen "aticonfig-Screen[0]-1" (1) [ 15.944] (**) | |-->Monitor "aticonfig-Monitor[0]-1" [ 15.944] (**) | |-->Device "aticonfig-Device[0]-1" and [ 17.046] (EE) Screen 2 deleted because of no matching config section. ** Attachment added: "Xorg.0.log" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/nautilus/+bug/885989/+attachment/3879661/+files/Xorg.0.log -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/885989 Title: white screen on second monitor when using two xsessions To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/nautilus/+bug/885989/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs