OK, looks that this is more of a misunderstanding than a bug. Apparently the external screen management is now taken over by the XrandR extension of Xorg. There is a detailed description here:
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Installing_Ubuntu_6.06.1_on_a_ThinkPad_R60e#Using_xrandr_with_Ubuntu_7.10 I found this command to be particularily useful: xrandr --output VGA --mode 1024x768 ** Changed in: ubuntu Status: New => Fix Committed -- Problems with /proc/acpi/ibm on Thinkpad X40 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/164471 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
