Hi, if xrandr is working for you, you should be able to do sth like: xrandr --output VGA --off xrandr --output VGA --auto --same-as LVDS xrandr --output VGA --auto --left-of LVDS I am using Ubungu Gutsy. Attached my xorg.conf. I actually have a very similar hardware set. <div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 16, 2008 11:51 AM, Valent Turkovic <<a href="mailto:valent.turkovic@gmail.com">valent.turkovic@gmail.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Hi, when I connect external LCD monitor to my laptops VGA connector I get image on both monitors with the "same" resolution - just that the one on the laptop is cropped. Laptop supports 1280x800 and LCD 1280x1024 so I see the same desktop on both screens just I don't see the bottom part on laptop screen. I would like to have an option to do two things: 1. to turn off the laptop screen when I'm using only the external one. (I have vista on this laptop also but I don't use it - under vista I can use FN+F4 to rotate video modes and in one video mode only external LCD is on, under Fedora 8 FN+F4 does nothing) 2. ability to switch both screens on but not in mirror mode but in dual screen mode. I'm using Fedora 8 with latest updates and with intel 2.1.1 driver. Are there any intel utilities that make managing video setup easier? Can you please point me to some web resources that address issues I mentioned. Thank you in advance, Valent. -- <a href="http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/" target="_blank"> http://kernelreloaded.blog385.com/</a> linux, blog, anime, spirituality, windsurf, wireless registered as user #367004 with the Linux Counter, <a href="http://counter.li.org" target="_blank">http://counter.li.org</a> . ICQ: 2125241, Skype: valent.turkovic _______________________________________________ xorg mailing list <a href="mailto:xorg@lists.freedesktop.org">xorg@lists.freedesktop.org</a> <a href="http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg" target="_blank"> http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/xorg</a> </blockquote></div>