I am relatively new to Linux and I am not sure how to set up a dual screen configuration. Any help or suggestions would be helpful. I have a Dell Latitude D820 and my external monitor is made by Westinghouse. If anyone needs more information feel free to ask. Thanks!
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Re: need help setting up dual monitor in gutsy
Plug in the external monitor and switch it on.
At a terminal run "xrandr": it should list lots of different modes and outputs. Based on the output of that command, run xrandr again along the lines of
xrandr --output VGA-0 --auto
to turn the output on, then
xrandr --output VGA-0 --left-of LVDS
That's what works on my laptop, you may need to change the names of the outputs. "left-of" can be any of {left-of, right-of, above, below, clone}.
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