[lug] Laptop with external screen?

[Kenneth D. Weinert]

On 03/16/2010 06:21 AM, Rob Nagler wrote:
> I just got a laptop running Centos 5.4.  I want to run it dual-headed
> when I'm at my desk, and just with the builtin screen when I'm out and
> about.  Xinerama does fine, but it doesn't detect that the external
> display isn't there.  This is a known "bug".  While I've seen
> solutions where I can reboot to fix this problem, this is annoying.
>
> Anybody know of a solution to this problem?

I'm using the native nvidia drivers on Ubuntu and I don't have to reboot 
- but I do have to log out and back in. Restarting the Xserver would 
probably serve as well, but it's pretty much the same thing :)

-- 
Ken