Christof Böckler wrote: > cb@thinkpad:~$ xrandr --output LVDS --auto > xrandr: cannot find crtc for output LVDS > cb@thinkpad:~$ xrandr --output LVDS --crtc 0 --auto > xrandr: cannot find crtc for output LVDS What about the following: xrandr --output VGA-0 --crtc 1 --output LVDS --auto Brice