one user way of going around this problem is to use the NVIDIA X Server Settings - in here it is possible to see the other screen as disabled, here you can enable again :-)
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-desktop3 in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/970560 Title: "Displays" is registering dual monitors as "laptop" when using fglrx Status in GNOME Desktop Common Files: Fix Released Status in “gnome-desktop3” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “gnome-desktop3” source package in Precise: Fix Released Bug description: Impact: - screen connected to cards using the fglrx driver might get labelled as "Laptop" when they are external screens Test Case: - run the system settings display panel on a machine using the fglrx driver, where the output listed in Xorg.0.log is classified as a DFP one, with an external screen With the precise version the display is labelled "Laptop" incorrectly, the update should fix that Regression potential: - fglrx users should check that suspend on lid close still behave the same way, the display type can have an impact on the suspend behaviour (that patch is not supposed to lead to any change there but that's something to double check) --- Today after installing the fglrx drivers on my Radeon 6950 cayman card, in the "Displays" options, in order to get dual monitors to work I had to first go into amdcccle and enable it there, restart the computer, and THEN enable it in the displays setting. Also, both monitors are showing up as "laptop". When using the radeon drivers each monitor is picked up as "Acer blah blah", but with the propriatary drivers they both say "laptop" and there is no visual color difference to indicate differences between the two. It would be nice if we could Unify the "displays" menu to where it will enable dual monitors in amdccle when that option is selected or visa versa. It would also be nice to see the two monitors registering as their proper names and differentiation. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: gnome-control-center 1:3.4.0-0ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-21.34-generic 3.2.13 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-21-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx ApportVersion: 2.0-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Sat Mar 31 21:05:09 2012 InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS "Precise Pangolin" - Beta amd64 (20120301) SourcePackage: gnome-control-center UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/gnome-desktop/+bug/970560/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp