I can confirm this bug in lucid with the same behavior. I confirm also that restarting X doesnt trigger xrandr to re-poll for the new monitor.
** Changed in: libxrandr (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete => Confirmed -- Karmic's xrandr doesn't update when connected to different external monitor https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/495063 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to libxrandr in ubuntu. _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat Post to : ubuntu-x-swat@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-x-swat More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp