So I tried one last attempt... and that was switching the VGA cable from the good monitor to the "bad" monitor, and "voilah!", auto-detection worked... so, looks like I'm off to buy a new VGA cable and looks like this can be closed.
-- Nvidia drivers, monitor detection not working https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/221648 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
