This appears to be only the case if something is attached to the DVI1 port:
$ time xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1440 x 900, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) LVDS1 connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 303mm x 190mm 1440x900 60.0*+ 40.0 DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) TV1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) real 0m0.446s user 0m0.000s sys 0m0.004s -- [KMS] calling xrandr freezes X for a few seconds https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/386920 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel 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