Well, I'm not sure why it's not working with gnome-display-properties, or if it's a problem with gnome or its window manager. I went into fluxbox, used xrandr and arandr to turn off LVDS1 and leave VGA1 turned on, and it works fine.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu-X, which is subscribed to xserver-xorg-video-intel in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/777539 Title: vga1 external output from laptop causes out of of range error on external LCD monitor when only the external output is enabled and LVDS is disabled _______________________________________________ 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