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[Sebastien Bacher <seb128@xxxxxxxxxx>]

It's a weird config, what's the point of having 2 screens if they
display the same thing? That said it seems to work in Oneiric, could you
check there?

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Title:
  Multi-monitor support doesn't allow for overlapping displays

Status in One Hundred Paper Cuts:
  Invalid
Status in “gnome-control-center” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Multi-monitor support with System->Preferences->Display does not allow
  a very useful setup, namely to have two monitors with different screen
  size and the same origin.

  When you have a laptop and a larger monitor that is not a projector,
  this is what I generally want. It allows me to quickly detach the
  laptop and continue using it.

  xorg can do it:

  xrandr --output VGA --mode 1920x1200 --pos 0x0 --output LVDS  --mode
  1680x1050 --pos 0x0

  When I do that in a command shell, the display application shows the
  overlapping screens. But as soon as I move one of them with the mouse,
  I lose: I can no longer position them over each other.

  I realize this is a bug in a specific application, but it really is a
  "paper cut" because it bites people who are new to Ubuntu quickly.

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