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[Stibbons <gaetan@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Isn't it possible to have a "semi" extended desktop, for instance being
able to display a video in fullscreen on the external display while
continue to work on the EEE PC screen. So far, I only managed to get
either this "virtual" screen (so fullscreen video extends on BOTH
screens), either configuring the external screen as a different screen
(so fullscreen video displays correctly only on this video but windows
cannot be moved from one window to the other, and I have to setup a
starting script "DISPLAY=:0.2... and it requires a server restart to
detect the screen)?

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Extended Desktop can only be cloned.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/263509
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Status in Ubuntu Eee: New

Bug description:
You can not enable Extended Desktop.  You can only clone the screens, since X is not recognizing a larger screen than 1024x1024.  This is caused by the xorg.conf file missing a virtual line for the screen.  Can someone add the following line to the gold release, so  that extended desktop will be available.  The line needed is the "Virtual" line

Section "Screen"
	Identifier	"Default Screen"
	Monitor		"Configured Monitor"
	Device		"Configured Video Device"
	SubSection "Display"
		Depth   24
		Modes "1024x600" "800x600"
		Virtual 2048 2048
	EndSubSection
EndSection