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[Adam Dingle <adam@xxxxxxxxx>]

To chime in here, as I mentioned above I have a newer Macbook (a
MacBook7,1) and am still seeing this behavior running Oneiric with all
the latest updates.  More specifically:

1. I start my laptop with an external monitor connected.  After I log in, the external monitor is still blank.
2. I run nvidia-settings and select X Server Display Configuration on the left. nvidia-settings shows both the laptop display and the external monitor.  I select the external monitor and choose Configuration: TwinView.
3. I press Apply.  The laptop display flashes briefly, but nothing else changes.  The external monitor is still blank.
4. I press Apply a second time.  Now I briefly see garbage on both displays.  After a few seconds it goes away, and I see a dialog box on the external monitor asking me whether I want to accept the display change.  I click OK.
5. Unfortunately, at this point Unity is no longer running (the sidebar and panel have vanished) and so I can't run any programs.  I have to switch to a different terminal console and reboot.

As a result, I can't use an external monitor with Ubuntu on this
Macbook.

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  Second monitor doesn't work on MacBookAir3,1 with nvidia-current
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