Comment 3 for bug 461211

Well... I update every _daily_, and the issue persists. I have a log of xrandr when this happens... it happens when I try to switch from Laptop to Dual monitor with the previous xrandr script.

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3200 x 1200, maximum 3200 x 3200
LVDS connected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   1440x900 60.2 + 50.0
   1280x800 60.0 + 50.0
   1152x864 60.0 + 50.0
   1280x768 59.9 + 50.0
   1280x720 60.0 + 50.0
   1024x768 60.0 + 50.0
   1024x600 60.4 + 50.0
   800x600 60.3 + 50.0
   800x480 60.0 + 50.0
   720x480 60.0 + 50.0
   640x480 60.0 + 50.0
DFP1 connected 1600x1200+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 275mm
   1600x1200 60.0*+
   1400x1050 60.0 +
   1440x900 59.9 +
   1280x960 60.0 +
   1152x864 60.0 + 75.0
   1152x648 60.0 +
   1280x1024 75.0 60.0
   1280x800 75.0 60.0
   1280x768 59.9
   1280x720 60.0
   1024x768 75.0 60.0
   1024x600 60.0
   800x600 75.0 60.3
   800x480 60.0
   720x480 60.0
   640x480 75.0 60.0
CRT1 connected 1600x1200+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 275mm
   1600x1200 60.0*+
   1400x1050 60.0
   1280x1024 75.0 60.0
   1440x900 59.9
   1280x960 60.0
   1280x800 75.0 60.0
   1152x864 75.0 60.0
   1280x768 59.9
   1280x720 60.0
   1024x768 75.0 60.0
   1024x600 60.0
   800x600 75.0 60.3
   800x480 60.0
   720x480 60.0
   640x480 75.0 60.0

What I do now to work around my issues...

When I dock, the display menu does not recognize my monitors... so, I use the dual-monitor script to select the two monitors (which results in "tiny" screen... then run a script that sets xrandr to turn off those monitors and turn on LVDS. Then... I use the display settings applet again, and magically my monitors appear... then I use display manager to set my docked monitors properly. CLEARLY, this is "hokey" -- so... it would be better if it were fixed.

Here again are the dual monitor script and the laptop script:

$ cat dual-monitor
#! /bin/sh

# script to do multi-monitor on my T400 box
# fglrx script
xrandr --output LVDS --off && \
xrandr --fb 3200x1200 \
       --output DFP1 --auto \
       --output CRT1 --auto --right-of DFP1

$ cat laptop
#! /bin/sh

xrandr --output CRT1 --off
xrandr --output LVDS --auto
xrandr --output DFP1 --off && xrandr --fb 1440x900

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