Comment 2 for bug 828623

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Dave Russell (drussell) wrote : Re: gnome control centre does not allow you to disable the laptop screen while leaving an external connected screen working

A workaround is to run the following commands:

xrandr --size 1920x1200 --output LVDS1 --off --output HDMI1 --mode 1920x1200
compiz --replace

Still, it really should work via the gui...