Using days update of Jaunty Alpha 3, I commented out Driver, BusID & Option HPD "off from /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then rebooted. Radeon driver loaded and 2nd monitor not seen mur@ubuntu2:~$ xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1152 x 864, maximum 2704 x 1050 VGA-0 connected 1152x864+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm 1152x864 75.0*+ 75.0 70.0 60.0 60.0 1680x1050 60.0 1600x1024 60.2 1400x1050 60.0 1280x1024 60.0 1440x900 59.9 1280x960 60.0 1360x768 59.8 1024x768 85.0 75.0 70.1 60.0 59.9 832x624 74.6 800x600 85.1 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 640x480 85.0 72.8 75.0 59.9 720x400 85.0 640x400 85.1 640x350 85.1 HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) Progress !!! > > From: Bryce Harrington