Comment 20 for bug 162136

While logged in, I queried xrandr

~$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 2704 x 1050
VGA-0 connected (normal left inverted right)
   1680x1050 60.0 +
   1280x1024 74.9 75.0 59.9
   1152x864 75.0 74.8
   1024x768 74.9 75.1 70.1 60.0
   832x624 74.6
   800x600 72.2 75.0 74.9 60.3
   640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 60.0
   720x400 70.1
   640x350 70.1
LVDS connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right) 0mm x 0mm
   1024x768 60.0*+ 60.0
   800x600 60.3 59.9
   640x480 59.9 59.4

"~$ xranrd --fb 2704x1050" did get me a bigger screen, but it was still on the internal screen only. The external screen was still in suspend.