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I have my Ubuntu Desktop (13.04) installation setup for dual monitors (one VGA and one HDMI, built-in display off) out of my laptop. This is working fine when I am logged in, however when I reboot the boot/login screen is only on my laptop screen. Since I want to have the laptop close and tucked away, this is a problem.

Any suggestions on how to get this to work properly? I tried a suggestion of adding a file to /etc/X11/Xsession. I called it '98extmonitor' and it had the following contents:

xrandr -q | grep 'VGA1 connected' && xrandr --output LVDS1 --off --output VGA1 --auto

But that had no change in effect.

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I solved this by adding an option to the GRUB command line

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="video=LVDS-1:d video=VGA-1:e video=HDMI-1:e"

That boots up my system with the same login on both monitors. When I login, the dual spanning monitor setup kicks in.

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  • How can I find those parameters you provided? Are they identical systems to sytems?
    – Ashkan Ranjbar
    Sep 4, 2023 at 4:16

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