My acer aspire 1360 is equipped with a geforce video card capable of handling multiple sceen at time: the laptop screen and the external monitor screen. Here is my xorg.conf file
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig # nvidia-xconfig: version 1.0 (buildmeister@builder3) Tue Nov 22 18:04:42 PST 2005 # /etc/X11/xorg.conf (xorg X Window System server configuration file) # # This file was generated by dexconf, the Debian X Configuration tool, using # values from the debconf database. # # Edit this file with caution, and see the /etc/X11/xorg.conf manual page. # (Type "man /etc/X11/xorg.conf" at the shell prompt.) # # This file is automatically updated on xserver-xorg package upgrades *only* # if it has not been modified since the last upgrade of the xserver-xorg # package. # # If you have edited this file but would like it to be automatically updated # again, run the following commands: # # cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.custom # sudo sh -c 'md5sum /etc/X11/xorg.conf >/var/lib/xfree86/xorg.conf.md5sum' # sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg Section "ServerLayout" Identifier "Default Layout" Screen "Default Screen" 0 0 InputDevice "Generic Keyboard" InputDevice "Configured Mouse" InputDevice "Synaptics Touchpad" EndSection Section "Files" # local font server # if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these # paths to defoma fonts FontPath "unix/:7100" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi" FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/TrueType" FontPath "/var/lib/defoma/x-ttcidfont-conf.d/dirs/CID" EndSection Section "Module" Load "bitmap" Load "dbe" Load "ddc" #Load "dri" Load "extmod" Load "freetype" Load "glx" Load "int10" Load "record" Load "type1" Load "vbe" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Generic Keyboard" Driver "keyboard" Option "CoreKeyboard" Option "XkbRules" "xorg" Option "XkbModel" "pc105" Option "XkbLayout" "it" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Configured Mouse" Driver "mouse" Option "CorePointer" Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice" Option "Protocol" "ImPS/2" Option "Emulate3Buttons" "true" Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" EndSection Section "InputDevice" Identifier "Synaptics Touchpad" Driver "synaptics" Option "SendCoreEvents" "true" Option "Device" "/dev/psaux" Option "Protocol" "auto-dev" Option "HorizScrollDelta" "0" EndSection Section "Monitor" Identifier "Monitor Generico" ModeLine "1280x800" 80.4 1280 1320 1520 1640 800 802 804 842 Option "DPMS" #HorizSync 28-49 #VertRefresh 43-72 EndSection Section "Device" #Driver "nvidia" #BusID "PCI:1:0:0" #Option "SecondMonitorVertRefresh" "0" Identifier "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go 5200]" Driver "nvidia" EndSection Section "Screen" Identifier "Default Screen" Device "NVIDIA Corporation NV34M [GeForce FX Go 5200]" Monitor "Monitor Generico" DefaultDepth 24 Option "NvAGP" "3" Option "DigitalVibrance" "0" Option "TransparentIndex" "0" Option "CursorShadowAlpha" "64" Option "CursorShadowXOffse" "4" Option "CursorShadowYOffset" "2" Option "Twinview" "TRUE" Option "TwinViewOrientation" "RightOf" #Option "SecondMonitorHorizSync" "0" Option "MetaModes" "1280x1024 , 1280x800 ; 1024x768 , 1024x768" Option "ConnectedMonitor" "CRT-0 , DFP-0" SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 1 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 4 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 8 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 15 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 16 EndSubSection SubSection "Display" # Modes "1024x768" Depth 24 EndSubSection EndSection