Problem with external monitor on my asus u36sd laptop

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Published on 2011-11-23T08:06:52Z Indexed on 2011/11/23 10:11 UTC
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To connect my laptop to external monitor (for the dual monitor configuration) I have to perform 7 weird steps:

  1. Suspend OS (close notebook for that)
  2. Connect external monitor to vga output
  3. Open notebook and unsuspend OS (at this moment in laptop screen is native resolution but on external monitor resolution is lower than native (not same as at laptop)).
  4. Suspend OS (close notebook for that)
  5. Open notebook and unsuspend OS (at this moment laptop screen has resolution as a external monitor but external monitor has lower resolution that should be in native)
  6. Suspend OS (close notebook for that)
  7. Unsuspend OS (at this moment laptop and external monitor have native resolution which will should be)

I just open and close hood of the laptop until external monitor and laptop screen become in native resolution. Adjusting monitors in displays not give me proper result.

I have ASUS U36SD with optimus (disabled by acpicall) with 1366x768 screen and external monitor with 1280x1024 and latest ubuntu 11.10.

How to perform laptop to work with external monitor without this weird actions?

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