Comment 2 for bug 503255

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Reinhard Tartler (siretart) wrote : Re: [i945] querying information on external monitor with xrandr hangs gpu

The last point of the symptoms section ("moving the cursor out of the internal LVDS screen makes it appear on the external screen") surprises me a bit:

in earlier releases of ubuntu, the maximum desktop size is limited, read I was not able to combine the internal LVDS (1024x768) with my external display that has a much larger resolution of 1920x1200. This new behavior however shows that the mouse coursor can reach both screens independently.

The other interesting observation is that a simple query auto enables the external screen in a "extended desktop" configuration. Is this behavior intended or a (possibly related) defect?