xrandr is not a perfect solution either. See the blog post you link to about it's bugginess. Also that's a gtk2/gnome tool, not one appropriate for Kubuntu.
What I'm currently attempting is to see if I can teach displayconfig to believe in a sane set of defaults if parts or all of xorg are missing. I don't know yet if it will help or if it does how much. -- The module Monitor & Display could not be loaded. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/173768 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kubuntu Team, which is subscribed to kde-guidance in ubuntu. -- kubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-bugs