Thanks for the feedback ... I use a similar approach ... screen shows via the projector, but system becomes seriously bogged down ... rather weird to say the least. -----Original Message----- From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org [mailto:tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org] On Behalf Of Justin Krejci Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 11:55 AM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: Re: [tclug-list] Ubuntu on Laptop - projector issues I've done external display hookups from my laptop running ubuntu 10.10 and an nvidia video card 9600M model or something like that. I used the nvidia app to just use twinview and I have never had an issue of any kind ever with it. This is not an Asus system either. Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile