I tried many combinations with xrandr command under lubuntu 12.04 to setup my three monitors DVI (DELL 1) left detected as HDMI1 HDMI (LG E2290) middle detected as HDMI2 VGA (DELL 2) right detected as VGA1 I can get the display with fix 1280x1024 on all the monitors. But once I setup 1280x1024 + 1920x1080 + 1280x1024, I get blank screen on all the monitors. Sometimes it throws crts fail error instead of blanking out. Anyone have similar issues? any solutions/workarounds? P.S. I can setup two monitors using 1280x1280 and 1920x1080 P.S.S. HDMI2 required at least 1920x1080 to display sharp picture. Outputs (it seems graphic card supports up to 8192x8192): xrandr Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 3840 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 connected 1280x1024+2560+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 HDMI1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm 1280x1024 60.0*+ 75.0 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 HDMI2 connected 1280x1024+1280+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm 1920x1080 60.0 + 1680x1050 60.0 1280x1024 75.0 60.0* 1152x864 75.0 1024x768 75.1 60.0 800x600 75.0 60.3 640x480 75.0 60.0 720x400 70.1 DP1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) DP2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 3 CRTs (0,1 VGA, 0,1,2 for other HDMI) xrandr --verbose VGA1 connected 1280x1024+2560+0 (0x47) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm Identifier: 0x42 Timestamp: 51324 Subpixel: unknown Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0 Brightness: 1.0 Clones: CRTC: 0 CRTCs: 0 1 ... HDMI1 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (0x47) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 376mm x 301mm Identifier: 0x43 Timestamp: 51324 Subpixel: unknown Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0 Brightness: 1.0 Clones: CRTC: 1 CRTCs: 0 1 2 ... HDMI2 connected 1280x1024+1280+0 (0x47) normal (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 477mm x 268mm Identifier: 0x44 Timestamp: 51324 Subpixel: unknown Gamma: 1.0:1.0:1.0 Brightness: 1.0 Clones: CRTC: 2 CRTCs: 0 1 2 Below command fails: xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --output HDMI2 --auto --left-of VGA1 --output HDMI1 --auto --left-of HDMI2 Below command passes: xrandr --output VGA1 --auto --output HDMI2 --mode 1280x1024 --rate 60.0 --left-of VGA1 --output HDMI1 --auto --left-of HDMI2 Graphic card VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Ivy Bridge Graphics Controller (rev 09)