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Since posting this question I have found a partial solution. I looked at instructions on ArchWiki (https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xrandr) and found that they worked (even though I tried them before; I don't know what I was doing wrong then). By following the instructions on that page, I was able to change to widescreen mode with xrandr.
My problem now ...
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Given you've mentioned in the comments that the display work correctly when using the distro Backtrack 5 R3 & Windows 7, I'd suggest looking through that live CD's xorg.conf file and/or just copying that file over to your Debian system.
Additionally you can bring the Debian and Backtrack xorg.conf files together on a system and perform a side-by-side ...
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With MATE, you can create new panels and drag them to the second monitor (to enable drag, uncheck "Expand" in the properties, also uncheck "Autohide and "Show hide buttons"). Then, if you add a "Window List" on each display, it will manage each display's windows separately. This is very nice except that the Workspace Switcher still operates on both ...
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