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I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on HP Pavilion Slimline with Nvidia GT220 video card and Nvidia driver 310.14. I have Samsung LCD connected through HDMI, native resolution of this TV is 1366x768, but the only options I am getting in settings are 1920x1080, 1280x720, 720x480 and 640x480. I'd like to run in native resolution, so how can add it to the list of available options? I tried to use xrandr, but not sure what are correct values to enter or whether it's the right way to go.

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After running cvt 1366 768 60 I got the following:

# 1368x768 59.88 Hz (CVT) hsync: 47.79 kHz; pclk: 85.25 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_60.00"   85.25  1368 1440 1576 1784  768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync

Then running xrandr I have

Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1280 x 720, maximum 8192 x 8192
DVI-I-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
   1280x720       60.0*+   59.9  
   1920x1080      30.0     30.0  
   720x480        59.9  
   640x480        59.9  
  1368x768_60.00 (0x2aa)   85.2MHz
        h: width  1368 start 1440 end 1576 total 1784 skew    0 clock   47.8KHz
        v: height  768 start  771 end  781 total  798           clock   59.9Hz

However, when running xrandr --addmode HDMI-0 1368x768_60.00, I get:

X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  18 (RRAddOutputMode)
  Serial number of failed request:  29
  Current serial number in output stream:  30

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See here for the wiki.ubuntu.com entry on xrandr and how to use it. Basically run xrandr from the terminal and copy the output to create a .xprofile file in your home directory - my .xprofile reads as follows (I have a 1680x1050 monitor connected on VGA1):

xrandr --output VGA-1 --mode 1680x1050

Make the .xprofile file executable then log out and back in again.

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  • I updated my original post with results.
    – positron
    Dec 11, 2012 at 18:27
  • I don't think you need the '_60.00' - try xrandr --addmode HDMI-0 1368x768 Dec 11, 2012 at 22:54
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Try to run,

xrandr --addmode HDMI-0 1368x768

if it does not works of fails after sometime

then,

Most Common Problem should be with Graphics Drivers

OR

Your VGA Cable Can be affected

OR

Your Monitor PCB Can Have Problem.

OR

Your Motherboard Graphics Card/Graphics Controller Can Have Problem.

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Look guys, I know it sounds kinda stupid but I've tried to solve this problem a whole weekend long and in the end it finally turned out that it was my VGA cable. I just changed that cable and it worked after that. I hope that I can help someone out there with that answer. Just for the record: I didn't change the output.

Just so you know: try another cable. ;)

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