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I've been using Ubuntu on my new laptop for a few days now and haven't had any issues I couldn't resolve until today. I plugged in an HDMI cable to extend the monitor and noticed that the secondary display has a deep green hue. I tried manipulating the monitor settings, but no matter what I change it remains a deep green.

I booted back into Windows 7 and tested the monitor with the same HDMI cable without any issues, so this is definitely something with Ubuntu. Any input would be greatly appreciated.

Hardware: Dell 14" / i3-2350M Processor / Integrated Graphics / Ubuntu 11.10

Thanks!

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This question should instead be filed as a bug report, and as such is off-topic, thanks! Instructions on filing a bug report are here. – Jacob Johan Edwards Jul 31 '12 at 4:15

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Perhaps you can try adjusting it with the xrandr command.

First find your device name by entering:

xrandr

There's an output line like:

LVDS connected 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 230mm

The enter a command like (substituting for your device LVDS):

xrandr --output LVDS --prop --verbose --gamma 1.0:1.5:1.0

experiment with value, partitcularly the middle, green, value, until you like the results. The number must be floating point and they stand for red:green:blue.

The driver shouldn't matter.

See this man page.

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