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My system: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. My graphic card: nVidia GeForce gt430. My monitor is Samsung LE26R51B. And my connection is digital (HDMI).
The current screen resolution is not good at all, I can't see the top bar and the left one.

Here are the available resolutions in settings:

1920*1080
1280*720
960*600  
and lower resolutions

But with no one of these I can see the top bar in it. They are bigger than the monitor.


In Windows 7 I use 1202*670 resolution.

How can I change the resolution to what I want exactly?

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    It's rather complicated, but have you checked out this guide?
    – SirCharlo
    Oct 11, 2012 at 14:56
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    i get this error: xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default Oct 11, 2012 at 15:59
  • @SirCharlo I know your comment and this question are rather old, but I found your link to work quite well. Do you think you can add the gist of that as an answer?
    – Nil
    Jun 26, 2013 at 14:56

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Open a terminal and enter:

xrandr

It will output possible resolutions. To set 1202x670 enter:

xrandr -s 1202x670

See here if you need to add new modes.

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First I'd try to install the nvidia binary driver (there's a tool named "Additional Drivers" or "Jockey" that will assist you). If that doesn't help, you've won the Jackpot. Your prize is editing the xorg.conf file.

First have a look at this xkcd comic: https://xkcd.com/963/

Be warned that if you misconfigure xorg.conf, you might end up without a graphical session, just with a command line. Don't worry, you can simply (backup and then) delete xorg.conf and the graphical session should work again.

Then have a look at that guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NvidiaResolutionXorgConf

Depending on the driver you are using, you might need to put a different driver in xorg.conf - for the binary nvidia driver it's "nvidia", for Nouveau it's "nouveau" I think, and for the old nv-driver it's "nv".

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You may be able to set the right resolution and also change the driver via a graphical interface by installing the utility called nvidia-settings. I've used it on my desktop many times.

sudo apt-get install nvidia-settings

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This may seem like a silly suggestion, but have you tried using the monitor's buttons/on-screen display to change how the screen is displayed? There should be an "Auto-adjust" item.

Additionally, 1202x670 sounds like a very strange and non-standard resolution. While it's not in the list that you provided, have you tried 1360x768 instead?

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Using 12.04 LTS with a Samsung SyncMaster 923NW

Before you do anything find your native resoultion. Mine is 1440x900.

First find your display output name by typing: xrandr

Mine was 'VGA1'

The guide was tricky but this worked for me even though the tutorial said do something different. Replace the resolution with your monitor's specifications and the output.

sudo xrandr --addmode VGA1 1440x900_60.00

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  • According to this link, which has been quoted in the top answer, xrandr is run without sudo. May be useful to explain why sudo is used here?
    – user37165
    Feb 19, 2016 at 7:34

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