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External monitor is too yellow

When I bought a new screen (Philips 227e4l) and connected it with my laptop (HP Compaq 6520) via the VGA port, the size of screen is right (1920x1080), but the color is wrong (too much yellow). How ...
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Why does 12.04 no longer recognize VGA(LCD) after booting with S-Video display?

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 with a NVidia graphics card and have been using a VGA connection out to my LCD monitor for over a year fine. I recently decided to try using an S-Video cable out to my HD TV ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - how to set the resolution to 1024x768 and correct rate? using command line when ever system starts

I have this following code where my VGA output is always showing out of range. How can i resolve it? $ cvt 1024 768 $ xrandr --newmode shvga 74.50 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 $ xrandr ...
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Second display running off laptop VGA not correctly positioned (offset left and up)

I have black bars on the right and bottom of my display! I'm running my laptop's VGA output to an recognized as a It is 20", but the assumed 3" difference does not account for the incorrect ...
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Will the Driver Support for Intel HD Graphics be Improved in 12.10?

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on a HP Pavilion dv4 laptop. This is a core i7 machine with Intel HD graphics and also a separate nVidia VGA card. I had a lot of issues getting Ubuntu 12.04 working ...
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Some of my favorite resolutions have disappeared from the “Display” tool in Unity

I tried to clean my PC and re-connect every cable again and in restarting it I noticed that the resolution had changed. I then tried to return to my favorite resolution (9:16) again and I found that ...
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VGA Monitor won't display after NVIDIA driver install on Ubuntu 12.04

I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04, and the first thing that came up was the driver manager, which told me to install the drivers for my nvidia graphics card (I don't remember what it is). I have a ...
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Secondary display showing Ubuntu logo, but is not detected

I recently installed Ubuntu using WUBI, and it worked perfectly. However, my laptop is showing the main desktop screen, and my secondary display is only showing the Ubuntu logo with its loading bar ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 only detects one out of two monitors and mirrors them both

I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed with a VGA splitter creating dual monitors. However when using Ubuntu 12.04 with the VGA splitter the two monitors are mirrored and when going to the "Displays" Settings ...
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HDMI to VGA - External Monitor Not Detected

I have an Acer Iconia tab w500 running Ubuntu 12.04 - The only output I have is an HDMI output so I bought an HDMI to VGA cable to connect it to my external monitor. It's not being detected by Ubuntu. ...
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Nvidia 9600 gm doesn't detect displays

I'm trying to connect my laptop to an external display. But the attached display isn't shown in ubuntu and neither is the laptop screen. I have an Nvida 9600 gm card and I would like to connect ...
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How do I disable automatic monitor detection and adjustment of displays? [closed]

I am running 11.10 on an Dell Mini 9 (Inspiron 910). When I connect VGA or close the lid the computer automatically detects the change and adjusts the displays. How can I disable this?
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How can I start my screen in rotate mode 90/-90 or 180/-180 or 45/-45 angle?

When i start my Ubuntu its connected to my monitor. How can i always default start in rotate mode? (not the default one that we use daily). I was trying to make it -90 or -180 or -45 but cant make it ...