Questions related to hardware displays, either internal (as in a laptop) or external (as in most desktop monitors, or projectors)
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Dual monitor setup.Workspace switcher allignment problem
I have a dual monitor setup.The two monitors have different sizes and resolutions.When I use the workspace switcher option,I see the screens as shown in the screenshot.
Why cant I see all the ...
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How do I list connected displays using the command line?
Is there a command that will list displays connected to the computer?
Specifically, I'm looking to find out how my external monitor is being detected by the system when connected by HDMI cable and ...
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Dual display with 13.04 - how?
I have an ATI display adaptor with DVI & VGA. It has 1280x1024 on DVI and 1440x990 on VGA. With Windows I can run the OS on the DVI display and anything I want on the 1280 by default or drag it ...
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Xfce power manager does not follow GUI setting not to shut down the display
I want my laptop not to turn off monitor when on AC power under any circumstance.
And yet it becomes dark after a while - 10 minutes I guess.
I think the Xfce GUI settings involved are these here:
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While using 3 monitors, the third one just displays a TTY
I'm using the VGA and the DVI outputs of my ATI RV516 XT Radeon X1600 SE to connect two monitors, which works (finally). Now I have a third monitor and I´ve heard, that you can use your onboard VGA ...
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Can't set resolution to 720p on my 1080p display
My display is a cheap ASUS VE248 that supports 1080p. But it's having some problems with 720p. And guess what. Yeah, I want to set it to 720p.
The reasoning behind this that you probably don't want ...
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M Not Resuming After Suspend
My display card NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M fails to resume after suspend. It raises the error Nouveau E[ 1389] Failed To Idle Channel 0xcccc0000
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description: VGA ...
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QQ - small, unidentifiable icons on desktop
Running QQ with Nautilus. Display is 1280 x 1024 - ViewSonic, recognized by QQ.
When I put a file or folder on the desktop, the icon is incredibly SMALL nearly INVISIBLE. Have to go into the change ...
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brightness not working on 13.04 upgrade on dell xps 13 ultrabook
Just upgraded from 12.10 to 13.04 on Dell xps13 ultrabook and the display is very dim and cannot be changed using f'n keys or from system settings.
This ultrabook uses Intel's ivybridge mobile.
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Brightness Control in ubuntu 13.04-64bit not working in Toshiba T110
I'm new to this forum and thought I'd try it out. So, much like every edition since about 11.10 brightness control doesn't work "out-of-the-box". I have a Toshiba Satellite T110-12P and although I've ...
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projector (external/internal combo) icons while switching - how?
External vga connected monitor with laptop.
On windows when you press the projector hotkey/fn key on a laptop, you see a list of options or combinations of external projector and onboard screen, it ...
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HDMI sound without overscan on open-source drivers?
Is there a way to have a regular scanned display with audio via an HDMI connection on open-source drivers? Possibly a way to force DVI video output over HDMI instead of 1080p?
Machine: Dell Studio ...
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HDMI Monitor fuzzy and laggy
I have dual monitors, one 24" connected via VGA and another 23" monitor connected via HDMI, the monitor on VGA is fine, screen is clear at 1920x1080 however the HDMI connected monitor at 1920x1080 is ...
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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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No display output on Macbook pro 13'' Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 64bit on macbook pro. I have refit installed. I am able to see the Ubuntu on refit menu and boot it.
But after Ubuntu boot menu, computer keeps working and not showing ...
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Why does my display keep turning off every 10 minutes?
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric) in VirtualBox as well as virtualbox-guest-additions . The display resolution adapts to the size of the window as expected, but the display turns off after 10 ...
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Fix Overscan/ Underscan on HDTV Intel HD Graphics Card
I have my laptop running Ubuntu 12.10 hooked up via HDMI to my 24inch, 1080p HDTV though I am experiencing an overscan problem. When the tv cis connected, it cannot be run at the 1080x720 resolution ...
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Ubuntu Display Resolution Issue
I just did a clean install of the 64-bit version of Ubuntu 12.10 on a Dell Inspiron 660 and I'm having trouble with my display setup. The PC has an Ivy Bridge i5 with integrated graphics, and the ...
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How to reset display settings in XFCE \ Ubuntu 12.04 and also flgrx drivers
I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 and since I hate unity I installed the Xubuntu package and am using XFCE instead.
Since I have a Radeon HD5770 I also installed the fglrx drivers.
This all went ...
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Having Several problems with my ubuntu. [closed]
I cant access my recycle bin.
Some times my machine freezes and the symbol for which ever program is open, the arrow constantly flickers.
The menu that use to be at the top of the screen is missing, ...
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Display corruption with fglrx drivers
I've been having some problems with the AMD 12.10 and 13.1 drivers. Basically there always appear to be flashing lines going across my screen. It happen all the time and every key input makes it ...
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How to set up two HDMI monitors with nvidia/intel combo?
I have a combo of intel motherboard and nvidia video card with dual booting (Windows7 & Ubuntu 12.10)
Two HDMI monitors are properly detected in Windows 7 (in BIOS setting, I set the nvidia card ...
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display not sharp enough on external monitor
i am using ubuntu 12.04.
The Display looks sharp enough on my laptop, but when i connect it to my external monitor (hp 2311x) it looks slightly blurry.
I tried installing intel-linux-graphic-drivers ...
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Ubuntu Detects 2 monitors when I only have one
Ubuntu Detects 2 monitors when I only have 1. This causes an issue when booting up because it's detecting 2 monitors and by default it is mirroring the display; which is causing a distorted picture ...
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Is there an easy way to (temporarily) disable the display timeout?
In KDE 3.5 there was the powermanager plugin for the kicker panel, where one could easily switch between different profiles. So normally, I want the display to go to sleep after, say, 10 minutes of ...
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System changing display configuration on its own account - from dual monitor to mirror
My machine is a 13" notebook connected to a 22" external monitor. Using AMD CC I set it up so that the notebook screen is my primary monitor and the 22" my secondary.
If I am planning to watch a ...
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Changing the screen resolution on 12.04
I am running 12.04 within Parallels 7 on an 11" MacBook Air.
I'm trying to set the display resolution to the native 1366 x 768 but Ubuntu doesn't list this as an option. How can I add the correct ...
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Setting a display's backlight brightness to be lower than is possible via the normal brightness controls
By normal brightness controls I mean the accelerators on my laptop's keyboard that seem to integrate with Unity.
In a dark room, my screen is quite bright, even on the lowest setting. Can I override ...
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Will I get desktop Ubuntu after connecting Samsung Galaxy Nexus to TV via HDMI?
I have a Galaxy Nexus phone, I´d like to know, if I get a full desktop Ubuntu after I connect it with a TV via HDMI. I can´t find the answer. If it´s true, there´s no need for me to have a laptop :-)
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How to set each workspace to a separate monitor [duplicate]
I would like to set up the workspaces, so that the right one would be shown at the external
monitor, and the left one would be displayed on the laptop.
any help ??
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Ubuntu resolution with Ultrabook
I installed 12.10 to Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A. Now i face with resolution problem. Default resolution is 1920x1080, and Ubuntu display can normally detect it. But everything is too small with this ...
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Black screen when taking screenshot
I am getting black pictures when I try to take a screenshot with the PrtSc key (which calls Screenshot application).
My graphical system is a Nvidia optimus with Bumblebee installed (the problem ...
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Screen flickers with Nvidia GPU
When I install the Nvidia driver (have tried both current and post-release current) the monitor flickers every time I open a new window/program such as Firefox. I don't know what else I'm going to do?
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Massive graphical corruption when playing videos
After upgrade my Ubuntu to 11.04 I have a weird problem playing videos. See the capture from my display.
I'm getting the same thing with all of the players and video file types.
Ubuntu 11.04 64bit
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How to set display resolution via terminal?
I am on a multi monitor 12.04.2 with ATI 13.1. After the pain of configuring multi monitor, I have the following problem. For some reason whenever I restart the system my third monitor (ID: Display ...
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Blinking dashes on top of unity
There are a bunch of dashes like this at the top of the screen. I'm not sure how to even begin identifying what is causing this. Here are some of the things that I've noticed.
I can't use ...
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Screen blanks randomly on 12.04 Ubuntu
I boot up 12.04, fresh installation, thinking the problem I had in 11.04 is solved, but it isn't. After about 5 minutes of working on various applications, it doesn't seem to matter what it is I am ...
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Dual Monitors constant changing of resolutions
I've been having a strange issue with Ubuntu 12.10 and dual monitors. When I boot up for the first 30 minutes of use the display settings change, for example sometimes my laptop monitor will change to ...
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12.10 Black screen on boot after unplugging external monitor
Here is my story:
1. I plugged an external VGA monitor to my laptor (Dell Vostro 3550) and configured dual display using System Settings/Displays. Everything worked well
2. I unplugged the external ...
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Adjust resolution in xfce4 virtualbox guest guest
I have Virtualbox 4.1.2_ubuntur3859 installed on an Ubuntu 11.10 host, running a guest ubuntu server 10.04 with xfce4 and xorg installed with no-install-recommends.
I have installed guest additions, ...
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How to disable laptop's LCD and use external monitor as only output?
My laptop's LCD broke and I removed it. Now I permanently added a monitor via HDMI. How can I set up Ubuntu 12.10 to only use and show the external monitor and disable the LCD?
Right now, I cannot ...
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Problem extending laptop's Monitor
I am using MSI VR440 laptop http://www.msi.com/product/nb/VR440.html#?div=Specification . The laptop uses SIS Graphics card and has the resolution of 1280x800.
When I connect a desktop LCD monitor ...
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video/display is dark on HDMI out
I plugged HDMI cable in to Samsung tv to watch the video. I can see the video and hear the sound, however the video is very dark. Too dark to watch. I've tried using the default video player and VLC ...
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How to provide second monitors resolution to application?
I have a dual monitor setup, with the basic TwinView settings from my Nvidia-card (550 Ti). One monitor is my primary display (1600x900) and the other is my TV (1920*1080).
I have arranged XBMC to ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is unstable on my system
I have installed 12.04 LTS as a Upgrade and even after waiting for that seemed to be a very long time to complete, I found the system to be unstable and for apps not to work.
So I decided to format ...
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Why do the Nvidia drivers not detect my monitor's highest resolution? [closed]
Ubuntu 12.04 32bits. Graphic card: Nvidia LE7300. Nvidia driver version: 295.40. Monitor: Philips 220AW8. The monitor supports up to 1600x1050 resolution. In Nvidia X Server the maximum resolution is ...
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macbook with thunderbolt display
I'm running (k)ubuntu (13.04) on a macbook pro retina 13 inch model with intel graphics. Everything works fine out of the box except the thunderbolt display. Graphics slows down and system is ...
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12.04 Ubuntu: configuring laptop to hook up to tv using hdmi cable?
I'm trying to use an hdmi cable to connect my HP dv5 notebook to a 32" Sony Bravia tv in order to watch Hulu stuff on a bigger screen. However, Google has been thoroughly unhelpful thus far!
When I ...
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Unity cropping external monitor: how do I fix it? [duplicate]
I I have a dual-screen setup with my laptop (1366x768) and an external monitor connected through HDMI (primary 1920x1080).
I don't know if this is cause by different aspect ratios (16:10 on laptop, ...
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Using a DisplayLink USB video adapter on Ubuntu 12.10
The line of USB video adapters made by DisplayLink has a somewhat sordid history under Linux. In past Ubuntu releases, the process of getting them to work has been somewhat difficult, inspiring a ...
