Questions related to hardware displays, either internal (as in a laptop) or external (as in most desktop monitors, or projectors)
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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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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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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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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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Ubuntu not working with HDMI, Windows 7 does work - Intel HD 4000 display adapter
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on an external hard drive and it is booting just fine. I have a Dell Latitude E6230 with an Intenl HD Graphics 4000 video display adapter.
For some reason, when this ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.10 won't save display settings after reboot . How do I fix this?
When I mean display settings I mean desktop backgrounds or icons that I removed from the Unity launcher. It just goes back to the default every reboot. The only thing it did save is the theme that I ...
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My screen display is smudgy and unclear. Can I improve its quality?
I'm a recent happy convert from Windows. One thing about Ubuntu (12;10) though, is the quality of its display. It is smudgy and blurred compare to Vista. I set the resolution to the max 1440 x 900 ...
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Bottom Half of Screen is Glitchy
Total newbie here...
I'm running 12.04 on a salvaged HP Pavilion zt1130. Video is S3 Savage4 AGP 4x... No idea if it's a card or what. I'm unable to find anything about a driver.
I'm having a ...
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DVI-VGA adapter problem
Is it possible to add unsupported resolution when monitor is connected via DVI -> VGA (passive probably) adapter? The problem is that the monitor (Acer AL1916W) is reported as CRT monitor, mainly ...
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Mirroring display to a TOSHIBA tv
I like to watch my movies on my TV and I did this Windows XP with ease but on Ubuntu it came out turned 90 degrees clockwise and i couldnt watch anything. Ubuntu recognises it and calls it 'KOC 18"'
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Custom display settings with Lubuntu? [duplicate]
I am having a hard time with this HP Mini 210 1000 netbook. The screen just stretched out all of a sudden, forcing a resolution (1024x768) which is higher than the display's actual resolution ...
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Fujitsu-Siemens v3515 - Black Screen after installing Ubuntu 12.04
Here's the thing: I have an old (2007) laptop and I decided to bring it back to life, and I installed Ubuntu 12.04 on in.
First problem: I couldn't install it using the common ISO image. I always got ...
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External monitor stopped working [closed]
I have an ASUS notebook with ubuntu 12.10. My external monitor was working fine but after unpluging/repluging it, it's now detected as "unknown" in my display settings, and I don't get any signal on ...
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Savage S3 and Lubuntu (or any flavour) 12.10 big issue
Please be nice with me: I spent all the night with it and I'm exausted.
I've got an old Acer Aspire1300 15"(512+256RAM and 1.3 mhz cpu). I tried all night installing Lubuntu, XUbuntu..
lspci -k ...
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Monitor displays “no signal” after entering into normal boot
I blacklisted nouveau in /etc/modprobe.d but no effect.
Going into recovery mode and loading failsafe graohics works and
typing startx in recovery console brought me desktop up
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Display problem after installing update in 12.10 32bit
After I installed updates Ubuntu does not boots up normally. There are display problems. But when I boot Ubuntu by selecting Advanced Options -> Ubuntu (3.5.0-17 generic) it boots up without any ...
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Leave server's monitor off while using RDP
I'm connecting my work desktop from my home laptop using Windows RDP.
My work desktop ("server") is running xrdp, and vino as a VNC server.
It is important to say that I'm using the same session when ...
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Possible to run a script when something plugged in / disconnected from Mini DisplayPort?
In /etc/acpi/ there are several scripts that can be customized to do something when a particular event happens on your physical computer, like the lid.sh script which is called when the laptop lid is ...
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Latest kernel upgrade botched my display. Ubuntu 12.10 (64bit) [closed]
Well my mind is boggling.
Upgraded to 3.5.0-26 (42) with the update manager and when booting back in I'm stuck in a 1600x1200 resolution and display says "LapTop" instead of my actuall 24"Benq as it ...
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Ubuntu 12.10. Can't add custom resolution
System: Ubuntu 12.10, nVidia Geforce GT240 (nvidia-current privative driver), LG display connected to VGA-0
The 1920x1080 resolution is not listed, I've added it in Windows but I'm having problems ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Nvidia Geforce 320M Macbook (Mid 2010 - white clamshell)
So basically X can't start on my Macbook mid 2010 running the Geforce 320M after installing the geforce driver.
It never really came up properly even out of the box, though the Live version seemed to ...
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Ubuntu Blank Screen after install on HP Pavilion g6 Laptop [duplicate]
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS alongside Windows 7. Upon boot I observe that after the splash screen is displayed, screen goes black though I am able to hear login prompt. I am new to Ubuntu (and ...
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Setting up xorg.conf metamodes for nvidia letterboxing
I'm currently trying to configure my xorg.conf to letterbox screen resolutions smaller than the native resolution of my display (1680x1050) so that I can play older games full screen without ...
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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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How do I decrease the display brightness an Acer 5830TG?
I am facing a problem with display brightness in ubantu or other versions of linux. Runing a linux distro as live or HDD installation or inside installation, display brightness is automatically set to ...
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Why laptop boots usb but incorrect resolution after installing to hard drive?
My situation: Dell Inspiron 1100 laptop 1GB, 20GB HD. (1024 X 748). Boots Ubuntu 12.04 from USB to Desktop fine. After installing to HD though it seems like it's in 640 X 480 - double screen, black on ...
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Why does Ubuntu detect two screens when I have only one?
which is annoying, because when I take screenshot it takes screenshot from both screens (from an existing one and a non-existing one).
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Turn off display autodetect in Ubuntu 12.04
I'd like to stop Ubuntu 12.04 from autodetecting when I plug in a new display. Is there any way to do this? Many thanks for the help.
Simon
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How to avoid screen being stretched when mirroring a Notebook (16:9) to a projector (4:3)
I use Ubuntu 12.10 (Gnome 3) on a MacBook Air. I would like to connect the notebook to an external projector and mirror the displays. The projector image looks great, however, everything on the ...
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Fullscreen bug using dual monitors on top of each other (GNOME3)
OK, so I have this weird bug.
I have set up my monitors on top of each other
As you can see the screens aren't totally aligned which is the way I want it.
Now, here's the bug: I can't fullscreen ...
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s-video not working in ubuntu 12.10
I am not a techie. I am new to linux as well. My computer is M115-S3094 toshiba laptop. I could not setup multiple displays via s-video. can someone help.
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Architecture and False Display Device
I'm using 12.04 on a Desktop--I installed with a CD; I installed by USB earlier, while Wubi produced an error (I only tried this method once). While running Precise from the CD or USB, the display was ...
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Display Listed as Laptop
I'm using 12.04 on a Desktop--I installed with a CD; I installed by USB earlier, while Wubi produced an error (I only tried this method once). While running Precise from the CD or USB, the display ...
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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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Part of an old window remains after program closes
After I close a program, part of the window remains open. The affected part of the screen remains as it was when the window was open, and it stays on top of other windows. It's not a redraw issue per ...
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How do i remove the resolution which shows by xrandr?
I tried to remove using xrandr --rmmode or --delmode output name but it fails. How do i remove it then??
HDMI-1 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
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Why is xrandr reporting a resolution just above the maximum (native) resolution?
I have a bizarre issue with a Lenovo e430 laptop.
The LCD display is 1366x768, but for some reason it always starts with a resolution of 1368x768. This 2px overscan makes things jump all over the ...
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What could cause vertical line flickering on my Ubuntu 12.04 note book?
I am currently using Ubuntu 12.04 on my compaq presario cq56 for a while now and yesterday for no reason the screen on my laptop just started flickering with vertical lines.
It's really hard to ...
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Why does ATI Radeon have choppy display on Linux? [duplicate]
I'm using Radeon HD 7700M on Ubuntu 12.10 and I'm using Catalyst 13.1 as the graphics driver. The problem is that I keep getting these horizontal lines appearing on the screen that look like the ...
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Changing to a lower screen resolution
When I change the screen resolution of my laptop from 1366x768 to 1024x768 via [Displays ...], the entire screen is still filled. How can I have a 1-to-1 mapping such that the original proportions ...
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Lenovo Thinkpad x121e can't detect external monitor
I have plugged in my blue vga cable, to get ONE external monitor to come up. But no matter how many times I go to the Display Settings and "Detect Displays", it won't recognise that anything is ...
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Firefox session selector displays reduced resolution
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 32-bit with ATI/AMD proprietary FGLRX graphics driver enabled.
When multiple Firefox windows are open and I double-click on the Firefox icon, the screen shows all the sessions ...
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Toshiba nb 305. Extended monitor crash
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 on a tosh nb 305. All is stable until I attach my nec multisync LCD 195vxm+ and I have no end of troubles with running two displays. Mirror mode works fine but when this is ...
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Projector on Display Port
Problem:
How can I get Ubuntu to send the screen image to my projector on the Display Port of my notebook?
Symptoms:
Nothing happens when I plug in the DP cable (projector is on) or use the ...
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How can I re-poll re-detect video or clone good settings to a new installation?
I've previously posted this in the forums as
ubuntu 12.10 ubiquity and display problems
is there any way I can clone my secure remix settings to regular 12.10?
Ubuntu 12.04 worked fine in my now ...
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Why does Ubuntu 12.10 Unity suddenly blur text and images?
This is an almost verbatim repost of an earlier report here
The problem I am experiencing is with 12.10 running nVidia drivers. I tried 304 and 310 both with the same result, blurry text and screen. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 display divided into three parts
I have Toshiba Laptop having below configuration,
Memory - 3.8 GiB,
Processor:- Intel® Core™ i5-2430M CPU @ 2.40GHz × 4 ,
Graphics:-Intel® Sandybridge Mobile ,
OS Type:-64-bit
Disk:-488.1 GB
I ...
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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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Display and projector got messy after screensaver or energy saver
I'm a professor and I use Ubuntu to show my students presentations about the content.
I get my laptop connected to a projector available in the room and, that works just fine at first glance. No keys ...
