Questions related to hardware displays, either internal (as in a laptop) or external (as in most desktop monitors, or projectors)
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NVIDIA Display Settings Wiped on Reboot Ubuntu 12.10 64bit
I have the latest (31X beta) NVIDIA drivers on Ubuntu 12.10 64bit and no matter how many times I save my display configuration settings after editing my refresh rate and dual monitor position the ...
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ubuntu 11.10 and external monitor not recognized
I have a laptop and it's being a nightmare to properly set up an external monitor I use.
I had ubuntu 11.10 installed through wubi and it worked as I wanted, I started the laptop with the lid closed ...
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Catalyst control center settings not loading on startup
I set Ubuntu to use the proprietary AMD fglrx drivers included in the software sources menu. After first rebooting, I noticed that the image on my monitor was not scaled to fill my monitor completely, ...
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Dark screen after updating from Ubuntu 10.01 to 12.04.2
Last night I installed Ubuntu 10.10 from an old disc I had lying around. I decided to update, as any sane person would want to, and found that I couldn't update to 11.04 or whatever it was. So I went ...
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(ubuntu server) display says cannot display this video mode?
i am new to linux/ubuntu, i am attempting to build a home media server, i did my research and ubuntu server is supposed to win me over haha so here we go....
i downloaded the latest Ubuntu Server.iso ...
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How do I change screen resolution?
I am unable to change my screen resolution in my ubuntu 12.04. My default screen resolution was 1366x768. I had executed nvidia-xconfig to activate NVIDIA driver. Since then my screen resolution has ...
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No sound via HDMI and I cannot use mirror display on a lenovo G560
Had some trouble since switching from Win to Ubuntu yesterday. When I connect my pc through HDMI to my TV the sound doesn't work. The video is there (expanded desktop) but the sound is still coming ...
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LightDM not loading in 12.04 in VirtualBox
The boot process just stops here (below). I've tried stopping/starting lightdm but it doesn't even stop nor can I pkill it.
I've already ensured that my bios has visualization enabled and have most ...
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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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Display won't work
I installed Ubuntu 12.10 with windows installer and everything works perfectly except the display. I must hook it up to external display, and the display works fine on Windows 7.
Its an Intel ...
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Scaling desktop screen
I am using Panasonic TV 42 Inch as monitor via HDMI port and my desktop is stretching
out scaled and some parts of desktop are not visible. I need help to scale down the horizontal and vertical ...
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How to get Ubuntu VB guest to use monitor's native resolution?
I am running an Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox guest (with Guest Additions installed) within a Windows 7 host.
How can I set the resolution of the guest VB to match the physical machine's native ...
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Monitor 1 turns off
I just recently upgraded from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS to 12.10. Since the upgrade I have had problems with my displays. This Bug was one of them. Now however it seems almost randomly my primary monitor ...
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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 can I turn sticky edges off when it is already said to be disabled?
I went into Displays and made sure "Sticky edges" was set to OFF. However, it acts as though it is still on!
Where might this setting be hidden? Might there be a way to force it to turn off? It's ...
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Resolution and screens not detected properly
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop with integrated Intel graphics (Intel i5 460M CPU). The screen resolution is set to 1024x768 and can only be changed to 800x600, while my screen is 1366x768.
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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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How should I handle multiple monitors when I regularly connect and disconnect different monitors and projectors
I'm moving from a macbook pro (with MacOSX) to a lenovo T430 running ubuntu 12.10. I use the laptop for work, and work from home regularly. I have an external 30" monitor at home, an external 23" ...
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USB display adapter with linux/ubuntu drivers?
I want to use my external monitor's resolution fully (2560x1440) with a USB display adapter for my laptop. I have one with Windows drivers, are there any adapter with linux / Ubuntu drivers that can ...
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blinking vga monitor
I have a Samsung SyncMaster P2470HN monitor and every time I plug it in and set it for use it starts to blink intermittently every 2 seconds. First it show the workspace, then it blinks and shows the ...
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Changing resolution remotely and removing screenmodes
I have a monitor I use (well actually a widescreen TV) that handles 1920x1080 with no issues, however it can't seem to display common low screenmodes like 800x600. I've found that some older games ...
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Display difficulties with Ubuntu 12.10, Dual Monitors, and ATI HD 5800
I have the ubiquitous and difficult display problems. I have a very limited understanding of everything regarding graphic display mechanics, and Gnome specific terms, so please let me know if you ...
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12.04 losing display settings on startup
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on my desktop at work. It seems like every other week when I boot up my computer it loses its display settings. It's to the point where I have to bring up the virtual console ...
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I have error message connecting a monitor to my netbook
I want to connect my Lenovo S205 Netbook with a 1080p monitor, however the only way to get it to work is by Mirroring the Display.
I would like to use the top display at 1080p. My attempts ended ...
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Maximum brightness is not maximum brightness
On my dual boot laptop I noticed that maximum brightness in Ubuntu and Windows 8 is totally different. In Windows 8 the screen is much much brighter at maximum level than it is at Ubuntu maximum ...
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How can I disable backlight when I lock the screen?
When I lock screen, the display does turn black but the display isn't completely off. There is some light coming out of the display in screen lock mode but it get turned off when inactive for 10 ...
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Blank screen upon boot after installing nvidia drivers. 12.10 [duplicate]
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My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
I tried to install nvidia Drivers on my most recent install of 12.10. Now it no longer boots to ...
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Definitive solution to screen blanking 12.10 x64
Can someone help with the problem of screen blanking. I have set 'Turn screen off when inactive for' to never and in order to use my system (desktop) effectively, I have used the advice given in ...
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How do I enable a third display with my setup?
I've been able to extend my monitor onto two displays at once, but I can't get it to work with three. When I use the System Settings > Display, it gives me the following error when I try to output to ...
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Ubuntu Toshiba Dynadock u3.0
I am having a few issues with my new Dynadock u3.0.
First of all, all of the USB connections are working as well as the usb ethernet. The only two issues I am having are with the usb audio and the ...
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How do I change the maximum resolution of my computer for multiple monitors?
I am trying to enable three monitors for my setup in Ubuntu 12.10. My card is a Raedon 5700 HD series. When I try to extend my display to any additional monitors, I get the following error:
required ...
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Is there a way to disable laptop LCD on startup when external monitor is connected
Am running 12.04 and Gnome Shell with a Thinkpad X201 laptop and docking station. When I start the Thinkpad in the docking station with the lid closed, Ubuntu is recognizes that the external monitor ...
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Overscan Nvidia 64bit
I always get overscan on my tv, this was not a problem on a 32bit pc I could just run
nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="DFP-0: 1920x1080 { iewPortIn=1920x1080, ViewPortOut=1820x1020+50+30 }"
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Desktop won't display correctly after an attempt to fix HDMI audio
I was trying to fix the audio so that it would forward for HDMI output. I tried this:
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How to I debug blank display on a specific model of projector?
My Ubuntu 12.10 laptop recognizes and displays on many models of external monitors and projectors without issue, but with the Optoma HD20 the projector shows "No Signal" and the display is otherwise ...
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How do I change display settings like brightness, contrast, etc. on my notebook?
I have a Samsung Series 9 notebook 15" (model NP900X3C) and I would like to adjust the screen settings (brightness, contrast, saturation, etc.).
If I go to System Settings → Color, I see my screen ...
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Text gets garbled after hibernate
My 12.04 install sometimes does this to the text on the screen:
This happens on all text in nautilus, all context menus, bookmarks/omnibox/statusbar on Chrome, and elsewhere in other programs. ...
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Not able to change brightness [12.04]
I can't change my brighness via the default ubuntu tool or my FN keys, or even xbacklight.
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on a laptop with a dual graphics (AMD HD6770M+Intel). I've the drivers set up ...
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Alt+tab multi displays
I'm Ubuntu 12.04 with Gnome Shell on a HP Pavilion dm4 with an external display.
When I try to switch between applications using the Alt+tab shortcut, the box showing the applications is showed only ...
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NVidia GeForce GT 540M Drivers not Working
I have upgraded my laptop to dual boot Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10, which is fine and all, but I have been updating the drivers on the Ubuntu side of things, but I have downloaded and executed ...
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Export current monitor settings
Is there a way to 'export' the current display configuration? We just need to export the configuration to an Xorg.conf file so that we can import it to another computer (deployment).
The active ...
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HDMI input not recognized on ASUS N76
I have a brand new ASUS N76 with newly installed 12.10.
HDMI port is not recognized by Ubuntu while working perfectly well with Windows 8.
xrandr does not even show as known connector :
Output of ...
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My laptop's external HDMI monitor works, but not sure why internal screen is messed up with intel HD4000
Here is my screen image.
The external monitor works perfectly but the internal laptop screen has no color, nor no visible images at all.
I have no idea how it is messed up like this.
One thing ...
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Ubuntu won't do 1920x1080
Both my monitors (one over DVI other over HDMI) have a native resolution of 1920x1080 (16:9) but the only two options for resolution in the "Display" section of system settings are 800x600 (4:3) and ...
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Juno Eclipse Toolbar Display Issue
There is a dark line that appears under the Toolbar and under the Quick Access search area next to Perspectives. This seems to be some kind of display issue in Eclipse Juno. I am running Ubuntu ...
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How can I solve my display issues?
Problem: installed ubuntu 12.04 i have 4 screens, only 1 works, the other 3 screens are white and the mouse is an X, it does not show them in displays, it just shows 1 screen, but when i go to nvidia ...
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Strange halo around letters in firefox
Couple days ago I've started noticing strange halo around letters in Firefox 18.0. On the same monitor, when running Firefox on Windows, nothing happens. Other Ubuntu apps work as well.
I'm attaching ...
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Pixelation after restarting Unity [closed]
I usually keep my pc on for long periods of time and have found that after a long time compiz can hog a lot of memory, so I restart compiz/unity by:
Alt + F2
and typing:
unity --replace
but after I ...
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12.10 on legacy equipment - compiz compatibility [closed]
I have tried (and failed) to install Ubuntu 12.10 on a legacy HP/Compaq workstation (an Evo PRO). This did not surprise me, I'd guessed at a 30:70 success:fail ratio and was right. The issue is ...
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VMware 9.0 - Ubuntu Screen Problem
I have installed Ubuntu 12.4 on VMware Workstation, but I'm not getting display, I mean there is something strange for me. I can access the terminal when i Press Ctrl+T but i can't see the icons and ...
