Questions related to hardware displays, either internal (as in a laptop) or external (as in most desktop monitors, or projectors)
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Desktop goes blurry / granulated
After few minutes using, desktop and fonts in unity-menu goes blurry. See screenshot:
Closer image:
In all applications (browser etc.) graphics seem to be allright. After rebooting problem ...
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How do I reset my display settings from the command line?
I'm running 12.10 on a dell e5400 laptop and I used xrandr to get the dual monitors working that I connect through a laptop dock. I used xrandr again to switch back to the laptop display when I ...
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Waking up from “do nothing” state when lid closed
My laptop HP Pavillion DV6 8 Gb ram will not wake when you open the lid, key strokes and mouse movement is not recorded. Any one have any ideas
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Cannot Open Display
I have an old desktop that I installed Ubuntu on, the installation went well.
When I rebooted my computer I get the following info on the screen:
change display mode to 1280x.... 60.00Hz
My ...
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Monitor blinks with certain programs
My computer is a HP dv6 with 8gb ram, 500gb hdd and a amd radeon hd 6480 graphics card and dual core cpu. Now here is my problem:
When I try to run some programs such as gucvie and xbmc, the screen ...
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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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On GUI reset, desktop appears “off” of display
On Ubunutu 12.04 LTS, whenever I reset the GUI (ctl + alt + f7 or when I try to come back from suspend) my desktop appears "off" of my screen. Upon GUI reset, almost my entire laptop screen is black, ...
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How to find out right drivers for Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop?
How to find out right drivers for Dell Inspiron 1420 laptop? how to find out whether something wrong at BIOS level?
Recently installed Ubuntu 10.04.4 LTS on my laptop and upgraded it to 12.10, ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 unstable Display, Flickering
I use Ubuntu 12.04.
The Text character on my screen while on the Internet s too small, so I decided to adjust the display to give larger characters. This caused the screen to become very unstable, ...
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When Setting Up Dual Monitors with Nvidia The Second Display got a Low Resolution? [closed]
I have just setup a dual monitor system with a 23 inch LED monitor and a 19 inch LCD monitor. The 23 inch one is connected through HDMI. The 19 inch one is connected to the analogue port of the same ...
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how to get dell laptop display on tv?
my dell laptop screen is damaged. I installed ubuntu 12.04.01 with tv monitor connected. After rebooting nothing is displayed on tv monitor, is any graphic driver missing from the installation?
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NVIDIA driver can no longer detect external display
I used to be able to configure my external display with my laptop via the NVIDIA X Server Settings, in `X Server Display Configuration'. However, this screen currently looks like the following:
I ...
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DVI disconects after a second under Ubuntu 12.10 Laptop Dell XPS 15
I use a the DVI-HDMI adapter to connect to my TV. The problem is after I upgrade to Ubuntu 12.10 that the Display doesn not detect correctly the second screen. After connecting the cable it connects ...
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Switch windows only in current workspace and display
I have recently acquired a second display for use with my laptop running Ubuntu with xfce and compiz. However, one thing that has been bugging me is window switching: my second monitor has 2 windows ...
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Overscan, Ubuntu 12.04, Nvidia driver
I know there are many questions about overscan around but I cant seem to find a working solution. I know the cause of this is the Nvidia driver, as I have no problems with the default driver, so I ...
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How do I get more than 80 columns in command line mode?
I installed ubuntu from the minimalcd because I just want to use vim and command line tools.
However I would like more than 80 columns of text. I have a large monitor so I would like at least a ...
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screen does not wake up after suspend/ brightness will not adjust
My computer is one of these:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16834230467
Asus Zenbook UX32A-DB51
Just bought it yesterday.
Set to "suspend" when I close the lid, but when I open it ...
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Multiple displays stopped working
I am using a laptop with Intel integrated graphics and an ATI 5650 graphics. I used to be able to switch between the two using the opensource drivers and vgaswitcheroo so that I could use my laptop's ...
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Low resolution Dektop intel i7 3770 and intel board DH67BL
I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 in a desktop with the following specs:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard: Intel DH67B
However the monitor is not identified (Monitor: Unknown) ...
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I am trying to install pymol package into Dell Power Edge T610 system
But getting the error as:
"No protocol specified No protocol specified freeglut (pymol): failed to open display ':0.0' PyMOL: abrupt program termination."
Though I have already installed some ...
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Display goes black at login
I am new to Linux. I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on an older computer. The problem is after pressing enter on login there is a cursor on a black background. I can move the cursor. I can Ctrl+Alt+F1 ...
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Lubuntu 12.04 on Acer laptop boots to blank blue screen
My previous question on this was closed, but I am posting it again as the solution which my son eventually found may assist other users of the forum, or someone may be able to tweak the solution to ...
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StartX fails, insufficient memory?
Some days back, I added a network printer at my institute. While trying to print for the first time, the computer asked for authentication, then complained of low disk space. I deleted a 3 GB movie ...
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12.10 starts up to just my desktop background [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Unity does not start after installing the fglrx drivers on 12.10
I have only just started using linux more than just instlling it on an old pc for fun and have just ...
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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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Display problems on Ubuntu 12.10 : “ERROR Couldn't find PLL settings for mode!”
It seems like there's been such problems with external monitors for a while, but even if I updated everything I knew that could be upgraded, I still face the same problem.
I have an old laptop that ...
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grub menu missing on one screen (two screens connected)
The grub2 menu shows up only on one screen. I have two screens plugged in via HDMI (TV) and DVI (standard display). The menu only shows up on the TV which is usually turned off. Is there a way to ...
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Flickering screen [closed]
I have a ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed on my HP Compaq 420 laptop. My problem is that everytime I reach the log-in screen, the screen flickers heavily and also after I have entered my username and ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 “Turn screen off when inactive for: Never” still turns off
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set for ...
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Garbled text in terminal, titles and other places after upgrade to 12.10
After upgrading to Ubuntu 12.10 I am getting sporadic garbled text in the terminal, but it is also appearing in titles and occasionally the URL bar of chrome. Amazingly I was able to catch a ...
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Flikering line on top of display
I just bought a new Dell Inspiron pre-installed with Ubuntu 11.10. All was fine until I updated the OS. Since then, I have this flickering line at the top of my screen and it won't go after rebooting ...
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Weird Screen while booting to install, while installing and after the install…and then the “panic occured” error
I've decided to install ubuntu but neither ubuntu or any other linux distro won't even get to the desktop screen or work after getting there.
On windows 8, everything is just fine. my new video card ...
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Multi-display issues T61 on 12.04 TLS
Installed 12.04 LTS on T61 laptop. I have issues on Multi-displays. Problems come when trying to make changes to Multi displays and save . Both screens blacken , when click the mouse noise on both ...
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GUI look garbled in 12.10
lshw says it display UNCLAIMED.
But below it says with product: VT8636A prosavage KN133 AGP4X VGA twister.
How can i set the correct display driver via terminal?
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Blank screen after login - Installing 3d drivers
Hey i can't get my display drivers properly working for some reason
I have a Radeon 7700 and whenever i manuall install the latest drivers or fglrx
I reboot and login then nothing happens , i get a ...
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Blender 2.63a window position unstable with dual monitor extended desktop
I have two 1920 x 1200 HP monitors and running Ubuntu 12.10. If I set them up as an
extended desktop, (both 1280 x 1024 positioned for 2048 x 1280, all my applications work fine EXCEPT Blender (even ...
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Dark screen when wake / Unable to control screen brightness [closed]
Running Ubuntu 11.04 on Lenovo ThinkPad with an Nvida graphics card. The unit goes to sleep when the lid is shut. (The unit goes to suspend mode (not to disk/hibernate), AC gets turned off, running ...
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Screen turns off after inactivity
My screen turns off if I'm inactive for some time, even though I disabled the setting. It happens on battery as well as on AC power.
My Brightness and Lock Settings:
My Power Settings:
Does ...
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after installing ubuntu 12.10 the desktop does not display correctly
I've installed vmware player on my windows 7 in order to run ubuntu 12.10..
The ubuntu installation went well with no errors or display faults, but after restarting the vm at the end of the ...
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Screen Timeout Ubuntu 12.10 Cinnamon
I am running a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 with Cinnamon,
after roughly 10 minutes the screen turns black. I have set "Turn screen off when inactive for:" to "Never" or tried high values (1h +), ...
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Dual monitor not working completely in 12.10 after upgrade
At 12.04, dual monitors worked perfectly. After upgrading to 12.10, the primary monitor works, the second monitor only partly works. I am sure there is some difference between the releases that I ...
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Distorted graphics on start up
So I am using dual monitors and every time I boot up my machine after entering my password to login, both screens show distorted graphics which eventually go away. I am on Ubuntu 12.10 the OS type is ...
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phpMyAdmin - Display all queries
I have installed a fresh desktop with ubuntu quantal and the following packages versions:
MySQL: 5.5.28-0ubuntu0.12.10.1
Apache: 2.2.22 (Ubuntu)
phpMyAdmin: 3.4.11.1deb1
I would like ...
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Linux kernel 3.5.0-18 update is not working with NVIDIA driver 304.60
I have Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit and a Nvidia card GT430 and installed 304.60 Linux driver manually and it worked beautifully until the latest Ubuntu update which got modified to 3.5.0-18 Kernel. Everything ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't display properly after kernel upgrade
After updating a system today, Ubuntu's doesn't display correctly. The desktop now looks like this. It was working properly before.
I had to use the terminal to run synaptic package manager, so I ...
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Strange Display Problem on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I installed 12.04 onto my Samsung NP550P5C Laptop. All went well. The laptop has an NVidia Optimus GT 650M graphics card, so installed the Bumblebee packages, still no problem can get increased ...
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Apple Cinema Display 23" and grub
As per the title, I'm running my display on an older 23" Apple Cinema Display (because I still love it, darn it). I'm pushing it with an ATI Radeon DVI dual-link PCIe card.
It works just fine, except ...
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How do I Remove Ubuntu 12.10 Screen Resolution Shortcuts?
I'm on Ubuntu 12.10, and I am having trouble with the Ctrl + Alt + KP_PLUS, and Ctrl + Alt + KP_MINUS buttons. Whenever I press that combination it changes my resolution and it really interrupts my ...
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ASUS EPC 1015CX won't boot with display after installing additional drivers
I have a ASUS EPC 1015CX with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS installed using wubi alongside Windows 7. It worked perfectly after installing except that the supported screen resolution was only 800*600 instead of ...
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Problems with second display
First of all this problem is only with KDE.
Im configuring my displays with nvidia-settings. I set to both right Hz and resolution
But on second display allways there is some line that is separate ...
