Questions tagged [monitor]
Questions that relate to the electronic display (sometimes called a visual display unit) for computers. Typically questions relate to visual issues such as flickering, resolution, black-screens together with the usage of single and multiple displays.
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Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 LTS Won't Boot w/Monitor Connected
I installed Ubuntu Server 14.04.1 LTS on a Lenovo RD540 server. Actually two of them. Both servers experience same behavior.
1) Server stalls during bootup.
2) The most recent message during ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 dual monitor "unknown monitor" problem
I have a problem with my monitors, one of them is detected as samsung electric company 19", and another is unknown and I cant set resolution for it higher then 1024x768.
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Lock screen turn off and on : Goes to a loop asking to enter password to unlock- then turns off again.
I recently updated my laptop from 12.04 to 12.10. And now, whenever I lock screen with "CTRL+ALT+L", the screen locks, and monitor turns off. But within 30 seconds, it turns on and asks for password. ...
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Choices of tools for graphical performance indications?
On Windows I had some choices for tools that could display how hard my CPU or disk was working, in a graphical form so I could get a quick view of what's going on. Is there some analogous set of ...
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Turn off laptop display and have monitor
My laptop display has stopped working and is unfixable!
Anyway, I got a full HD monitor and plugged that into the HDMI port of the laptop. I have changed the power settings so that I can close the ...
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Does Ubuntu support 3D monitors?
A couple of manufacturers are coming out with 3D monitors, primarily useful in gaming. It looks to me like they broadly rely on proprietary Windows drivers to work. Am I right?
Are there existing ...
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Trouble with external monitor in 11.10
I'm getting this error when I want to configure an external monitor to connect it to my laptop.
requested position/size for CRTC 148 is outside the allowed limit: position=(1366, 0), size=(1366, 768),...
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Monitor displays signal out of range until the graphical interface is loaded after installing
When the computer is booting all I get is the error message displayed by the monitor. I need to be able to choose the OS during startup however.
I'm using a 1024x768 on this monitor, though it maxes ...
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How do I set up a new resolution?
Okay, in my GUI, Ubuntu only allowed me to set a resolution for 1360x768 and 1024x768 even though I know darn well my P76 monitor is capable of 1280x1024.
So, after a little investigation I used cvt ...
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How do I fix an internal laptop monitor showing up as unknown connection?
I'm new to Linux and Ubuntu and trying it out but installing 10.10 via Wubi on to my old Samsung V25 laptop.
For the larger part, the system seems to be working fine, apart from one key point, its ...
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Modify Monitor Color Profiles / Settings
I can't seem to find this anywhere but every other OS has this...
How can I just modify the color settings on my monitor, e.g. white balance, gamma, etc?
Also, just in case, i'm on a Lenovo ThinkPad....
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Screen flickering on certain apps in Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS
I use Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS on a dual-monitor setup. These are the relevant components of my PC:
CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 3.6GHz
Motherboard: Asus TUF GAMING X570-PLUS
Memory: Corsair Vengeance LPX 16GB (2 ...
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How do I shrink my monitor's size?
I would like a black, empty margin surrounding my entire screen, effectively turning a 24" monitor into a 20" one instead.
My setup:
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS
Intel Graphics
Xfce4 (I'd prefer a cross ...
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Get Ubuntu to NOT move windows when turning off one of multiple monitors
I have a triple monitor setup and it works very well with 13.10. However, I have some problems with the way Ubuntu moves windows around when turning off a monitor.
For instance, when I want to watch ...
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Can't get the right resolution for external monitor
This problem is probably pretty specific to my hardware, but I'm getting frustrated with my limited knowledge on things I might try to solve it, so I post it anyway and hope for help :)
I've got a ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 Server turns monitor black
After upgrading (and after that I did a clean install) to Ubuntu 12.10 Server my Monitor turns black after choosing Ubuntu in grub. I read several tips about uninstalling proprietary nvidia drivers ...
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Keep external monitor on when laptop is closed
I am running Ubuntu 12 on a 5 year old Sony Vaio laptop. The battery is totally shot and does not even register anymore, so I am using it as a desktop instead, with an external monitor. Unfortunately, ...
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How do I get Ubuntu 12.04 to detect my monitor correctly?
I am using an old CTX monitor (CRT). The computer is also old (processor is Pentium 4, 2.8 GHz) operating with VESA drivers. Ubuntu 12.04 detects this monitor as "Laptop" (even though it is a CRT)...
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How can I stop the panel from showing on an external projector/monitor?
In Ubuntu 10.10 (and possibly previous versions), when I connected my laptop to an external source (monitor/projector) and set it not to clone my desktop the display on the external source would not ...
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Is there any daemon which constantly monitors system and execute script?
Is there any daemon in ubuntu which constantly monitors system and execute script for specified cases (Like RAM uses increased 90%)?
My soul purpose is to get a notification whenever resource ...
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Monitor height differences & the mouse going off screen
In ubuntu 10.10 I have a dual monitor setup. I have an nVidia graphics card and am using twinview. One of the monitors is 1024 pixels high and the other is 900. In the monitor configuration screen &...
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What exactly is --no-daemon function in Gnome-power-manager
I have problem with monitor flickering and here i found that possible solution is to run gnome-power-manager like this:
gnome-power-manager --no-daemon
For some people this fixed the issues. I am ...
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inconsistent cursor size over certain apps/windows
when hovering over certain apps, specifically obs studio and the thinkorswim desktop app, my mouse mouse cursor becomes enlarged until i hover/enter out of focus of that window.
in this first photo, ...
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External monitor doesn't work (no signal) on Ubuntu 21.10 - Intel Iris Xe graphics
I have an issue with my external monitor which doesn't work on Ubuntu 21.10 with 5.17.2 kernel on it.
It seems to be detected in "Displays" section in settings, but when I try to use enable ...
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Ubuntu doesn't support the necessary drivers for my adapter. What should I do?
I am trying to connect two monitors to my laptop which is running Ubuntu alongside Windows 10 as dual boot.
I plugged the first monitor to the HDMI port and the second to the usb 3.0 port via a usb to ...
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Is there a Display Manager for ultra-widescreen monitors in Linux?
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So in my daily life, I use Ubuntu 20.x for coding, chatting, browsing but also most notably for online calls with screen sharing.
So I use an ultrawide monitor and I get annoyed with the ...
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Monitor goes black when I open setting in GNOME
I have a Yoga 7i that I have connected to a monitor through USB-C port extension to a monitor that supports HDMI.
When I click on settings in GNOME, the monitor goes black similar to how it would look ...
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Bad aliasing for red
I am using Ubuntu 18.4, XFCE, and a new monitor.
While the monitor seems to work fine in windows, and in Linux for most purposes, it does something that I do not understand with the anti-aliasing for ...
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Laptop screen flickering
I'm having problems with my laptop screen glitching on Ubuntu 20.04. I had this issue while back, reinstalling graphics card drivers didn't help and I ended up reinstalling the whole system. ...
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Gray overlay after login
After recent update and restart my screen is overlaid with semi-transparent gray.
I've got no clue how to solve it, only thing that sort of works is changing monitors arrangement in settings, so that ...
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External monitor only works when on the right hand side
Disclaimer: I'm a software developer, not a Linux expert. I use Ubuntu for development but I am bit rubbish when it comes to digging into the OS so please talk me to me like I'm a 5 years old :D
On a ...
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Move all apps to primary monitor when connected
While my laptop is connected to a external monitor, the monitor is the primary monitor. I often have to disconnect the monitor and all the apps jump to the laptop monitor as expected. But when I ...
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weird screen tearing
I have an LG 43UD79-B monitor and it has this weird screen tearing on windows and in the corners. Please see the below screenshots. I'm running an Intel i7-4790K and an AMD 6970 GPU. I also tried a ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.2 LTS, hdmi monitor not recognized
I was a bit unhappy about this situation as you may imagine.
I'm running Ubuntu in dual boot with windows, and I can work fine with the second monitor on Windows 10.
However, when I switch to Ubuntu, ...
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How to connect my camera on my computer to see the image or video in direct on my monitor? [closed]
I try a lot of software and did not succeed ( I will elaborate on that latter).
I want to make video to be use latter on a internet channel. I will need to see the image on the monitor of my computer ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 Dual Screen Not Working on new Dell G5 15 in my main account
I installed Ubuntu 18.04 on my laptop. It was working very well with the nvidia drivers but suddenly (I don't know if maybe after an update) the dual monitor function stopped working in my main ...
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Flickering row of pixels top of monitor after 18.04 upgrade
I upgraded to Ubuntu 18.04, and I have a line (or two) of pixels at the top of my screen that's distract. It goes along the width of the screen. I have 2 monitors, both which work fine beside this. ...
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Mouse clicks not registering on the right monitor
Exactly the same as this: Mouse mysteriously stops working on my right-hand screen
Working with an Acer Aspire V15, Ubuntu 16.04. I have a second, larger Dell monitor to the left, attached through ...
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Dual-Monitor Setup - only one Monitor is working
I installed a second DE yesterday (xfce4) and since then, my notebook/ubuntu 16.04 lts only recognizes one screen at a time.
If I plug in my VGA Kabel, the only screen working is my external monitor ...
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can I boot from previously formatted drive no monitor
I have an old, beat up laptop. the screen was removed, and it can be connected to an external monitor. However, the hard drive died a long time ago, and I recently acquired a blank 80gb hardrive. I ...
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Built-in laptop monitor is not detected anymore
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The built-in monitor of my laptop is not detected and goes blank at the login screen.
However an external monitor connected to the VGA port is correctly detected and gets recognized as the ...
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Dual display not working after 16.04 upgrade
I recently upgraded from 15.10 to 16.04 via dist-upgrade. Immediately afterwards, my second monitor stopped working. I am using an AMD 7850 APU, and both monitors are plugged in to the motherboard - ...
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Extend desktop to second monitor on LXDE
I have connected external SVGA monitor to my asus 1025C that runs Ubuntu+LXDE. Currently both monitors show the same picture and second display has not native resolution.
I found only one place ...
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Run Ubuntu without monitor? Want to remote it with RealVNC
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I am totally new to Ubuntu but I want to use it on an old computer of mine to run Plex Media Server to stream movies to my Chromecast. I have managed to install everything and it was all ...
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gcm-calibrate without hardware sensor
My monitor won't allow me to set the contrast when using DVI. And ubuntu/gnome won't allow me to set it via software without some fancy color calibration sensor. on system settings > color the "...
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How do I get 144hz monitor refresh rate to work with the open source ATI driver?
With the open source ATI drivers, when I set 144hz in xrandr I get strange full-screen stuttering when I move some windows (especially my chrome browser, but other windows as well).
I don't get these ...
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How to keep the open windows in the right workspace while changing/rotating monitor?
when I plug in/out an external monitor monitor, or I rotate the laptop monitor, the windows/applications open in the several workspaces often mess up, such as in the following figure:
How can avoid ...
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How do I remove black bars on top and bottom of my display?
I have a problem with my ubuntu 12.04 LTS. It shows my Samsung Electric Company 17'' strange. It is not centered. I have a black space up and right.
The pictures will explain better my problem:
This ...
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Ubuntu Server changing Monitor from DVI to VGA
i have a little problem with my Ubuntu Server 12.04. I installed it yesterday with a DVI monitor connected. With the DVI Monitor, everything works fine. But when I try to connect it with an other ...
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How to manage colours of monitor? [closed]
When I was on Windows 7 there was a program: Intel HD Graphics control panel.
My notebook:
Acer Aspire 5750G
Integrated videocard: Intel HD graphics
discrete video card: Nvidia 630m
How can I ...
