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How to manually set a special resolution?

I'm using Ubuntu 13.04 64 bit for the past short time. After a screen upgrade, I can't use/set the right resolution. My old display setting was three 17" of 1280x1024 behind a Matrox TripleHead2GO ...
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Problem setting monitors to native resolution with Dell laptop (Ubuntu 13.04)

I've just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Dell D631 laptop. I was using Windows 7 previously which coped perfectly with my set up. I dock it all the time in a docking station so that I can use two Dell ...
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Dual Monitor Setup

I am wanting to have two monitors. I have a AMD Radeon X1300. I am using a Dell and a Acer. The Dell is my main and the Acer my secondary. When I plug in the Acer, the resolution of the Dell is ...
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Ubuntu + kde-standard + dual monitor

After couple of years, I decided to return to Ubuntu, from Debian (sid). I used to work with KDE, so I installed Ubuntu 13.04 and "kde-standard" on my laptop. SHORT: "Display configuration" is not ...
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Samsung n100sp netbook - Ubuntu 12.04 screen problems

I've some problems with Ubuntu on my new netbook. I can't change screen resolution (only 800x600 appears) I can't control brightness (nothing appears at brightness and lock excpt lock setting) I ...
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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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Dual monitor Ubuntu 12.04 - only one monitor works at a time

Let me preface this by saying I've been searching and hacking at this for a week. I've tried everything that I've ready (that I understand) on the site here and plenty of other sites. I've been a ...
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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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XFCE Display Setup

I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on another PC, and decided to install XFCE (by installing xubuntu-desktop) Everything works great, except XFCE refuses to store my screen resolution and setup. ...
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12.04 Wrong TV when detected when plugging in HDMI

When I plug my little Bush (1080i) 22" TV into the HDMI port on my laptop (pretty sure it uses the Intel graphics chip not the NVIDIA GT 650M GDDR3 2GB GPU) it gets detected as Mars Tech 32" screen. ...
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Dual Montiors, One Stuck at 640x480

I have a dual monitor setup using the ViewSonic below as my primary and the Acer as my secondary. I'm assuming that the Acer does not send the EDID so it's not picking up on the correct native ...
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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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dual screen resolotion not working

I have a wide 1920*1080 screen and 1680*1050 screen. by them self, they work properly. but with dual screen only the wide screen work's properly and the other cut's the edges. it seems no ...
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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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Monitor setup and desktop background lost on restart

I have a Lenovo Z570 dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 very happily. I love it, and I'm fairly sure I want to switch permenantly. The laptop has a 1366x768px built in screen, and is connected ...
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Screen Resolution and ATI HD6850 Drivers Ubuntu 12.10

I am running dual monitors with an Sapphire HD6850 graphics card. My main monitor a 22" flat screen plugged in with a DVI port gets full 1680 x 1080 resolution. My second monitor is stuck at 1024 x ...
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New to Ubuntu using 12.10 having troube getting a second display to work

I am new to ubuntu so I don't know any information to provide to help me, so let me kno what you need. When I am trying to connect to external display on my laptop, mirroring the display is hit or ...
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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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AMD Video Card not allowing other resolutions than default with AMD 12.11 driver

![enter image description here][1]I've installed Ubuntu on my home system, trying to take the step to using it full time instead of Windows! My problem is that I can't seem to get my AMD video card ...
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Increase 2nd Monitor resolution and rotation

I'm trying to use a large monitor as a second screen for my laptop Ubuntu 12.04. But when I try and connect it to my laptop, it comes up on it's side, a 90° turn. When I go to the settings, it gives ...
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Detect correct resolution dual monitor VGA 9800gt Ubuntu 12.10

I connected a second monitor to my 9800gt on the VGA port. The first monitor is on DVI. Both monitors have a native resolution of 1920x1080 but the second monitor doesn't get past 1360x768 and appears ...
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dual screen doesn't work on ubuntu

I'm not an expert in Linux but I'm currently try to learn it myself. Unfortunately I'm stuck here. So, I'm using Ubuntu 64-bit ( with Unity desktop ) on a laptop. I get stuck when I try to plug ...
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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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Configure 27" 2560x1440 for a monitor with corrupt EDID

I am trying to get a monitor work with my Ubuntu laptop. The monitor is this cheap 27" Korean monitors which has a 2560x1440 resolution -- and nothing else. Here are some specifications of this ...
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Ubuntu desktop slightly too big on HDMI TV

When I connect my Panasonic Viera TV (720p) via HDMI to my notebook the desktop is cut on the TV. I tried different resolutions but no matter which it's always cut on each side... I had the same ...
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Only one resolution available in Xorg.conf

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.10 and when I try to change my resolution in NVIDIA X server settings, I only get the native one (1600x900). When I had 12.04 installed, all resolutions were available ...
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Wrong TV resolution for HDMI

I want to connect my laptop (Toshiba i5 with ATI drivers, I have proprietary ones installed) to my Sony KDL-32V2000 TV, which has a 1366x768 resolution. The resolution of my laptop is also 1366x768. ...
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Startup script for turning/disable monitor off and on

So this is a problem for me since I have two monitors set up for my Ubuntu Desktop. I'm running Ubuntu 12.04. Ok, so first when I installed Ubuntu I had this problem with enabling the second monitor ...
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Advise on which video card to use for 3 2560x1440 screens [closed]

I'm looking at setting up a new system. Asus P9X79 Motherboard Intel Core i7 3820 3.60GHz CPU 16GB A-Data DDR3-1600 Corsair AX850 and the video card. I'm aiming to use 3 Korean monitors 2560x1440 ...
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Notebook Dual Monitor Setup - wallpaper resolution changes on restart or relog

On every relog or restart the wallpaper resolution on my external monitor is downgraded to the resolution of my smaller notebook panel. As a result, crisp and clear backgrounds, such as the ones ...
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Dual monitors with different resolution

I'm on an old LG r405 with the built in graphics card: Nvidia g86 GeForce8600 gs rev a1 Seeing as it has a VGA output, I figured that it'd be nice to use my HD screen (benq senseye g2222hdl) It works ...
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How are these problems solved when I connect my notebook to an external screen?

What happens is that when I connect my PC to a LCD for exit VGA sometimes there happens that on a screen the launcher of unity does not meet, sometimes one does not see the mouse, also it happens to ...
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Can't use dual monitors with FGLRX

Well I'm using Ubuntu again after not touching it for years and I'm SO happy I did. I have one issue though. I have a Radeon HD 6470M in my laptop and the FGLRX driver works well except I can't use ...
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Dual monitors, screen resolution, xorg.conf.d

I do a lot of RTFM but this one has got me stuck. I have Ubuntu Studio 12.04 Precise Pangolin with XFCE as its default desktop. My old HIS ATI Radeon 9250 graphics card was adding red crud across ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 resolution is correct, but windows are pudgy and bloated compared to 11.04. ATI Driver is screwed up

I am not a noob to Linux, but I am sure as heck not a pro. 12.04 has nearly all the 'tweaks' out of the box, that I had to manually do myself with prior ubuntu releases, and I am grateful for this. ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 with dual monitors

I have two monitors which where recognized in Ubuntu 12.04 after the installation was completed but now, after installing the ATI driver, one of my monitors is shown as "Laptop". Everytime I try to ...
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How do I manually set the resolution of an external monitor on my laptop?

I have a second monitor that I'd like to use with my laptop but it doesn't report its full resolution to Ubuntu and I'm stuck using it in 1024x800 mode. Yuck. I'd like to manually set the resolution ...
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eeepc 1018pb dual display wrong resolution size

My Setup: eeepc 1018pb with Intel GMA 3150. Ubuntu 11.10 x64_86 Samsung SyncMaster 2333 The Problem: I connect the Samsung with the eeepc. Ubuntu recognizes the Display. When I try to activate it ...
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LightDM resolution when using two monitors

My two monitors run on different resolutions (laptop 1440x900, HDMI 1920x1080). I set them up as an extended desktop and they work just fine However, while logging in, the greeter appears to be set ...
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dual view monitors for one desktop on ati

How do i get dual view (two monitors with Full-HD-resolution) for one desktop on unity with an ati card on ubuntu 11.10? on 11.04 all worked fine. Now i have the problem, that after customizing on ...
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Dual monitors - Shifted pixels

The resolution looks fine size-wise, but pixels are smudged. This is mostly visible on thin writing, as if pixels were slightly shifted out of the intended grid. It always renders like that on one of ...
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How do I resize the desktop on my second monitor?

I got two screens(extended desktop) and the second is widescreen standing on its side, so i told ubuntu that its vertical, it works fine, but the wallpaper area of the first horizontal smaller one, ...
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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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How to set resolution higher than maximum shown?

I just bought an external monitor for my laptop (Asus VH242H) but cannot set its resolution to anything higher than 1600x900. I tried both from System/Administration/Monitors and the ATI Catalyst ...
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screen resolution and dual monitors

On my laptop, when I have dual monitors, my laptop screen resolution is 1680x1050. Nevertheless, when I disconect the second screen and restart the laptop, the screen resolution drop to 1400x1050 and ...
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Change resolution when enabling/disabling external monitor

I use my laptop with a second display. Sometimes I should take my laptop with me, but I can't take my second display with me. How can I setup my ubuntu 10.04 so that it changes the resolution ...
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Setting up dual monitors

Just installed a fresh copy of Maverick, and went from my two monitors working perfectly to broken in seconds. As usual I configured the monitors in the display applet, this worked fine. I also hit ...