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X server fails with KDE apps in Ubuntu 13.04 after last update

I've used the latest proprietary nVidia drivers (313) when an update came and broke my desktop - initially it switched to some other drivers than proprietary (my second monitor wasn't used with it), ...
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can't get the resolution right even after installing the nvidia driver

I'm sure my problem might seem simple to many of ya'all but for some reasons I'm stuck with getting the right resolution for my newly installed ubuntu 10.04-64bit and I need some help. First of all, I ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Monitor & Resolution Issues on Older Nvidia Card

When I do a fresh install of Ubuntu 13.04 on a computer with an older Nvidia Quadro FX 500 128mb agp card, I cannot get the display to work. There are a number of things that happen: On some fresh ...
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How do I get full resolution?

I know this has been asked before, but I've tried nearly every solution I could find. When I run Additional Drivers, it doesn't come up with anything. After installing my graphics cards drivers via ...
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Nvidia Geforce GT630 resolution problem

I installed the drivers but the maximum resolution I can get is 1360x768. Can I get to 1920x1080? On Windows it worked fine. Edit: I have Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS
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I need help with my lcd monitor not being detected or working properly

Hi i recently installed Ubuntu 13.04, and im getting dissappointed because my screen is cut off on both ends giving me only 4:3 1024x768 screen resolution, i was told to upgrade from 10.04 finally did ...
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Unable to Run Nvidia Settings

I am using Dell Latitude E6510 laptop with Ubuntu 12.10 running on it. It has Nvidia GT218 NVS 3100M. I am using Gnome-Fallback mode. My problem is that my laptop was just working fine. However, it ...
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Lenovo ideapad Y500 Problem drivers (Ubuntu 12.04)

The screen resolution can not be assigned indicates that is 1920 x 1080 but everything looks very small I think it's nvidia driver problem Webcam does not work hdmi output video only Someone could fix ...
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How to properly install graphics drivers in 12.10

Okay so im new to linux operating systems and im having trouble installing my graphics driver I asked a question before but I'm going to try to be more specific this time. I have a 19.5 inch monitor ...
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How to fix missing part of screen?

I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS on notebook with external monitor and tried the Amd driver 13.1 from their website because I want to play Team Fortress 2 from ubuntu. Everything is fine until reboot or ...
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Trouble with video driver in 12.10 clean install

I just setup a clean install of 12.10, 32bit. Having trouble with my video adapter. It is an AMD RADEON 5450. Downloaded the newest drivers from AMD ...
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Amd driver problems!

Yesterday i installed the amd driver on my lubuntu 12.10 following this guide ...
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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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Monitor out of Range 74.9kHz / 60Hz after installing ATI proprietary drivers

I tried fresh install 4 times on each Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon (both 64bits) I tried several methods, through: sudo apt-get install fglrx Also sudo apt-get install fglrx-updates ...
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Nvidia GeForce 8600 GT resolution 640x480

Just installed Ubuntu 12.10, I has 1024x768 resolution at first, than I add PPA sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa get update sudo apt-get update and install driver sudo apt-get ...
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Low Resolution and Tiny Font Bug with my xorg.conf

I'm having a very strange issues with my graphics in kubuntu 12.04. I'm almost certain a package has been downloaded which is disabling my default nvidia drivers and rendering my desktop using a very ...
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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 to i install my video driver for nvidia geforce 610M on ubuntu 12.04

I've just installed ubuntu on my laptop and noticed that my nvidia driver wasnt installed. So I installed nvidia-current with the terminal command sudo apt-get install nvidia-current but now my ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't recognize Graphic Chip in Intel Celeron G540T

I want to use Ubuntu and get away from Windows. I have bought a new Fujitsu TS ESPRIMO Q510 mini PC a few days ago. But its integrated CPU isnt properly recognized by Ubuntu 12.10. The screen ...
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Is it possible to find drivers for Intel Cedarview graphics controller to work with Ubuntu 11.04?

I've an Asus netbook with this graphics card. The problem is that I cannot set screen resolution to 1024x600. The only available resolution, 800x600, looks very bad. I've read some answers to this ...
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I just dual booted 12.10 into my asus g74sx installed nvidia drivers and now I cant see the dash and pretty much anything HELP!

I installed some nvidia drivers on my laptop and now I cant see anything. Not the menu bar, the dash, no window buttons, that is to say the x the minimize button or the maximize one. This is getting ...
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How to enable 3D acceleration with Sis Vga 771/671 on Ubuntu 12.04

It's been a while since I configured a good resolution with my sis vga 771/671. How can I enable the 3D acceleration with this video card?
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Screen Resolution stuck at 640x480 after installing Bumblebee

I have a Dell XPS 15z laptop. As you can see here, there are some issues with NVidia drivers. The site recommends installation of Bumblebee (instructions given in the link). I am posting it again for ...
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Can't run 1080p with Radeon 6870 on Ubuntu 12.04

I have a XFX Radeon HD 6870 and a 1080p monitor that works fine in Windows, but in Ubuntu 12.04 with the ATI/AMD Proprietary FGLRX Driver (post-release updates) installed I can't select 1920x1080 as ...
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I can't set my resolution higher than 1024x768 in ubuntu 12.04

I'm an Nvidia GT 440 user. I can already click on the 1280x1024 option in monitors but as shown in the image below it outputs an error. The message says:The virtual size required doesn't fit the ...
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How to get the default Ubuntu graphic driver for 12.04?

I recently installed Nvidia graphic driver NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-304.43.run downloaded from Nvidia official website that meet my graphic card GFroce GT 540M. However, I got worse graphic on my display ...
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Nvidia Driver problems: 1440x900 resolution - 12.04 [closed]

I installed 12.04 and my system works fine. But after updating packages with the update manager, problems occurred. I can't activate the Nvidia drivers (Control Center -> Additional Drivers). When I ...
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intel_do_flush_locked - Intel HD 3000 Ubuntu 11.04

3D Apps / Games exit with following error on Intel HD 3000 intel_do_flush_locked failed: Invalid argument If I use bumbleblee's optirun to run glxgears or glxspheres it works flawlessly $ optirun ...
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Force Nvidia X Server to Display high resolution.

I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04. I have also activated the Nvidia drivers (post-release) I have opened Nvidia X Server to change my resolution. The options only go up to 1024x768. (which is ...
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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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Graphics Driver problem, ATI Radeon HD 3200, small screen size and slows everything down.

Regards. I am using a: 2009 Compaq Presario CQ40-415AU Notebook AMD Athlon X2 Dual core Processor 2.1 GHz 1024 MB L2 cache 3GB DDR2 RAM ATI Radeon + HD 3200 Graphics 256 MB, screen is 14 inch ...
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Can not change display resolution on a Sony VGN-FZ21M

My Sony Notebook VGN-FZ21M does have a NVIDIA grafic card with a VESA G86 Board - e415h01. My Problem is, that i can not change the display resolution from 1024*768 (4:3) to 1980*1280. I tried to in ...
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How to setup widescreen resolutions? Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000

I have an IBM Thinkcentre with an 'Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3000' but Ubuntu only shows 4:3 resolutions in the display settings. Is there an easy way to add support for widescreen ...
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Vga driver for Ubuntu-Server 11.10

Dear All, I am using Ubuntu Server 11.10 which is running on Intel server board S1200BT family G20500-003,.. But the resolution of the LCD monitor is very low (800x600),i want to change the monitor ...
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Ubuntu stuck in low resolution after UNinstalling / disabling NVidia drivers

Tried the Nvidia driver, installed using the Additional Drivers panel. Didn't like it much; the CPU seemed to overheat more and the brightness controls stopped working. Also selecting a second ...
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Wide screen resolution in VirtualBox

I've installed Windows 7 in VirtualBox hosted by Ubuntu. After the installation in Windows 7 I can't see the resolution I need (wide screen). I have only the 4:3 (1024x768 etc.) How can I fix this? ...
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How do I set a higher resolution on an LG 42PC1R-ZH? [closed]

Tonight I installed Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit version om my desktop and I have my LG 42PC1R-ZH tv as screen. And then it says "Okänd" (In Swedish, in English I think it will be Unknowed) So the highest ...
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Monitor will not be detected, stuck at 640x480 [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Getting screen resolution correct with nvidia drivers I'm completely new to Linux but know the basics of command entry. Here's what I've tried: First off, I installed my ...
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nvidia geforce gt 240 overscan problem [closed]

I am having issues getting the proper resolution on my 46" samsung tv. when in win7 i had to manually adjust the settings because the default nvidia 1920x1080 is outside of my monitor, i had to scale ...
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HDTV resolution issue

Fresh ubuntu install, Nvidia drivers for 9600GTOC hooked up to a 26" Polaroid HDTV Via DVI - HDMI cable. The native resolution looks fine other than it goes out silghtly past the edge of my screen, ...
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Will I be able to set a 2560x1440 resolution on a 27" screen?

I just picked up one of those fancy Dell U2711 27" screens that has a maximum resolution of 2560x1440. While I await delivery, I need to upgrade my graphics card to drive this baby as my current one ...