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Xorg - Resolution does not fit into screen

I have an 19-inch monitor with a 1366 x 768 native resolution and I'm using an ATI HD Radeon 5670. It does not detect my native resolution automatically, so I've put something like this on my ...
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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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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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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with board integrated video issue

I have a AMD a75m-itx board with integrated video,the application requires Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32-bit to run. However, I have an issue with the screen resolution not going to 1920 x 1080p. The Catalyst ...
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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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weird screen resolution in Ubuntu 12.10

I have Dell 7520 with AMD Raedon 7XXXM graphics card, thankfully, I got to make it work. But the problem now is screen resolution, as I have screen resolution of 1920 X 1080 for 15.6" laptop, which is ...
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External HDTV with 2966x1200 resolution on ATI Radeon HD4200 (Ubuntu 12.04.1)

So I have been wanting to try out my laptop on a HDTV, as it has a semi-good graphics card. Running an ATI Radeon 4200HD, it has 256MB of RAM, so it has a fair punch. However, the screen res does not ...
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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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Problem with resolution after update ATI driver!

After installing the amd-driver-installer-12.6-legacy-x86.x86_64.run on my Ubuntu 12.10 laptop, my maximum resolution is 1024x768. My GPU is ATI Radeon x1200 is integrated in my motherboard. I can ...
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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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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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Screen resolution messed up after installing Gnome Shell

It's been hell getting Ubuntu 12.10 installed, but I've finally got it working. I'm using nomodeset, and I have an AMD Radeon HD 6540G2 graphics card. Last time I tried to install fglrx, it messed up ...
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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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“no signal” error when connecting ATI Radeon HD 4350 graphics to TV HDMI

I have a problem when I try to connect my computer to my TV (LG 32LD310) in HDMI. My TV shows : No signal. When I connect in remote desktop to my computer, in section settings -> display, I can ...
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Getting AMD Catalyst to provide the correct resolution on an external monitor

When I plug in my external monitor to my laptop, AMD Catalyst Control Center doesn't provide me the option for the preferred resolution (1920x1080). However if the monitor is plugged in and I reboot, ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 - Resolution stuck at 1024x768 using Open Source Radeon Driver

I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 with an ATI Radeon HD5670 card. I currently have the open source xorg-edgers driver. I've been using this driver interchangeably with the Radeon open source driver since fglrx ...
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Installed 12.04 64bit have screen flicker

Hey I installed ubuntu and the screen flickers or just a black screen with a little flicker at the top. I'm really new to this stuff. Help is appreciated. Specs: Processor: AMD-FX Quad Core 4170 ...
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Use TV (hdmi) with non-square pixels

I am having a problem when I connect my LG plasma tv (with a native resolution of 1024x768 pixels) to my 12.04 laptop using HDMI. The pixels (actual pixels, not the signal) of my TV are physically ...
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Screen shifted on an HP LP2065

My graphics performance with ati radeon HD3200 used to be terribly slow with unity (even the 2D performance). Installing the proprietary fglrx driver via the OS interface caused errors and problems. ...
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How force X to see my real refresh options on my old CRT?

i've got ol'good TAXAN ergovision 975 rev. TCO 95 In windows i can set refresh 70Hz@1600x1200. Back in 2006-2007 i was able to set this refresh value on Gentoo/Slackware as well. I was trying to ...
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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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Screen brightness of Dell inspiron N4050 is not changing

I have installed all the drivers of my laptop (Dell inspiron N4050 with windows 7 professional) and now i am trying to minimize the brightness because its too much bright light is itching me. ...
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Why is the GRUB menu and boot splash smaller than my actual screen size?

I'm using Ubuntu 12.04, and when Im in the GRUB Menu there are black edges both at top/bottom and left/right. The same way it is in the Plymouth Splash, but additionally Plymouth seems to be stretched ...
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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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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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screen resolution stuck under 1366x768

I want my old machine (Athlon XP, Radeon9200, Ubuntu 11 on a 19" Mitsubishi Diamondtron) to display a screen resolution of at least 1600x1200 @ 75hz. The monitor's control panel gives no option and ...
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Monitor shows “out of range” message

I'm using ubuntu 12.04 and everything was fine until today. I've tried to run a windows game trough wine, the game started but crashed back to the desktop and after that the screen resolution went to ...
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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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How do I force the native screen resolution of my display if it's not offered using fglrx driver?

My computer model is Dell Studio 1555: Pentium Dual Core T4300(2.1GHz,800MHz,1MB), 4096MB 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel, 512 MB ATI Mobility RADEON HD 4570 using the ATI proprietary driver. My screen ...
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“input not supported” at login screen after ati driver is installed [closed]

I'm running ubuntu 11.10 and I installed the Ati driver from the oficial page. When i reboot, the grub and the splash screen are working (at lower resolution) but instead of the login screen, it shows ...
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Monitor isn't being detected

Hey guys i'm having a problem with my monitor.. I just installed ubuntu 11.10 and the monitor appears to be unknown with a resolution of 800x600.. When I install the discrete graphics card driver ATI ...
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Ubuntu can't find the correct max resolution with Samsung SyncMaster SA300

i decided to install ubuntu also on my desktop PC (Windows has been exorcised from my life) but i am having some problems i didn't have with previous hardware configurations. My display is a Samsung ...
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Increase resolution for multiple displays above graphics card resolution?

I have a monitor with a default resolution of 1920x1080 and have it set up with a second monitor with a default res of 1280x1024. However, my graphics card (ATI 2900Pro) states its max res to be ...
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High resolution in Thinkpad T60 with ATI X1400

I salvaged good old T60 machine, with ATI X1400 and hi resolution screen (1600x1200). My problem is that Ubuntu does not detect higher resolutions than 1024x768. I can that radeon driver is sed ...
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ATI Scaling issue with HDMI [closed]

I have crossfire ATI Radeon hd 5770's. Installed the proprietary driver and decided to install the newest driver from the site. Now there is a huge scaling issue that ATI always does with HDMI ...
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Monitor resolution wont change

I recently upgraded to ubuntu 10.10 , and installed the proprietary drivers for the ATI video card.Now when i go to change monitor from Mirror to individual or change the resolution it asks for me to ...
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My monitor is plugged into VGA-0, why it is giving me errors about VGA-1?

This problem started when I was on 10.04(September-October) and continued after a fresh install of 10.10. My problem is that my screen goes black for seconds and comes back with 1024x768 and an ...
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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 ...