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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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How do I get a higher resolution than 1280 X 800 in Ubuntu 13.04
I have installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a Dell Inspiron 1520 that has an nVidia G84M graphics card
I have followed the instructions from this link
How to install the Nvidia Drivers
and I installed the ...
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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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How can I get the Nvidia driver to drive my projector at 1280x720?
I recently purchased a BenQ W600+ projector that I'd like to use with my ThinkPad T410 with Nvidia graphics running Ubuntu 12.10. The native resolution of the projector is 1280x720 (i.e. 720p), but I ...
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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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MacBook Pro, Retina (10,1) and Ubuntu 13.04 - Nvidia Resolution Issue
I have been using Xubuntu 12.04 LTS on a slightly older iMac, dual booting it. And it has been a mostly smooth experience.
Getting the same was really tricky on one of those new MacBook Pro laptops. ...
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problem in resolution on ubuntu 12.10
optimize resolution in my monitor is 1600x1900 .60 .
but just 3 resolution and best of it , is 1152x864 .
I have test every way but not work .
my graphic is nvidia gt610m .
I use of xrandr & ...
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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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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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TripleHead2Go vs Ubuntu
I am not able to set a resolution of 4320x900 with my TripleHead2Go with 3x 22 inches monitors.
I contacted the Matrox support and this was the answer:
"Please take note that there is no official ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 with Nvidia 304.88 GT 220 not keeping resolution wwhen switching inputs HDMI on HDTV
Strange problem since the latest 'upgrade' for the Nvidia drivers (to 304.88).
My HTPC - Ubuntu 12.04 - is connected to my HDTV via a Samsung receiver. This receiver does all the switching for my ...
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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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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 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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xrandr is detecting the wrong minimum / maximum resolutions?
xrandr output
$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1200, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
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My screen display is smudgy and unclear. Can I improve its quality?
I'm a recent happy convert from Windows. One thing about Ubuntu (12;10) though, is the quality of its display. It is smudgy and blurred compare to Vista. I set the resolution to the max 1440 x 900 ...
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DVI-VGA adapter problem
Is it possible to add unsupported resolution when monitor is connected via DVI -> VGA (passive probably) adapter? The problem is that the monitor (Acer AL1916W) is reported as CRT monitor, mainly ...
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How can I get my Nvidia Overscan setting to work on start up. Ubuntu 12.10
Hi all as with a lot of people my new nvidia driver doesn't include a overscan bar so my tv's desktop is chopped off. After many searches and some trail and error I've been able to get my Tv to fit ...
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Ubuntu 12.10. Can't add custom resolution
System: Ubuntu 12.10, nVidia Geforce GT240 (nvidia-current privative driver), LG display connected to VGA-0
The 1920x1080 resolution is not listed, I've added it in Windows but I'm having problems ...
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Setting up xorg.conf metamodes for nvidia letterboxing
I'm currently trying to configure my xorg.conf to letterbox screen resolutions smaller than the native resolution of my display (1680x1050) so that I can play older games full screen without ...
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Wrong resolution with VGA, correct with HDMI [duplicate]
I have 12.10 installed with NVIDIA driver 304.43.
My card is an XFX GT 240.
Monitor is an RCA 32-inch generic 1080p television.
My problem is a VGA connection will only expose a maximum resolution of ...
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How can I get Ubuntu to display 1600x1200 75hz on my Compaq MV900?
System Settings --> Displays shows the monitor as unknown and only offers 4 choices for resolution, none of which are the right one.
xrandr output for the monitor looks like:
VGA-0 connected ...
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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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Resolution Problem
when my Ubuntu + Gnome start show this message:
none of the selected modes were compatible with the possible modes:
Trying modes for CRTC 82 CRTC 82: trying mode 640x480@0Hz with output
at ...
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Force refresh rate
I want to make my monitor work at 59hz in 1920x1080 resolution because it flickers a bit at 60hz. Granted it is not in default options, so I need to forced it somehow. It was easy to do in windows, ...
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1answer
285 views
How do I change screen resolution?
I am unable to change my screen resolution in my ubuntu 12.04. My default screen resolution was 1366x768. I had executed nvidia-xconfig to activate NVIDIA driver. Since then my screen resolution has ...
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Ubuntu v12.10 - How do I get the menu/launch bar back? lspci | grep VGA [duplicate]
My menu and launch bar are gone. It seems almost as if there is no reason for this. I started up my laptop and immediately notice the resolution is not as it should be. My laptop's resolution is ...
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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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How can I work around mismatched console resolution?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an HP Pavilion DM3 laptop, with the nvidia-experimental-310 driver activated. I often switch to a virtual console for certain work. While my laptop's monitor resolution is ...
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Lower resolution with DVI and NVIDIA driver than with VGA [duplicate]
First my setting:
Machine:
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-36-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:44:52 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Graphic Card: I have an old Quadro NVIDIA card
01:00.0 VGA ...
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How can I improve my screen resolution?
I followed the solution suggested here but making those changes in my xorg.conf file didn't help. When I restart my computer, I still have a resolution of 1280x1024 even though my native resolution is ...
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Resolution 1280x1240 with NVIDIA GeForce 210 in Ubuntu 12.04
I am using an Ubuntu live CD 12.0.4, but cannot configure my graphic card to get more then
1152x864. I need to se it to 1280x1240.
If i go in the display settings i have only these configurations:
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Low resolution for Nvidia Quadro 600 on Ubuntu 12.10
I have installed and activated nvidia's driver but still on display it only shows only 1024x768 (4:3) and 800x600 (4:3).
My monitor's default resolution is 1920x1080.
nvidia settings also does not ...
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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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Desktop resolution very low following routine updates
After routine system updates on Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop, my resolution appears to be much lower than it should be. The login screen gui, icons on my desktop, the mouse, and program windows are all very ...
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How to fix resolution after upgrading Lubuntu 12.04 to 12.10?
I have been using Lubuntu 12.04, at resolution 1440x900. Then I got Rawtherapee, but it would not work right. So I ran a Live Lubuntu 12.10 and the resolution was at 1440x900. So I up-graded to 12.10 ...
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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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1answer
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Overscan compensation issue
Since upgrading to 12.10 I cant permanently fix overscan on my tv.
Using this code I can fix the overscan
sudo nvidia-settings --assign CurrentMetaMode="DFP-1: 1920x1080 { ...
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Screen resolution issues with Nvidia GTX 550Ti
I have had a fresh install of 12.04, and 12.10, and have the same issue in both. I have an Nvidia GTX 550 Ti, and after installing the latest driver (3.10), the screen resolution is a bit off. I am ...
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Error when using XRANDR to add new resolution
I've been having some difficulty adding a new resolution using XRANDR and outputting it to my second monitor, which is a Panasonic Viera TX-P42G10E. This is what I run on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
...
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How to force a higher screen resolution from Ubuntu 12.04 and an NVidia GTX460?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 x64, kernel 3.2.0-24-generic with an NVidia GTX460 and an Achieva Shimian QH270-Lite 2560 x 1440 monitor connected by a dual-link DVI cable.
I've installed the ...
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1answer
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Ubuntu 12.04. display stuck on 640x480
Good day. i have a problem. i have been running ubuntu 12.04 on my asus n76v. with nvidia geforce gt 650m 2gb graphics card for two weeks. yesterday while trying to get my accelerated graphics to work ...
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Xconfig xrandr badmatch
Recently I minimal installed my OS, but got an unexpected error while setting my monitor resolution. it seems like a very old problem, but this time there are something else(I think).
to install the ...
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Stuck on extremely low resolution 800x600; Native Resolution 1680x1050
I know this has been touched on by a lot of different threads by a lot of different people, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to fix it.
I'm on a duel boot Windows 8/Ubuntu system and ...
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Lubuntu resolution trouble
My old computer is used by my mother now. I have installed Lubuntu 12.04 on it (on 2012.11.02), replacing the old, but perfectly working Lubuntu 11.04.
After installing 12.04, it was OK for a while, ...
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Native screen resolution not available after fresh install
After fresh install of ubuntu 12.10 I've got a wrong resolution: 1920x1080 instead of 1920x1200.
And neither default drivers, nor nvidia's can recognize my 1920x1200 resolution.
What can I do to fix ...
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1answer
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Can't get native resolution
I am running Ubuntu 12.10 on HP Pavilion Slimline with Nvidia GT220 video card and Nvidia driver 310.14. I have Samsung LCD connected through HDMI, native resolution of this TV is 1366x768, but the ...
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After system update, screen size very small
Please help! I am pretty "newb" to linux and have no idea what to do.
I got the message "your system must reboot to complete updates" (or similar). After rebooting I am greeted with a giant login ...
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Screen resolution very low in tty with nvidia driver
I have this machine with a 1080p HD screen with a nvidia gforce GTS250 card and I just installed Ubuntu server 12.10. After the first boot the GRUB screen was in a wrong resolution, 1280x720. However ...
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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 ...
