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Why are the sides of my screen cut off?
I just started using Ubuntu after switching over from Windows 8. This is the first time I've ever used it and I don't know how to do much. Right now, the sides of my screen are not visible. I can see ...
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Video Drivers for Acer Aspire One D255
I need to find a way to change the video resolution on my Acer One D255, in Ubuntu 12.10. It is currently set at 1024 x 600 which is causing problems with dialog boxes, etc. I would like to be able to ...
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How do I set the screen resolution to 1600x900 in Ubuntu 12.10?
I'm asking this again because I found this in your site in a related question:
"This question is unlikely to help any future visitors; it is only relevant to a small geographic area, a specific ...
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How do I change the screen resolution using Ubuntu command line?
I installed Ubuntu and the resolution of the desktop is so big it only shows about 50% of the screen but is shows up normal while using command line.
What would I type in the command line to change ...
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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 set screen resolution 1920x1080 for monitor samsung sS27A550H for Ubuntu 12.04
I trying to set my screen resolution for this monitor but i try 5 different way but not any of them work. May it some driver for this monitor. System just don't want to set this resolution.
what to ...
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Screen resolution issues with Ubuntu 12.10
When I boot into the Ubuntu system then there is no problem until I press the login button. As soon as I do that then the screen starts flickering and using Ubuntu becomes impossible unless I go to ...
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Ubuntu Laptop VirtualBox 1920x1080 screen resolution resets after restart
In settings, under screen resolution, I couldn't find my screen resolution, so i followed the steps here: http://geekswithblogs.net/mapfel/archive/2012/03/06/148915.aspx
That worked. However, I am ...
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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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How can I use a screen resolution below native (without stretching)?
My native screen resolution is 1366x768. I would like to change that to 1360x768, but without stretching of these 1360 pixels to 1366. Currently there is this stretching of 6 pixels and it is visible ...
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How do I change screen resolution in Dosbox through Wine?
My old DOS game (Tomb Raider I) installs and then runs fine with Wine by making use of Dosbox. Everything works (keys, audio, full screen) but I am unable to adjust the resulting screen resolution.
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Ubuntu 12.10 won't install with USB pendrive, incorrect screen resolution
I downloaded 12.10 and used the Universal USB software to create the pendrive. My computer boots up fine with the pendrive, but when it comes to the options screen for the installation, I get 5 or ...
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Screen resolution repositioning? (Broken laptop screen)
I have a laptop with the top left corner's screen being broken - I can't see anything there. However it's just a small corner, so I'd like to know if there's something I can do to make Ubuntu not use ...
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screen Turns completely Black after bootup [duplicate]
my Ubuntu was not giving me resolution greater than 1024x768 where my screen is capable of more than that, I thought it was because I didn't had proper drivers so in stupidity from synaptic package ...
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How can I map my Bamboo tablet to the entire screen after increasing screen resolution?
The physical drawing area on my Wacom Bamboo MTE-450 pen tablet corresponds perfectly with the edges of the screen when the resolution is 1024x768. However, when I increase it to 1152x864, the tablet ...
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Change resolution when using screen sharing?
I have a computer with Ubuntu Desktop running on a 1920x1080 screen. I need to screen-share into it with a computer using a 1680 resolution monitor.
Is there any way to get the screen sharing to ...
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How can I change the screen resolution on Ubuntu 12.04?
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed alonside windows in dual-boot.
After installing the latest nvidia drives (304.64 I believe) the resolution dropped to 600x480 and it's the only option available in the ...
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Screen dependent image resolution
I'm currently reading some articles about QML, QtQuick and the soon coming Ubuntu SDK and I'm wondering if there are any mechanism that allow a device resolution dependent selection of image ...
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Problems with screen resolution
Ok... So I am running Ubuntu 12.10. I installed a NES emulator from the software center. I downloaded a ROM, played it, and everything worked fine. I decided to run in full screen mode (Because it's ...
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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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How to increase the default screen resolution without a monitor plugged in
i have kinda problem with setting my resolution on ubuntu 10.04
the thing is that i installed the machine and put it away without mouse, keyboard and monitor (i am currently remote with VNC viewer)
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Why is Unity not loading properly?
I wanted to try out League of Legends. I installed PlayOnLinux and got LoL working through it, but whenever I ran the game it changed my screen resolution to something a bit smaller than my screeen, I ...
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Disable automatic screen configuration
Perhaps this is more a Xorg question, but I try it here.
I would like to completly disable the automatic screen configuration. Display should always happen on the same output (HDMI) even if the ...
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How to set screen resolution in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Server?
I have installed Ubuntu Server 12.04 LTS 64 bit on a machine with:
Mother Board -- INTEL S1200BTS
CPU -- XEON E3 1220V3
HDD -- 1TB Seagate SATA
RAM -- Transcend 16GB DDR3
I have installed ...
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Why screen resolution remains 640x480 when I close a game?
I played Lugaru, the game went in Full screen mode, but when I closed the game, the screen resolution was still 640x480. It happened with Neighbours From Hell also, using Wine, and well... Almost ...
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In Ubuntu displays, why does it say I'm using a laptop but I'm using a Desktop?
I'm using Ubuntu on Oracle's Virtual Box aside from Windows because the vast of my friends are trying to get me to try it, I open it and activate full screen mode, yet it isn't all fullscreen. I ...
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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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low resolution won't strech to fullscreen
So it happen that i have a netbook with ubuntu 12.10 installed. My netbook's resolution is 1024x600 so for example i run a game which has 800x600 resolution supported but not my native one so when i ...
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Screen Resolution of a Command Line Terminal?
I have disabled the automatic boot into Unity and am booting into a CLI tty with a login shell. While running the CLI login shell the screen resolution is fairly low and only utilizes a tiny portion ...
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ubuntu crashed after the screen resolution changed to 1920 x 1080
I'm new to Linux and ubuntu. I just installed ubuntu to my HP dv2000 laptop. I use an external 22" screen.
I want to change my screen resolution to 1980 x 1080 because that's the best setting I ...
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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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Trouble setting monitor resolution higher than 1024x768 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 (32bit) and everything seems to be working fine with the exception that the only resolutions that the ...
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Resolution resets after every reboot, Screen Resoultion stuck at 1024x768
I installed a fresh copy of ubuntu 12.10 but the problem is that it does not recognize my monitor which is LG E1942. The screen resolution is stuck at 1024x768 and the other option is 800x600 but my ...
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Xorg does not see my monitor EDID
Below is the output from my Xorg.0.
X.Org X Server 1.11.3
Release Date: 2011-12-16
[ 22.311] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[ 22.311] Build Operating System: Linux 2.6.42-23-generic x86_64 ...
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I can't find xorg.conf
I am trying to modify the resolution of my monitor and make it permanent. All the tips say I need to modify xorg.conf, typically found in /etc/x11/, but I don't have the file and it doesn't come up on ...
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Screen resolution on Samsung NC110
With 12.04, on the Samsung NC110 the screen resolution sets to 800x600 when it should be 1024x600. Only 800x600 is offered in System Settings/Display.
I have tried putting an xorg.conf file in ...
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12.10 screen resolution on Acer Aspire S3
I'm new to Linux and recently installed 12.10 alongside Windows on my laptop.
Initially 3D screen effects (i.e., Docky) were not working and I tried different things like installing and reinstalling ...
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Where to get Linux drivers for Asrock lid31-11d onbord vga?
My motherboard is Asrock Iid31 11d. In my motherboard driver CD they have drivers only for Windows. So I can't change my resolution greater than 1024 x 768. How can I get higher resolution for my ...
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How do I set the native resolution on an HP Mini 210-1004sa?
FYI: My Netbook model is HP Mini 210-1004sa, which comes with Intel Graphics Media Accelerator 3150, and has a display 10.1" Active Matrix Colour TFT 1024 x 600.
I recently removed Windows 7 Starter ...
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Screen Scaling Problem
I think this is what it's called but I'm not quite sure tbf, aha.
Yeah, so I updated packages last night like I do every night, and when I booted my computer this morning I had a problem whereby the ...
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How do I maximize the Ubuntu screen when it is a Virtualbox guest?
I am VirtualBox on windows 7.
The VM has Ubuntu32bit (latest version) running.
I am unable to maximimze the Ubuntu window.
Here's a screen shot of what I see:
Please, please go easy on me! I'm ...
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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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Slow Performance after fixing Geforce driver problem
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on Asus K43; Memory 5.8 G.B.; Processor Intel core i7 CPU@2.00 GHZx8; Graphics: GeForce GT 540m/pcie/ssf2; OS type: 64 bit and Disk 26.4 G.B. I faced a problem (Black ...
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HP Folio 13 change screen resolution
On my Ultrabook HP Folio 13 2000 I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS replacing the original Windows 7 Ultimate.
Here some technical details:
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Device: HPFolio
Memory: 3.8 ...
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Is there a way to force Lubuntu screen resolution?
I have a Dell Inspiron 4000, 900 Mhz Pentium III, 192 MB RAM, 10.1 GB disk running Lubuntu 12.04. When I start the computer, and I check the display resolution, Monitor Settings claims that the max ...
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screen DPI - is there and equivalent command/action to Windows 150% Display
I have a wide screen of high resolution and I see everything small on it. So In windows I set the display to 150%, I would like to do something similar in Ubuntu. Simply changing screen resolution to ...
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screen resolution wrong -> black screen
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on my Acer Aspire One (netbook) with the help of wubi. The installation went fine, but after logging in my screen resolution was wrong. Because of that the desktop and ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 is changing resolution / refresh rate after login
The X11 log below shows a problem: First, the resolution is set to "1920x1080@50p" which is great. The login dialog seems to be fine at 1920x1080@50p. After I login, the resolution changes to ...
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Display error when installing ubuntu
When installing Ubuntu 12.04 from a usb-stick, as soon as installer runs, an error message appears and I can only see the upper half of the screen.
For the way the pointer dissappears at the bottom ...
