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On ubuntu 12.04 the video, after some day of working, turn blank

I have a PC with ubuntu 12.04 which is connected to a video with a resolution of 1366x768, without mouse and keyboard. It happened that after some days of work , without any external input, but only ...
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How can I fix an offset screen after installing Ubuntu 13.04 (64-bit)?

Further Information: The screen looked fine when using "try Ubuntu" from the install ISO. I am running to a 1900x1200 external monitor via HDMI through an nvidia gtx 670 graphics card. I initially ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 put resolution at 1024x768

After the installation of Ubuntu 13.04, I have the resolution at 1024x768 instead of 1280x800, and even after switching all the possible drivers in Settings, the situation doesn't change. Plus, this ...
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resolution and unity broken after kernel update in 12.04 with nvida

I'm runnig 12.04 with a nvidia GeForce 9300M GS and since kernel update from 3.2.0-42-generic to 3.2.0-43-generic (and from 3.2.0-43 to 44 and 44 to 45) the screen resolution and unity configuration ...
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Updating Ubuntu Base Messes With Nvidia 310

Ever since I upgraded from 12.04 to 13.04, updates to Ubuntu Base does something to my nvidia drivers. I'm not sure what but when I log in I get the smallest resolution possible, no opengl, and no ...
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My fonts are too small to read. How do I set fonts globally and easily (possibly resolution independent)?

I have a TV connected to an Ubuntu box with unity. The default font is too small to read from the couch. I assume I can spend time tinkering the individual font sizes, but I am not sure this would ...
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Screen resolution changes when a key is pressed

Ubuntu 13.4 64 Bit (same behaviour on 12.4). Laptop is off. An external screen is connected via VGA. I start the laptop (auto-login). Screen resolution is the highest for both the laptop screen and ...
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Ubuntu resolution with Ultrabook

I installed 12.10 to Asus Zenbook Prime UX31A. Now i face with resolution problem. Default resolution is 1920x1080, and Ubuntu display can normally detect it. But everything is too small with this ...
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Display issue with G580 lenovo laptop

bumped with one more problem on my new laptop Lenovo G580 with nvidia display card, changed my BIOS setting of display from optimus to UMA this caused my display behave weird I get a initial error ...
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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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When I log in, sometimes the screen is completely blank (no cursor or anything) and other times it loads into an extremely low resolution.

The only way I have been able to log in is if I perform a hard reboot until it finally goes into the low resolution and then I change the resolution back to what it's supposed to be. This problem does ...
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How to hide top menubar bar. Needed for the wine

Ubuntu unity use top bar like MAC. Nice. But, how to get the top bar hide? Im using Wine or Playonlinux program. And im using virtual desktop in my screen. Big problem is a virtual desktop not fit ...
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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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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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How to make dash smaller in 12.04

Unity is a bit big at the moment. I want see what I am doing while in dash. So I want to resize dash. I've been reading some things about clicking the maximise/minimise but the don't work. It just ...
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GeForce 670M on 12.10 - Compiz Glitching [closed]

I've just done a fresh install on a new laptop that has a 670M. Ubuntu defaults to using Nouveau however there's a fair amount of corruption on certain visual elements. For reference, Windows 7 ...
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How come recordmydesktop outputs 1920x1080 in gnome-shell and 1920x1072 in unity?

The title explains it all. Same issue with KDE. For some reason, recordmydesktop outputs recorded video just fine in gnome-shell (1920x1080) but not in Unity or KDE (1920x1072)
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Restoring monitors.xml file

I was following @Alex's answer about my other question. My GPU is GeForce GT 540M. I installed bumblebee and bumblebee-nvidia packages. And reboot, i get this error : none of the selected modes ...
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Some of my favorite resolutions have disappeared from the “Display” tool in Unity

I tried to clean my PC and re-connect every cable again and in restarting it I noticed that the resolution had changed. I then tried to return to my favorite resolution (9:16) again and I found that ...
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reduce interface size without increasing the resolution

the display of my laptop can't go beyond 1280x800, so the interface (like title, navigation or menu bars) appears bulky if compared to higher resolutions (or even Win7 at the same resolution), ...
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Make windows smaller

Currently everything on my laptop takes up too much screen real estate. I can make the launcher icons smaller, the font smaller, I can use ctl-(minus) to make the contents of my browser smaller, but I ...
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Ubuntu logs automatically into Unity-2D mode

Recently I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04. The computer is an Acer Aspire 5732Z and I have 2 problems: When I log onto Ubuntu (in 3D mode) it begins in 2D mode. I cannot change the screen resolution. ...
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How do I inncrease unity dash icon sizes or set 720p but view movies in 1080p?

I would like to use 11.10 on my TV as a Mediacenter and more. The problem is that when I sit on my couch the icons in Unity dash (expanded, viewing all installed apps) are too small. Now I am ...
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Problemas de resolucion de juegos en Wine / Game resolution problems in Wine

Cuando salgo de un videojuego que tiene una resolución inferior a la del sistema, Ubuntu se queda con una resolución baja. Tengo que cerrar sesión y volver a entrar para corregir el problema. ¿Como lo ...
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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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Ubuntu Unity Fuzzy Quad Screen Thing? [closed]

I was trying to get 1280x720 resolution to work on my laptop and played with the Multiple Screens option. I accidentally turned the monitor "off" and just restarted the laptop manually. Now I see two ...
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Maximal screen resolution for external monitor breaks desktop

Whenever I'm plugging in my external monitor into my notebook and changing the screen resolution to the maximum state, the desktop will get broken in a way: A third of the whole desktop space is ...
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Can I make Unity Autoscale according to monitor size, resolution and dot pitch?

I have noticed that unity does a pretty good job at moving from resolution to resolution with the folded icons in the dock but I've just used an application that resizes the dock fr my laptop to 32px. ...