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Intel driver cannot detect my monitor and get native resolution
I have installed Release 12.04 (precise) 64-bit, Kernel Linux 3.2.0-43-generic, GNOME 3.4.2 on pc. Previously I was using nvidia-graphics-card, once it is broken, I am using the onboard vga, Intel ...
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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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Ubuntu 13.04 HDMI resolution and display options incorrect
I have installed ubuntu 13.04 and the HDMI resolution is incorrect and options limited to a max of 1280x720. The VGA is not perfect as it is cutting off the top taskbar slightly, it also shows a ...
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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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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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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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My monitor is not properly configured (blurry text/image)
I'm on a laptop and I got an external monitor connected with a VGA cable. The monitor is an HP Compaq LE2202x LED Backlit LCD Monitor. My problem is the text and the image in general is blurry. It ...
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Can't change resolution in Xubuntu
i have a freshly installed Xubuntu 12.04 on an old computer.
I'm fairly new to working with ubuntu (i know how to use google) and cannot seem to get the right resolution with it connected to a 16:9 ...
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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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Trying to get 2560x1440 resolution
1I have this motherboard and this monitor.
It is supposed I could get 2560x1440 resolution using HDMI 1.4, but i don't know how..
NOTE 1: I have a HDMI cable and a DVI-HDMI adapter, I don't know if ...
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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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Problem with custom resolution
There are lots of topics dealing with my kind of problem, but non of them works for me.
I have Ubuntu 12.10 with Nvidia 313.09 drivers installed. I can't change resolution (native for my monitor) to ...
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How do i remove the resolution which shows by xrandr?
I tried to remove using xrandr --rmmode or --delmode output name but it fails. How do i remove it then??
HDMI-1 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
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XFCE Display Setup
I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on another PC, and decided to install XFCE (by installing xubuntu-desktop)
Everything works great, except XFCE refuses to store my screen resolution and setup.
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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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How do I change the maximum resolution of my computer for multiple monitors?
I am trying to enable three monitors for my setup in Ubuntu 12.10. My card is a Raedon 5700 HD series. When I try to extend my display to any additional monitors, I get the following error:
required ...
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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 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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Ubuntu: xorg - cannot install controller configuration CRT 262
I have a server running under ubuntu with no hardware display connected.
Basic display resolution in this case is
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
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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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12.10 low screen resolution problem
I have successfully repaired my nvidia driver issue so that the driver is loaded correctly.
Within nvidia-settings i can setup my desktop to my needs (2 displays both at 1920x1080, twinview).
After ...
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Can I unlock other resolutions? Its running on 1024x768 and I need 1280x720 or 1920 × 1080 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to change screen resolution?
I've installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS and it doesn't get my screen resolution right. what should I do?
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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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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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Problem with the screen resolution on 12.04
I just installed Ubuntu on my laptop. The screen resolution is stuck in 1024x768.
The screen is made for 1280x800. When I run xrandr I get:
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
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How can I set my screen resolution to match my TV?
I have a computer in my classroom that's connected to an LG smart TV (that's actually not so smart. I wouldn't recommend buying one.). For the touch interface, the TV wants a resolution of 1920x1080 ...
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Configure 27" 2560x1440 for a monitor with corrupt EDID
I am trying to get a monitor work with my Ubuntu laptop. The monitor is this cheap 27" Korean monitors which has a 2560x1440 resolution -- and nothing else. Here are some specifications of this ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 doesn't boot after fresh install
I've installed yesterday Ubuntu 12.10 32-bit version (as recommended) on my laptop. It was a fresh install, alongside Windows XP. On grub, after choosing normal boot on ubuntu, it starts loading ...
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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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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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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 do I set resolution to 1440x900 with Nvidia?
I have an Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT card and suddenly after some recent updates on 12.04, I am unable to get my resolution higher than 1024x768. It used to be 1440x900. I have tried uninstalling and ...
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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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Fixing 800x600 resolution in Toshiba NB510 (GMA 3650) with vesa driver
After installing Ubuntu 12.04 on a Toshiba NB510 the screen resolution is 800x600 instead of the native 1024x600. This is a netbook that contains the infamous GMA3650 (aka PowerVR SGX5450) which is ...
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KVM switching from lower resolution system resets Ubuntu high resolution
I'm running 12.04 desktop on my main desktop and it's hooked to a KVM (IOGear miniview) that shares the peripherals with a SLES 11 machine.
The SLES 11 machine can't get the same resolution as the ...
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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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How do I manually set the resolution of an external monitor on my laptop?
I have a second monitor that I'd like to use with my laptop but it doesn't report its full resolution to Ubuntu and I'm stuck using it in 1024x800 mode. Yuck.
I'd like to manually set the resolution ...
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Error with xorg.conf when trying to add virtual screen to fix the problem of too small screen resolution for an application on 10.1" screen
I am using a netbook with a 10.1 inch screen and resolution 1024x600. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and when using the neural network toolbox from Matlab a window is off the screen and I cannot access ...
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How to save the current Xorg configuration to Xorg.conf?
I've this situation/hardware on my desktop PC:
Ubuntu Linux Oneiric 11.10 (32 bit)
Monitor Asus VW222s (22'')
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GS] (rev a2)
...
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How do I set the correct monitor resolution with Nvidia drivers for a monitor that does not send EDID?
I keep having trouble getting the correct monitor resolution - every time I reinstall, I happen to use a newer Ubuntu release and the old tricks I used to know no longer work. Instead of leaving a ...
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How do I look up the hsync/vsync values for my monitor?
I'm trying to get my computer to use the correct resolution. For that I need to specify the horizontal and vertical sync values in the configuration file (xorg.conf):
Section "Monitor"
Identifier ...
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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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How do I force a resolution of 1024x768?
back in ubuntu 9, maximum resolution supported was 960x600, by editing xorg.conf i was able to get 1024x768 resolution. i recently installed ubuntu 11.10.. now again maximum resolution i can get in ...
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Higher screen resolution for VirtualBox?
I have been trying this for a while but no luck. I installed ubuntu-11.10-desktop-i386 twice. Also installed guest additions. However I always get maximum screen resolution as, 1024 x 768.
Do I need ...
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Connect Ubuntu to LG TV Issue
i got a LG 32 INCH TV (LG 32PC51) and i try to connect it to GEFORCE 8600GS 512MB CARD , i tried HDMI, VGA and i cannot make it look good without flicking or something that fits to that screen. My ...
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Changing the resolution to 1440x900 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
The output of "xrandr"
yasith@vostro:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected ...
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How do I set my screen resolution to the maximum supported resolution?
Used win 7 and got resolution 1280x1024 and when i installed Ubuntu 11.04 got resolution of 1152x864(made that possible by changing from the advanced option in the nvidia xorg file)went to system ...
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How do I resize the desktop on my second monitor?
I got two screens(extended desktop) and the second is widescreen standing on its side, so i told ubuntu that its vertical, it works fine, but the wallpaper area of the first horizontal smaller one, ...
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How can I determine X resolution from CLI without randr?
Does anyone know of a way to determine the current X resolution from the command line, without using randr?
