Questions about display resolution
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Desktop does not show when I installed nvidia drivers!
The desktop does not show after I installed nvidia experimental drivers. I tried nvidia simple proprietary drivers, and they did not work either.
Here is how it looks. This is not cropped or any ...
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Higher screen resolution in VirtualBox?
I've just installed Ubuntu 10.04 into VirtualBox on Windows 7.
Unfortunately the only options showing for screen resolution are 640x480 and 800x600 and the monitor is showing as 'Unknown'.
How ...
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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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How to set the monitor to its native resolution which is not listed in the resolutions list?
After installing Ubuntu 10.04 with my Samsung SyncMaster B2030, native resolution (1600X900) is not found in the list of resolutions.
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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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Wrong Login Screen Resolution
Excuse me if this has been answered already, but I couldn't find any questions quite matching my issue.
On the odd occasion, usually after incorrectly restarting my computer, my login screen ...
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How can I make PDFs appear life-size when displayed at 100%?
When I open a letter size PDF and then zoom to 100%, the page physically displayed on my monitor is smaller than a real letter size sheet of paper.
How can I make "100%" on the computer screen ...
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GRUB2: Use maximum detected resolution?
How do I tell GRUB2 to set its resolution (and also the one passed to the kernel) to the maximum one it can detect at time of boot?
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How would Ubuntu work on an Apple retina display?
Apple has announced a laptop with "retina display" = 2880x1800 pixels resolution on 15 inches.
If one were to load Ubuntu on such a machine, it would probably be unreadably micro-texted as long as ...
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Why isn't my monitor's native resolution appearing as an option? [closed]
I'm on a clean install of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. My monitor's native resolution is 1280x1024. However, in the Monitor Preferences application, I am only presented with 640x480 and 800x600 as options. My ...
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Shortcut for Resolution Change using NVIDIA
Back several ubuntu versions ago I could resize the screen using Ctrl + Alt + - (For higher resolution) OR Ctrl + Alt + + (For lower resolution).
Now they do not seem to work. How can I add them again ...
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Could not apply stored configuration for monitors
Well this happened when I upgraded to Natty. Not only seems I can't change my resolution to higher than 1024x768 but it appears at the left and using only 70% of the monitor's width.
I tried ...
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Adjusting resolution for individual Wine programs
How can I specify the resolution of a program to 800*600, and for other programs to full screen or other specific resolutions?
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adjust resolution on Ubuntu Server 10.04?
Installed Ubuntu Server 10.04 on an old laptop and I noticed that the system is trying to show the CLI below my screen. This means that if I run a script or a program with a bunch of output, once it ...
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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 can I adjust the resolution to avoid the damaged area on my screen?
I have a laptop that has a damaged screen. The 24 pixels (approximately) on the right side of the screen are damaged (this is definitely not a driver problem, it is physical damage). It is not a ...
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How do I increase console-mode resolution?
I've recently clean-reinstalled Maverick on my computer. It uses propietary Nvidia drivers.
Everything runs just fine, except that I'm seeing lots of ugly text when booting and shutting down Ubuntu.
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How can I get my Intel 82945G/GZ video card to support more resolutions?
I've just installed Ubuntu 12.04,the screen resolution is stuck at 1920x1280.everything appears big,its not comfortable to look at. There is no such option about screen resolution.
I got into the ...
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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 do I safely change grub2 screen resolution?
I did a fresh install of Ubuntu 11.04 on a HP 550 Notebook. But grub2 isn't really fit in the best screen resolution that this Notebook can support (1280x800).
How can I do this without using a ...
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How to force Multiple Monitors correct resolutions for LightDM?
I am affected by the BUG: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-greeter/+bug/874241
Otherwise, if like me you have a laptop connected to a second monitor of higher resolution, LIGHTDM at the ...
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How to enable 1280x800 resolution in tty?
I've got Toshiba U500 (nVidia). Tried changing /etc/default/grub in many ways, now I've got:
GRUB_DEFAULT=5
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET=true
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> ...
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Some windows don't fit on 1024x600, what can I do?
I read on Wikipedia that the netbook edition of Ubuntu was discontinued and that it is now integrated into the main distribution (as of 11.04).
I tried 11.04 on my new Samsung NC110-A06AU with 10.1" ...
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How can fix HDMI HDTV overscan when I my TV has no aspect ratio setting?
I have a 32" Vizio HDTV. It's a few years old, but running well. I just connected a new nettop to it using HDMI out. It's the Intel 3x00 graphics chipset.
I'm seeing overscan, where the resolution in ...
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Blurry fonts after upgrading to 10.04
Recently I upgraded from 8.04 LTS to 10.04. The previous version had some problems regarding screen settings. X only recognised 1024x768 as resolution of my monitor, mainly because the monitor was not ...
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Unknown monitor, intel driver, want to set VGA resolution to widescreen TV
I have a Sony Bravia LCD television, which is now plugged into my laptop using a VGA cable.
I am running an HP Compaq laptop, with a video driver of:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel ...
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Screen resolution stuck at 1024x768
I just updated from Ubuntu 10.10 to 11.04 and have an issue regarding the screen resolution. I have Intel integrated gfx chip and my monitor supports resolutions larger than 1024x768. (in 10.10 I've ...
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Vinagre only gives 800x600 RDC resolution, how to increase?
Using Vinagre on Ubuntu 11.10, when I RDC into a remote Windows XP machine, I only get a 800x600 resolution on the remote display. I can't increase it on the Windows machine, it's stuck at 800x600. ...
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What does 1024x768X24 mean?
I was planning to change the Plymouth screen resolution(Blame Fglrx!).
When I went to GRUB-Customizer(info for that), the screen resolution menu shows (as usual) 800x600, 1024x678, 600x400, and a ...
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Set a specific screen resolution with xrandr
So I installed LUbuntu 11.04 on my VirtualBox. I couldn't find the 1366x768 resolution so I installed Guest Additions but it wasn't there.
So I used this code to set the correct resolution:
gtf 1366 ...
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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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How can I change the resolution of Avadon: The Black Fortress
Avadon is one of the latest Humble Indie Bundle games but I'm having real problems changing the resolution. It just pops up and there are no options to alter it or switch it to windowed mode from ...
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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?
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Getting screen resolution correct with nvidia drivers [duplicate]
I have a new install of ubuntu.
Upon first installing the nvidia drivers are not active and I get the correct screen resolution. 1680x1050
Then I install the nvidia drivers and the best resolution I ...
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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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How to add display resolution fo an LCD in Ubuntu 12.04? xrandr problem
I am fresh for Ubuntu and Linux in general. I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 and stuck trying to setup correct resolution for my LCD display.
The native resolution for the LCD is 1920x1080
here is the ...
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How to get 1280x1024 with a BenQ T905?
Problem:
Nvidia X-server settings offers me 1152x864 and 1360x768, but not the value 1280x1024 in-between that I need.
How can I get the proper resolution (1280x1024) on Nvidia ION with Ubuntu 11.04? ...
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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 increase my screen resolution?
As title states, I would like to know if it's possible for my graphic card to have higher resolution than 1024x768 which shows as maximum resolution in Display setting. My screen is 32 inch Polaroid ...
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Need to change the resolution options
I've been trying to add my external monitor's native resolution (1680x1050). It does not show up on the GUI "Monitors"
I followed the "Adding Undetected Resolutions" section of
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How to change the screen resolution for the GDM login screen?
I use a login list with faces and the icons and text are tiny in GDM. Is there an easy way to change the resolution of the login screen? I'm currently using 10.04 Lucid.
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nvidia graphics resolution problem
I am currently using ubuntu 12.04
I have acer aspire timelinex 3830tg with 2GB nvidia GeForce GT540M graphics card
To enable my graphics card I followed following steps.
1.) I activated ...
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Cannot set monitor to native resolution
problem is similar to so many other users, but solutions found do not work.
Background:
Fresh install of 12.04 (completely updated) on a Fit-PC2 (specs).
Read in several places that the new 3.X kernel ...
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Display is cut-off and stuck at 640x480; cannot detect monitor [closed]
I've recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my PC and I have a resolution problem.
My screen resolution is set at 640x480 (4:3) and I can't see right the whole screen, the windows or the icons. The ...
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Is there a way set my resolution to 1600x1200 without a monitor plugged in?
I know how to modify xorg.conf and get it to start at about 1024x768, but I can't get it to start at 1600x1200. It is quite an inconvenience to have to go and manually start them up each time. We ...
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MythTV GUI problems
I'm using MythTV to watch TV on my ubuntu computer and I'm having a problem with the resolution.
It seems that the GUI resolution is matched with the channel resolution, so If I'm watching a HD ...
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Why can I not set custom resolution for Ubuntu 12.04 running in a virtual machine?
I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on the latest VirtualBox release and I cannot change the resolution.
Here are the commands that i run:
-- in Windows
VBoxManage setextradata "Ubuntu" ...
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How to configure 1440x900 on two monitors in mirror displays?
complex issue. i bought my Mom a new desktop pc, with specs listed below (using HardInfo 0.5.1):
Processor : 4x Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-3450 CPU @ 3.10GHz
Memory : 3943MB (1228MB used)
...
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Higher resolutions unavailable with 2.6.38-8 kernel [closed]
After upgrading to Natty and the 2.6.38-8 kernel I could no longer obtain the 1920x1080 resolution available in Maverick with 2.6.35-22. In fact the boot occasionally hung. However, after selecting ...
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Not able to get the reverse DNS working
I had been struggling to get reverse DNS working using nslookup on Ubuntu 12.04. Here is the output of the nslookup command and the content of the different network related configuration files.
What ...
