Questions about display resolution
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1920x1080 Scrolling
This is about to drive me up the wall. After an update last week my Ubuntu 12.10 machine has a scrolling screen when I switch it to 1920x1080 (16:9). I can't seem to find anyone who has the same ...
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Bad Resolution through KVM switch
I added a KVM switch to my setup so I can switch between a Windows laptop and an Ubuntu 12.10 desktop. I'm getting a bad resolution through LightDM. The display is huge and I can see that most of it ...
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Boot issues: Ubuntu 12.10
I'm a complete newbie so I apologise in advance if I'm leaving out any important details. I'm running a Lenovo thinkpad t530 with Ubuntu 12.10 .
My issues started with "low screen resolution ...
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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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Virtual Machine Ubunt host WinXP guest resolution problem
i'm runnig virtual machine 4.1.12 on my ubuntu 12.04. The guest system is Windows Xp professional. Now my problem is that i cannot change the resolution it sticks to 800x600. I wish to get a 16:9 ...
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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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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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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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how to change resolution in ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I've got a monitor which has a resolution of 1920x1280, but I can't enlarge it any more than 1024x768. So everything is a bit too large. How can I change the resolution in my case? I tried in terminal ...
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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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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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How to set display resolution via terminal?
I am on a multi monitor 12.04.2 with ATI 13.1. After the pain of configuring multi monitor, I have the following problem. For some reason whenever I restart the system my third monitor (ID: Display ...
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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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Ubuntu 12.04 is not viewable on very old 14" monitor after login in through GRUB list?
I had installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on machine with 17" monitor where it was working fine. But recently I faced problem of monitor & I sent it to repair & I started using old monitor (I don't ...
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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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No sound on videos on version 12.04
After 4 days of working I finally have my system running on version 12.04!
My ultimate goal is to be able to edit short videos for posting on You Tube for a local drag strip I work part time at. I ...
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Why does Windows tell me “Monitor not supported” after Ubuntu upgrade?
I upgraded from Ubuntu 10.4 to 12.10, the newest one.
I have mine on a partition with Windows 7. After I upgraded, I can no longer get to my Windows 7 because it keeps telling me to change my ...
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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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Picture size Fujitsu Siemens Amilo L
I have loaded Ubuntu 12.04 on my old Amilo laptop and everything seems OK except the picture is only one third the screen size.
I have checked the Display settings on the Desktop and these show ...
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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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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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Why cant i use a higher screen resolution?
I just recently built a computer and put Ubuntu 12.10 on it instead of windows (because I hate windows) and after a long annoying process of getting my GTX 550 Ti drivers on the computer I dont have ...
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Custom display settings with Lubuntu? [duplicate]
I am having a hard time with this HP Mini 210 1000 netbook. The screen just stretched out all of a sudden, forcing a resolution (1024x768) which is higher than the display's actual resolution ...
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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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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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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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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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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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How do I change video resolution before the video card takes over?
I had a wide screen monitor die on me. :-(
The only other monitor I have doesn't seem to support the wide resolution I had on the big monitor.
When I try to boot it up, using the smaller ...
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How to fix missing part of screen?
I have ubuntu 12.04 LTS on notebook with external monitor and tried the Amd driver 13.1 from their website because I want to play Team Fortress 2 from ubuntu.
Everything is fine until reboot or ...
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Local hostname resolution with local Ubuntu DNS server fails
So I will start with the fact I wasted the whole day trying to figure that out with no results...
I have a small local network behind a NAT router. It goes like this:
ISP->NAT Router (contains a ...
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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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Entering fullscreen in mednafen with ONE monitor?
I'm running Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS x86_64 with two mismatched monitors: one, a laptop @ 1366x768 native, the other an Asus @ 1920x1080 native res. How can I enter fullscreen with mednafen displaying on ...
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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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How do I set the default resolution of a nvidia gpu in Ubuntu 12.04?
Hey I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 and have successfully installed the drivers for my nvidia 680 gtx. However, when I log in the default resolution is 800x600 and I cannot work out how to ...
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Trouble with video driver in 12.10 clean install
I just setup a clean install of 12.10, 32bit. Having trouble with my video adapter. It is an AMD RADEON 5450. Downloaded the newest drivers from AMD ...
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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 to avoid screen being stretched when mirroring a Notebook (16:9) to a projector (4:3)
I use Ubuntu 12.10 (Gnome 3) on a MacBook Air. I would like to connect the notebook to an external projector and mirror the displays. The projector image looks great, however, everything on the ...
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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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24" Widescreen Monitor - Stretched Interface
I have my monitor set on the highest setting in Ubuntu but the interface, etc. is stretched horizontally. My monitor's recommended setting is 1920x1080 (DELL P2412H) on the PC side.
How can I change ...
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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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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with board integrated video issue
I have a AMD a75m-itx board with integrated video,the application requires Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 32-bit to run. However, I have an issue with the screen resolution not going to 1920 x 1080p. The Catalyst ...
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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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Amd driver problems!
Yesterday i installed the amd driver on my lubuntu 12.10 following this guide ...
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Laptop stuck on native resolution (1920 x 1080)
I just upgraded from 11.10 to 12.04 and I can no longer change my resolution.
Laptop: Lenovo w520
Nvidia X Server Settings reports 1920 x 1080 as the only option. Which is normally fine but doesn't ...
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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, ...
