Questions about display 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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How to find and download a image file of specific resolution using wget?
How can I find and download an image file of specific resolution e.g.: 100x99 whose file name is not known using wget?
Thanks in advance.
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How do I disable resolutions above a certain level on Ubuntu?
I use a small TV as my computer monitor and my AMD Radeon HD 4200 video card is capable of outputting resolutions to a TV with as high a resolution as 1920x1080. Unfortunately Ubuntu thinks this is ...
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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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Rescale applications on new 2560x1440 monitor
Applications are now huge. All fonts, everything is scaled up. I want normal resolution, rather than this hideous scaling. My NetBeans is well-behaved, but firefox, and many others have failed to ...
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Resolution Problem
when my Ubuntu + Gnome start show this message:
none of the selected modes were compatible with the possible modes:
Trying modes for CRTC 82 CRTC 82: trying mode 640x480@0Hz with output
at ...
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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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Problem extending laptop's Monitor
I am using MSI VR440 laptop http://www.msi.com/product/nb/VR440.html#?div=Specification . The laptop uses SIS Graphics card and has the resolution of 1280x800.
When I connect a desktop LCD monitor ...
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Force refresh rate
I want to make my monitor work at 59hz in 1920x1080 resolution because it flickers a bit at 60hz. Granted it is not in default options, so I need to forced it somehow. It was easy to do in windows, ...
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weird screen resolution in Ubuntu 12.10
I have Dell 7520 with AMD Raedon 7XXXM graphics card, thankfully, I got to make it work. But the problem now is screen resolution, as I have screen resolution of 1920 X 1080 for 15.6" laptop, which is ...
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Resolution will NOT change. xfce-bug
I have this bug https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xfce4-settings/+bug/331751?comments=all in Ubuntu 12.10.
I've played Teeworld, and after I exitted it, the screen was in 640X480.
It does not ...
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How do I change screen resolution?
I am unable to change my screen resolution in my ubuntu 12.04. My default screen resolution was 1366x768. I had executed nvidia-xconfig to activate NVIDIA driver. Since then my screen resolution has ...
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Larger resolutions on VGA monitor using GMA 3150
I tried to connect a VGA monitor to my Netbook to increase resolution. Unfortunately, in Lubuntu maximum available resolution is 1024x768, while in Windows I can increase it to 1680x1050.
Is there ...
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Setting default headless resolution
I am running my ubuntu (12.04.2 LTS) file server headless and use tight VNC to connect to it from my windows 7 machines. Is there any way I can have the resolution always at 1920x1080 by default? It ...
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How can I know the screen resolution's width within a script?
My script needs to query the screen resolution's width, for instance, on 1980x1050 the command must return 1980.
I want that script to maximize a window to the half (as seen when dragging the window ...
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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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dual screen resolotion not working
I have a wide 1920*1080 screen and 1680*1050 screen.
by them self, they work properly.
but with dual screen only the wide screen work's properly and the other cut's the edges.
it seems no ...
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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 to get Ubuntu VB guest to use monitor's native resolution?
I am running an Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox guest (with Guest Additions installed) within a Windows 7 host.
How can I set the resolution of the guest VB to match the physical machine's native ...
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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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How to set higher resolution in Ubuntu server 12.04?
I have follwing hardware configuration of my PC
Intel DG31PR Motherboard 32bit.
This mother board has onboard Intel Graphics Card
description: VGA compatible controller
product: 82G33/G31 Express ...
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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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Resolution and screens not detected properly
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my laptop with integrated Intel graphics (Intel i5 460M CPU). The screen resolution is set to 1024x768 and can only be changed to 800x600, while my screen is 1366x768.
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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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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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Different Max resolution external monitor through hdmi/vga adapter
I have laptop (intel video) with hdmi port, and my monitor only have vga.
I bought adapter hdmi/vga.
In Kubuntu the monitor refresh 5 times and works perfect (1080p).
but in Ubuntu do the same but ...
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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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How can I work around mismatched console resolution?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 on an HP Pavilion DM3 laptop, with the nvidia-experimental-310 driver activated. I often switch to a virtual console for certain work. While my laptop's monitor resolution is ...
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Boot splash and TTY in low resolution
I noticed that when booting from a live USB stick, my boot screen and TTY are in the same resolution as my desktop environment (1366x768). But when I boot from my SSD with the very same system ...
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How to choose a resolution for GRUB2?
I'm using Gnome 3.6.2 with Ubuntu 12.10, my screen resolution is currently 1680x1050, but in GRUB it was something different. First I used /etc/default/grub to uncomment the resolution line and change ...
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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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Monitor setup and desktop background lost on restart
I have a Lenovo Z570 dual booting Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.10 very happily. I love it, and I'm fairly sure I want to switch permenantly. The laptop has a 1366x768px built in screen, and is connected ...
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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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New to Ubuntu using 12.10 having troube getting a second display to work
I am new to ubuntu so I don't know any information to provide to help me, so let me kno what you need.
When I am trying to connect to external display on my laptop, mirroring the display is hit or ...
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Lower resolution with DVI and NVIDIA driver than with VGA [duplicate]
First my setting:
Machine:
Linux ubuntu 3.2.0-36-generic #57-Ubuntu SMP Tue Jan 8 21:44:52 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Graphic Card: I have an old Quadro NVIDIA card
01:00.0 VGA ...
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How to autodetect screen resolution
i'm using default ati driver, because X always crash when i use fglrx and fglrx-updates driver
when i use randr, the output was:
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 400, current 1280 x 1024, maximum 1280 x 1024
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How do I create a custom resolution for an external monitor?
I currently trying to add the resolution 1216x676 for my external monitor which is connected via HDMI-1. I'm following the guide found at ...
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when i update ubuntu 12.04 i got following Error..Please suggest Solution [duplicate]
W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/ui-toolkit/ppa/ubuntu/dists/precise/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found
W: Failed to fetch ...
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Wrong resolution on grub2?
My optimal screen resolution is 1600x900px, however when I first turn on my laptop, grub2 displays at 1024x768. I have an optimus system, so I am assuming that grub is using the intel card. When I do ...
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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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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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How can I select the 1366x768 resolution for Ubuntu in VMware Player?
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on VMware Player 5.0.1 build-894247. I have installed the VMware Tools and can choose the resolution 800x600 and up to 2560x1600. So I have a fair amount of resolutions to ...
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Screen resolution switcher does not work (won't switch back to 1920x1080)
Running 12.10/KDE on a laptop (Intel 3000 graphics) with an external 1920x1080 monitor, I wanted to use the display settings widget to get the screen to "blink" in order to get rid of an increasingly ...
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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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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 ...
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Cannot Increase Resolution from 1240x768
I running dual boot with flash drive installation, on Windows XP i can get max resoultion like 1920* any help would much appreciated, i am a linux newbie with no knowledge and cannot understand the ...
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How can I improve my screen resolution?
I followed the solution suggested here but making those changes in my xorg.conf file didn't help. When I restart my computer, I still have a resolution of 1280x1024 even though my native resolution is ...
