Questions about display resolution
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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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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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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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Changing to a lower screen resolution
When I change the screen resolution of my laptop from 1366x768 to 1024x768 via [Displays ...], the entire screen is still filled. How can I have a 1-to-1 mapping such that the original proportions ...
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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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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 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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Can't change from native resolution with latest nvidia drivers
I'm having an odd error on 12.10. I can't change my display resolution to anything but the laptop's native (1440x900) resolution. I noticed this a couple weeks ago when I tried to attach to a ...
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Low resolution Dektop intel i7 3770 and intel board DH67BL
I installed Ubuntu 12.04.1 in a desktop with the following specs:
CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
Motherboard: Intel DH67B
However the monitor is not identified (Monitor: Unknown) ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 in Virtualbox 4.2.4 Screen resolution limited to 1600x1200
I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 (x64) in VirtualBox 4.2.4 on Windows 7, and installed Guest additions with no problems reported. I set the display memory to 128Mb. After rebooting, the display ...
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nvidia-settings recognizes monitors resolution but refuses to allow me to choose it
I have an nVidia GTX 570 card in my machine, with two monitors connected. This very, very nearly works. I am running Kubuntu 12.10. Upon installation, both monitors worked great, I only had to swap ...
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Can't get the right resolution for external monitor
This problem is probably pretty specific to my hardware, but I'm getting frustrated with my limited knowledge on things I might try to solve it, so I post it anyway and hope for help :)
I've got a ...
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How can I make display resolution changes persistent
I successfully got my computer to display at 1440x900 resolution using the following steps. The problem is, I can't figure out how to make the changes persistent even after restarting the system.
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Second monitor on NVidia card cannot detect proper resolution
A friend had given me one of his extra monitors, and even in Windows it gave me trouble in producing the right resolutions. I switched back to Ubuntu with the release of Pangolin but can't get it to ...
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can't get the resolution right even after installing the nvidia driver
I'm sure my problem might seem simple to many of ya'all but for some reasons I'm stuck with getting the right resolution for my newly installed ubuntu 10.04-64bit and I need some help.
First of all, I ...
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How can I shift my monitor image to the right?
I have a Thinkpad X220 with a 1366x768 screen. However, a vertical band of around 300 pixels is now dead on the the left side, and I can't have it repaired for a few months.
I thought one solution ...
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Fix Overscan/ Underscan on HDTV Intel HD Graphics Card
I have my laptop running Ubuntu 12.10 hooked up via HDMI to my 24inch, 1080p HDTV though I am experiencing an overscan problem. When the tv cis connected, it cannot be run at the 1080x720 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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Ubuntu 12.04 resolution and GPU
I am seeking help concerning my resolution. I have a Geforce SPARKLE 6600 LE card with nvidia driver 304.64, current for my card, installed with an HP w1707 monitor on a compaq presario PC, 32bit ...
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Screen resolution startup script in LightDM
I used to fix the resolution of my screens (Which occur quite often, we have 5 computers having this problem at office and one at home) by setting and adding mode with xrandr in the gdm start script.
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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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Screen resolution issues with Nvidia GTX 550Ti
I have had a fresh install of 12.04, and 12.10, and have the same issue in both. I have an Nvidia GTX 550 Ti, and after installing the latest driver (3.10), the screen resolution is a bit off. I am ...
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Error when using XRANDR to add new resolution
I've been having some difficulty adding a new resolution using XRANDR and outputting it to my second monitor, which is a Panasonic Viera TX-P42G10E. This is what I run on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS:
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In Ubuntu displays, why does it say I'm using a laptop but I'm using a Desktop?
I'm using Ubuntu on Oracle's Virtual Box aside from Windows because the vast of my friends are trying to get me to try it, I open it and activate full screen mode, yet it isn't all fullscreen. I ...
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TV doesn't support resolution for video game
I downloaded a game from Steam (run via q4wine) and installed it. When I launch it, the screen turns black and my Samsung LED television says, it doesn't support resolution and I only can exit by ...
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Native screen resolution not available after fresh install
After fresh install of ubuntu 12.10 I've got a wrong resolution: 1920x1080 instead of 1920x1200.
And neither default drivers, nor nvidia's can recognize my 1920x1200 resolution.
What can I do to fix ...
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Hdmi resolution problem
I connected my laptop to the tv with a hdmi cable but the 1920x1080 resolution gives me problems. If I set any other resolution is all great because I can set in the settings of the TV the option "dot ...
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low resolution won't strech to fullscreen
So it happen that i have a netbook with ubuntu 12.10 installed. My netbook's resolution is 1024x600 so for example i run a game which has 800x600 resolution supported but not my native one so when i ...
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fbset does nothing
I can't change tty resolution/mode by running fbset. No matter what mode or geometry I use (correct syntax, I even referred to /etc/fb.modes), it simply shows no output and it doesn't change ...
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Screen resolution very low in tty with nvidia driver
I have this machine with a 1080p HD screen with a nvidia gforce GTS250 card and I just installed Ubuntu server 12.10. After the first boot the GRUB screen was in a wrong resolution, 1280x720. However ...
