Video and resolution shown by the monitor
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Screen Brightness not adjustable for Acer Aspire S3
First of all, thank you very much for providing this useful forum.
Too bad for me, there is no support for the Acer Aspire S3 yet (just came out in October)
Short Description of the Problem:
I cannot ...
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votes
6answers
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Brightness not working after installing NVIDIA driver
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Mac Book Pro 7,1. I installed the NVIDIA driver (285). The brightness keys are working (F1 and F2) and I get the box showing the brightness but it does nothing. ...
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2answers
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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 ...
6
votes
2answers
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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 ...
3
votes
2answers
2k views
fn + arrow keys don't adjust actual brightness on an Acer Aspire 5740
I have an Aspire 5740 with an Intel Core i3, and Fn + arrow keys still call up the brightness adjuster, but have no effect on actually changing the brightness. The slider moves, but the brightness ...
4
votes
5answers
6k views
Brightness controls not working on a Sony Vaio VPCEH38FN
I have ubuntu 12.04 installed on windows 7. When I use the Fn alongside the key to reduce brightness, or even using the system settings, I am not being able to reduce the screen brightness. What is ...
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2answers
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Ubuntu 12.10 “Turn screen off when inactive for: Never” still turns off
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set for ...
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votes
1answer
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Xorg server configuration fail - no screens detected
I have a serious problem with Xorg server on ubuntu 12.04 (with nvidia 420M GT card).
At home I am using an external monitor connected to my laptop's HDMI port - the external display is used as ...
2
votes
1answer
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How do i make screen dimming work in ubuntu 12.04 (beta 2)
I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 (beta 2) on my HP mini 110-4117, but I cant control screen brightness.
The Fn + F2 , Fn + F3 keys don't work. System Settings > Brightness and Lock doesn't provide ...
6
votes
1answer
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Always be 100% bright when I'm using battery
When I'm using battery only - Ubuntu turns in some mode, when If I do not use my PC for about 5-10 seconds - the screeen becomes darker.
Where do turn this option off? Because I often need to read ...
4
votes
0answers
2k views
How to go from 11.04 to 10.04 [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to roll back Ubuntu to a previous version?
Ok, so I was running fine on 10.04 then I thought "why not upgrade to 11.04"
So I did and a some bad stuff happened. Once ...
2
votes
2answers
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How do I return to default wallpaper on login screen in LightDM?
With the change to 12.04 came the new feature of having the login screen matching the selected user's wallpaper. It's a cool feature, but not for everyone. I'd like to go the other way and go back to ...
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votes
6answers
352 views
How can I disable backlight when I lock the screen?
When I lock screen, the display does turn black but the display isn't completely off. There is some light coming out of the display in screen lock mode but it get turned off when inactive for 10 ...
2
votes
3answers
3k views
How to install a NVIDIA driver for 11.10 [duplicate]
I have a Thinkpad T61p with Quadro FX570M. I just installed the Ubuntu 11.10.
I have tried to download the driver LINUX DISPLAY DRIVER - X86 version 295.20 from NVIDIA, but I do not manage to install ...
4
votes
1answer
2k views
Stuck on purple screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Server stuck at black screen after reboot
i had just installed version 11.10 of ubuntu on my netbook. i have a intel gma 3150. the installation went well and there's no ...
3
votes
2answers
11k views
How to see/change screen refresh rate?
My eyes hurt so I thought I should check the screen refresh rate, but I couldn't find it.
Where is it? (in Ubuntu 12)
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votes
5answers
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Intel GMA 4500M screen resolution problem
I was previously running 10.10 on my Acer Aspire laptop. It has Intel GMA 4500M integrated graphics and worked just fine. Great display, sharp, crisp, etc.
I decided to do a fresh install of 11.10 ...
2
votes
0answers
109 views
Brightness Problem Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I've installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Asus Eee Netbook. It has a Cedar Trail processor. It has a brightness problem. I can't change the brightness. It is always dimmed. How can I solve this problem ?
2
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0answers
120 views
Strange Glitched Screen on Startup
I just ran the windows installer of Ubuntu and every boot up is accompanied by this nice
I've used the windows installer, I've made a bootable disk x32 and x64. I've re-installed Windows to ...
2
votes
4answers
2k views
Need to reconfigure absolute position of dual monitors after reboot, how do I fix that?
I have two monitors, one is DELL P2411H 24” and the other is BenQ FP91G+ 19". All the times when I restart the PC I have to reconfigure the absolute position. How can I fix that?
2
votes
2answers
293 views
Screen intensity before and after inactivity
On my ThinkPad W520 laptop, after a short period of inactivity (eg. no mouse movement) on battery, the screen dims for power saving. When I move the mouse (ie. , the screen lights back up, but not at ...
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vote
0answers
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Boot screen and console scrambled/bad fonts
i have nvidia sound card system works ok but while booting and in console (ctrl+alt+f1) i have bad fonts/scrambled text as this:
I have tried both nvidia-current and nvidia-current-updates ...
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vote
1answer
497 views
Black screen after updating Ubuntu 11.04 and Mobility HD 4250 [closed]
I have an DAMN annoying problem, the lag gets almost away with the new drivers of ATI, but now i have that problem after updating Ubuntu i get the damn black screen when booting. How to fix this, i ...
0
votes
0answers
276 views
changed a DVI cable, Ubuntu now can't recognize monitor
I upgraded my VGA-with-converters cable to a straight DVI-D cable yesterday, and now Ubuntu 12.04 can't find the monitor I upgraded the cable for. I've tried switching the cables around on the video ...
0
votes
1answer
535 views
Dim/Dark Screen on Acer Aspire
I do have WUBI on my desktop, but that computer is too laggy so I installed WUBI on my Acer Aspire laptop. Everything works fine except the screen is too dark. I tried to reinstall WUBI but nothing. ...
0
votes
2answers
2k views
Ubuntu 12.04 Installed, monitor turns off after Bios screen
After a little struggling, I managed to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
I can hear the comp running while the screen is off, it turns off directly after the BIOS screen.
I'm very much a newbie to this so ...
3
votes
4answers
10k views
How can I fix broken i915 drivers for Intel GPUs?
I've got troubles getting the i915 drivers to work correctly on my laptop (HP Pavilion DM4 2101ea).
Specifically, the laptop screen goes black and stays black after the splash graphic when booting ...
2
votes
2answers
1k views
Screen stays black after closing and reopening the lid [closed]
When I close the lid or leave the computer on for a bit the screen goes black and freezes that way. I have tried changing both screen and power settings as well as changing workspaces. Nothing seems ...
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vote
0answers
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`xcalib -i -a` controls only one of two screens - can it control both?
I am using 2 screens, and wish to invert the colors on both of them without using compiz (I'm using gnome shell).
I can use xcalib -invert -alter as suggested in this question, but it only inverts ...
6
votes
7answers
8k views
Screensaver/blanking problem
I have upgraded to 12.10 and then downgraded again to 12.04 LTS because of the screensaver or screen blanking problem. After 10-12 minutes the screen goes black/blank when i dont do anything (idle). I ...
6
votes
1answer
455 views
Can you help me write a script to set a new default brightness for the screen/keyboard after login?
On my Macbook Pro Ubuntu alsways boots with...
keyboard brightness at maximum illumination
screen brightness at maximum illumination
...both which I need almost never during normal usage.
...
5
votes
3answers
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Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes (xubuntu 11.10) [duplicate]
I know this has been asked but on slightly different terms. I would like to remove it so that I can see the code behind. Not one off but every time it is shutdown and started.
Thaknk you in advance.
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votes
2answers
2k views
How do I adjust the resolution on a Dell GX620?
Hello I was running Ubuntu 10.04 on a desktop Dell Optiplex GX620 with onboard graphics Intel 82945g (945G), and even then I had to use xrandr to add mode 1280x1024 and edit the files in /etc/gdm, but ...
3
votes
2answers
605 views
Dynamic resizing of screen doesn't work in Parallels
I was already running the latest Parallels 7 build when I upgraded to Ubuntu 11.10. Dynamic resizing of the screen was working in prior versions of Ubuntu. In the process of trying to fix this I ...
2
votes
2answers
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Ubuntu 11.04 wont install at all
Hello to you and first I want to thank you for taking the time to help me.
I've used Ubuntu in the past (9.04) but pc wasn't good enough. So now I just
bought myself all new hardware and built a new ...
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vote
0answers
576 views
Brightness issues on a Dell Inspiron N7010 [closed]
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit on my Dell Inspiron N7010 .
When I'm away, the screen locks itself out and the screen goes black.
However, when I move the mouse or press any keys it doesn't ...
0
votes
3answers
3k views
How can I change the default screen resolution? [closed]
Here's the scoop: I have a crappy VisionQuest TV that I am currently using as a monitor on my computer running XBMCbuntu. It defaults to 1280x768 which the TV will not display correctly. It appears to ...
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votes
4answers
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Show all open windows in 11.04?
Can someone tell me how I can get an overview of all the open windows? Like htting ctrl+s that shows all the desktops, but for the open applications?
Right now when I hit Alt+Tab it shows quite small ...
3
votes
4answers
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Screen flickering in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
for those of you who can help me..I recently installed ubuntu 12.04 lts and i got this screen flickering at the log on screen...i googled this problem and i found out that laptops with nvidia graphics ...
3
votes
1answer
889 views
Dualscreen not working when using a Dell XPS 15 via an HDMI cable to a TV
I have a Dell XPS 15 and when i connect the hdmi cable to the TV absolutely nothing happens. Im running Ubuntu 11.10
EDIT:
I haven't installed any drivers and there are no ones in the "Additional ...
3
votes
1answer
886 views
Bind Alt-N to Nth window in byobu/screen
I've been trying to bind a shortcut to switching to a specific window in byobu, but I'm not having success. I wanted to bind Alt-(screen's number) but it's not working. I think I'm using the wrong ...
2
votes
1answer
86 views
using a byobu and disconnected session how to see message on screen
I use byobu on sh and was doing some program which was left over for at least 24 hours,
I had disconnected from the machine and logged in back after 24 hours is there a way I could see the messages ...
2
votes
1answer
455 views
Dual monitors with two Nvidia GPU's
I have two gtx 275s SLI'd, When I connect both monitors to same card it allows me to enable twinview, and it works. But when I want to connect each monitor to different cards, I lose the option of ...
2
votes
1answer
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Edges of screen cut off in Ubuntu 12.04 [duplicate]
I have a Visio 19" t.v that I am using as a high-def monitor. I am using a PCI graphics card (EVGA GeForce 8400 GS). I am using an HDMI cable to transmit the display. I have already checked and ...
2
votes
2answers
3k views
Set resolution to 1024x600 in eee pc x101CH
I tried to add the resolution with xrandr and then setting it but it gives the no gamma recognized error.
I tried with 12.04 beta and 11.10 with no results.
Also it seems that there's not much info ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
Ubuntu 10.04 cannot detect the monitor, low resolution produced, does this guide work?
I am working in office and I can't risk to format my harddisk but my screen cannot detect native resolution (using wide screen), the max resolution it provdies is 1280x1024 and I want 1440x900. I am ...
2
votes
1answer
774 views
Screen resolution not right on a new install
I have installed Ubuntu 11.10 on a small netbook. The netbook is a Packard Bell EasyNote XS with a 7-inch screen – It use to run Windows XP very badly but it runs Ubuntu quite well.
I completed the ...
2
votes
2answers
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How to change screen output to HDMI, when laptop screen is broken?
My laptop (Samsung N510) screen is broken and I've recently tried to install ubuntu 11.10. I'm planning to use the laptop with HDMI connected to my TV.
While installing from a USB stick, both laptop ...
2
votes
1answer
1k views
How to keep a bright screen with battery power? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Always be 100% bright when I'm using battery
It would seem that one would go to the power settings, and adjust the amount of time before the screen becomes dim, but ...
1
vote
1answer
632 views
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 ...
