Questions tagged [screen]
Video and resolution shown by the monitor. Do NOT use this tag for GNU SCREEN.
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Dell Inspiron 3593, Linux Ubuntu - how to change backlight PWM frequency? intel_reg read 0xC8254 doesn't work
I would like to increase screen backlight PWM frequency in Dell Inspiron 3593 with factory installed Ubuntu (this laptop, like many other Dell models, probably has only 200 Hz). I read that it can be ...
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Black screen at boot for Ubuntu MATE 20.04 beta 1 on Raspberry Pi 4
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Hello,
I have tried running Ubuntu MATE 20.04 beta 1, on my Raspberry Pi 4. During boot up, it only shows a black screen. And although the light shows activity, nothing seems to display on this ...
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setting a display scale of second monitor large than primary monitor
Display settings seems to keep the same display scale for both primary and secondary monitor displays even when you change one.
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Google Chrome window become few times wider than screen width
Google Chrome window become few times wider than screen width
So now it almost impossible to see all my tabs and part of pages contents because it now out of screen (
Screen width is 1366
When I open ...
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How to get unstuck from unwanted screen magnification mode in Kubuntu 18.04? [duplicate]
A few days ago, my display in Kubuntu 18.04.1 suddenly was magnified as if, from that time onward, a virtual display has been kept in memory which is perhaps twice as large vertically and horizontally ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 fix for chrome screen tearing
When starting chrome without window manager I notice screen tearing when watching YouTube.
This doesn't happen when I'm in Ubuntu desktop so I'm trying to track down whatever fix Ubuntu desktop ...
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Garbled Screen After Adjusting Screen Resolution
First of all: Sorry for the quality of the screenshots.
I run Ubuntu Desktop 18 on an HP DL380 G8 server.
After installation, the screen resolution is set to 1280 x 1024.
I change it to 1440 x 900, ...
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Black screen after boot Ubuntu 20.04
I installed in a new computer Ubuntu 20.04 alongside Windows 10, which I installed first, both in UEFI mode. During the installation of Ubuntu from the live USB I had to run the setup in "secure ...
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One fourth of the screen does not respond: Kubuntu 16.04 VM
I am using Kubuntu 16.04 through the Oracle VM manager. After a while after launching the VM, the part of the screen (shown on the figure below) stops responding to any mouth events. I am not sure if ...
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Virtualbox guest ubuntu mate 20.04 adjusts screen but same guest with plasma kde can not
Running virtualbox 6.1.6 on Kubuntu 20.04 I have a guest with Ubuntu Mate 20.04 and virtualbox extensions and it will adjust to my newly dragged screen dimensions. I also installed kubuntu-desktop on ...
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OBS Studio Screen, Still Comes Black When I Running Under Xorg
After a Days I Wanted To Stream My Gaming To Youtube, But I Got A Problem: My OBS Screen is Black
I have tried this:
I Have Checked My Ubuntu Session, That Won't running Under WayLand, And Its On ...
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Monitor Never Shuts Off After Upgrade to 20.04
After upgrading to 20.04 from 19.x (can't recall which), my monitor now will never shut off even though it did so without fail prior to upgrade. Automatic suspend is off (as with a previous monitor I ...
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Fixing Screen Tearing on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS w/ NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile on a PRIME Display?
I'm really new to Ubuntu and I'm having screen tearing issues whenever I use it. I changed some settings on Firefox and that improved the tearing a little bit, but the tearing is a system-wide issue, ...
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ubuntu 20.04 [change in login screen after installing lxqt]
so I installed lxqt for trying it out and after removing everything back to normal, the only thing that remains is changing this login screen back to default one.
also when I try to power off, I get ...
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How to manage screen sharing settings via cli?
I need to manage my ubuntu screen-sharing settings via cli (specifically via a puppet script). How can I set up the native screen-sharing functionaility by editing a text settings file, or some other ...
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Is there a command to replicate the screen gradually dimming before locking?
I would like to be able to adjust my monitor's brightness via the keyboard without use of xrandr. The reason for this is that I have a custom NVIDIA color profile, and using xrandr resets it.
What I'...
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Moving windows doesn't feel smooth
Recently i installed Ubuntu as the main OS after windows 10 and in noticed that while moving
opened windows doesn't feel smooth and there is a delay when the pixels moves.
I didn't install any drivers ...
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How to change login screen resolution on Ubuntu 20.04 [duplicate]
I use an LG Electronics 34" monitor, but the resolution is set by default to 1920x1080. I can set to 2560x1080 by adding the following lines in my .profile.
xrandr --newmode "2560x1080_60.00&...
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Dell xps screen warping
My computer has started having black specks all across the screen and the whole screen will warp around. It's difficult to get a good screenshot of it, but I've attached an example.
I'm using a Dell ...
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monitor calibration on 20.04?
I have been searching, but I have found nothing conclusive, about which colourmeters are supported by Ubuntu software?
Anyone with experiences in monitor-calibration on 20.04?
Any hint will be ...
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Ubuntu freezes after restart after install on old MacbookPro
Im trying to install Ubuntu 20.04 on a 2008 Macbook Pro. I can get through adding "nomodeset", selecting install ubuntu and the "install third party software" option, selecting the ...
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I'm looking for a software I can use to screen share a window with audio
I'm looking for some software I can use to share my screen with people remotely. Initially, I had intended to use discord screen share, but it won't share my computer audio. I tried using google ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS doesn't turnoff but screen turns black after login
I have Ubuntu 16.04 LTS installed for 2-3years. But recently my laptop suddenly, in middle of my work, goes dim to 0%. Even after restarting couple of times, the screen goes dim without even showing ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 black screen on booting. My laptop is HP
My laptop is hp and I'm a new user of linux OS. I have dual OS (Windows 10 and Ubuntu 20.04) for approximately 2 months now (so it's not a fresh installation problem).
Everything was ok except for a ...
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Whenever I launch Ubuntu my screen of PC starts flashing continuously
Hi I just installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my HP desktop PC and it’s dual boot with windows 10. Windows 10 runs fine but whenever I launch Ubuntu my screen of PC starts flashing continuously and it’s very ...
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Combine multiple screens to one large screen
I have a computer with 3 screens connected to an Nvidia GPU.
If I make a program to fullscreen mode, it only goes fullscreen on one of the screens.
What I try to achieve is, that the 3 separate ...
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I cannot reboot my computer, when i try to i only see a black screen
Today i installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS to my computer with dual boot. I used Ubuntu for couple hours. But after that i closed my computer and did not use it for a few hours.Now when push my computer's ...
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Laptop screen blank after suspend, though external monitors working
Laptop screen remained blank after resumed from suspend, though external monitors were working.
Could not do anything about it because 'Displays' dialogue opened on the primary screen, which was the ...
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Why is it possible to take screenshot without root privileges?
In Ubuntu, I can take a screenshot of the entire screen's content by using the 'screenshot' tool running in user space. How come that is possible? And doesn't that mean that any process can spy on the ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 suspends screen while still active
I am using Ubuntu 16.04 and even when I am working, with mouse and keyboard activity the system suspends and the login screen flashes. I changed the power option but the problem remains.
Here is the ...
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Screen Tearing on Ubuntu 20.04
I started using Ubuntu 20.04 two days ago, and this has been a nonstop issue. There would be constant screen tearing.
Now, I did come to this forum and tried the many solutions. Such as these two:
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Default alternative to Pixel Saver in Ubuntu 20.04?
Is possible to have what Pixel Saver does without using it in Ubuntu 20.04? In other words, can I fuse activity bar and title bar in a natural way without extensions?
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Unable to share my entire screen on ubuntu 20.04
I've enables screen sharing from settings. Even though I'm able to share my window and tabs through Chrome but I'm not able to share my entire screen.
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Ubuntu 20.04 server: turn off screen until I press a key
Installed Ubuntu server on a tablet. But the screen always stays on.
Can do a command:
echo -ne "\033[9;5]" > /dev/tty1
It does turn it off or at least it then goes to black. If I press ...
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Failed to put a second screen Xubuntu 20.04
I just installed Xubuntu 20.04 LTS. It is a clean installation. At the moment of connecting my second screen and then to place it as an extended screen the following happens.
Notebook
Second Screen
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split screen to more than two
if you use (super + right/left arrow) it will move the window to the right or left side of the screen and you can split the entire of your screen for two windows.
is there any way to do split the ...
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Dim screen not working on Ubuntu 20.04 , Assus A17 laptop
I have a laptop Assus TUF A17 FA706IU-H7101, nvidia card
Ubuntu 20.04 installed.
In additional drivers nvidia-driver-440 selected.
All looks good aside i cannot change the screen dim levels.
If i use ...
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Black screen after login ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 20.04
I pressed ctrl-alt-f10 twice yesterday and the screen went black. I didn't know what to do so I just restarted the computer. Now every time I login the screen just goes black. I looked ...
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Unable to install Ubuntu on a laptop with broken screen with second screen connected as alternative
I have a Toshiba Laptop with a broken screen. I was able to connect it to VGA input of LG TV. I was able to install Windows 10. Now I want to have dual boot and have Ubuntu as an option.
I made a ...
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Set custom resolution which is not native from monitor
It's possible to set custom resolution screen which is not my monitor native?
Ex: My monitor is 1366x768 and I set 1920x1080.
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Ubuntu 16.04.6 Purple Screen Stuck
I used ubuntu version 16.04.6 System Property Dual Xeon CPU
2.7 GHZ 256 GB RAM DUAL GTX 1080
Problems; As we know, server systems can be open for a long time.
I closed it 2 days to rest this week.
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Flickering screen Ubuntu 20.04
I got a HP Spectre with a 4K screen (specs) and I am currently running Ubuntu 20.04. During boot the GRUB menu is sometimes flickering. This can be so bad that it becomes impossible to read the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 only showing one screen resolution option
My settings only show one screen resolution in Ubuntu 18.04 :
xrandr -q gives one resolution, as you can see. For my second screen, many resolutions are available.
$ xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 8 x ...
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Dell XPS 9300 Running Ubuntu 20.04: screen goes blank for 2 seconds whenever there is media on chromium or a notification sound
I have the new Dell XPS 9300 running Ubuntu 20.04 and when I first boot up in the morning, certains things like video on reddit as I scroll down, or Discord/Telegram/Skype notifcation bells cause the ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 - Screen doesn't to sleep; session doesn't lock
Recently I discovered that my system doesn't let my screen go off, as in power saving mode. I have this setting right as I always did - the usual then 10 minutes.
What happens is that the screen dims ...
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My screen brightness is too low on Lenovo Thinkpad. Can hardly see what's going on
How can I increase the brightness of my laptop screen?
here is the description:
*-display
description: VGA compatible controller
product: HD Graphics 5500
vendor: Intel Corporation
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The Applications screen freezes when I open and close the folder
After upgrading to Ubuntu 20.04, the Applications screen freezes when I open and close the folder.
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Use Ubuntu 18.04 laptop as second monitor for Windows 10
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My girlfriend is a teacher and needs to use Windows to use some online teaching tools provided by the government of the country we live in, that do not work properly on Linux (I tried ...
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Ubuntu GNOME 20.04 screen/mouse keeps freezing/stuttering
Ubuntu GNOME 20.04, i7 6700, gtx 1660s, recently set to UEFI, 2-3 monitors (2 and a tv across the room for videos), proprietary nvidia driver.
For no reason I can find, my screen freezes for about .1 ...
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Dim Display in Ubuntu 20.04
i recently upgraded my HP laptop from 19.10 to 20.04 , after the upgrade my screen is always in dim display , if i watch videos in full screen , display getting correctly else dim display only. Screen ...
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