Questions tagged [screen]
Video and resolution shown by the monitor. Do NOT use this tag for GNU SCREEN.
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Screen remains blank after wake up from suspend
So, when I suspend my laptop, then wake it up later, my laptop does turn on, I'm able to, for example, turn up and down the volume with audio confirmation using the kepboard, but my screen remains ...
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Is it possible to have different DPI configurations for two different screens?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 with NVidia drivers (319) for my Quadro K2100M graphic card, and when I switch my main 3200x1800 laptop screen to mode 1920x1080 (using nvidia-settings), the display goes ...
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Cannot change brightness (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Unity)
I'm new to Linux systems in general (I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and I'm having difficulty in changing the brightness of my notebook.
When I use the Fn+F8 or Fn+F9 the brightness bar shows up but ...
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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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How to see/change screen refresh rate or monitor frequency?
My eyes hurt so I thought I should check the screen refresh rate (monitor frequency), but I couldn't find it.
Where is it? (in Ubuntu 12)
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Screen tearing in Ubuntu with Nvidia/Intel graphics
I really hope someone here can help, because I'm very close to giving up and moving back to Windows. I have an MSI GT70 Dominator with an i7-4710MQ 2.5 GHz, Intel HD 4000 (I'm pretty sure) integrated ...
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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 that it only shows about 50% of the screen, but is shows up normal while using command line.
What should I type in the command line to ...
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How to turn off screen rotation in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
In Ubuntu 17.04 there was 'Rotation' menu in Display tab. But now in new version of Ubuntu, there's still a Display tab but no more rotation menu. Now I can't turn that off again since I upgraded to ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 brightness adjust not working
I am unable to adjust brightness levels through Gnome. I had the same issue with 18.04 but it was resolved there (honestly, I can't remember how).
lspci|grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ...
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How to safely change grub2 screen resolution?
grub2 isn't really fit in the best screen resolution that my laptop can support (1280 x 800).
How can I do this without using a third party application ?
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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 to ...
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How to prevent the screen lock while watching video (Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Prime) in Ubuntu 17.10
In earlier Ubuntu versions like 16.04 and 17.04 while watching YouTube videos in full-screen mode, the screen would not get locked automatically.
In Ubuntu 17.10 while watching videos in browser, ...
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Is there any way to make a hotkey turn the screen off?
How can I make a script (or make some changes) to allow me to turn the screen off in Ubuntu (12.04) whenever I want, the way thevscreen can be turned off in Cellphones?
And how can I make a ...
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Brightness Adjustment on Desktop Computer
I have Ubuntu 12.10
I need an application/software that can increase and decrease my brightness.
I know I can do it through my pc monitor but I don't want that. I want to control it through a ...
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Brightness key not working Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
I've just installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Lenovo Z400 notebook and everything was working.
Today I tried to change the brightness of the screen and it gets dark and I can't go back.
Can anyone help me?
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Changing Screen Brightness Through Keyboard Functions on My Notebook
I've installed Ubuntu 16.04 on my Asus X555LJ.
But I don't know how to install drivers or how to enable function keys to controls screen backlight brightness.
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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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Move windows between screens in dual screen mode
I have a laptop and a 27 inch monitor. I have Qt running on one monitor and Pycharm on the other. Is there a way to make a key combination to swap all the windows between both screens. The reason is ...
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Black screen with nVidia drivers on ubuntu [duplicate]
I have: ASUS P4V800D-X Intel Pentium 4 HT 2.80GHz 2.5GB RAM 40GB HDD nVidia 9500GT
When I installed nVidia drivers downloaded from nvidia.com website (selected recommended drivers), I simply can't ...
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Output of xrandr shows 1024x768+1366+0; what does it mean and can I change it?
$ xrandr
VGA1 connected 1024x768+1366+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
I don't understand what the number 1366 in 1024x768+1366+0 represents. Can I change its value?
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Ubuntu 14.10 Aero snap in two screen horizontal setup?
I managed to get Aero snap left and right working in metacity Ubuntu 14.10 and now I would like to come up with the correct winctrl commands so that I can mimic the same effect on a two screen setup, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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Screen tearing in Xubuntu, no problem with Ubuntu
I have both Ubuntu 14.04 and Xubuntu 16.04 installed on one of my older desktops.
While both work fine, I experience screen tearing while dragging windows around in Xubuntu. However, I do not ...
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Second Screen Resolution Nvidia (Ubuntu 14.04 LTS)
Skip to bold part for problem description
Edit (After 1 year)
After Ubuntu 16.04 LTS release i am having more problems with second screen. The solution below i wrote before doesn't work. It has ...
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Screen Share Not working in Ubuntu 22.04 (In all platforms zoom, teams, google meet, anydesk , etc.,)
Ubuntu 22.04 has a bug which is we can't share our screen on any platforms.
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How to change the login screen resolution in Ubuntu 18.04
I need a way to change the boot-up and login screen resolution to 1920 x 1080 resolution. I have a 4K display on my laptop and can't read the text in the grub bootloader screen properly as they aren't ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 brightness problem (Lenovo Z500)
My brightness controls weren't working before, but I didn't really care, but somehow I lowered my screen brightness while downloading league through playonlinux. Now the brightness controls aren't ...
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How can I keep the computer awake, depending on activity?
I would like to be able to keep the computer awake during certain activities and longer running tasks, such as downloading larger files and watching full screen videos.
I like using Caffeine to keep ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 Screen lock not working and grey
The screen lock is not working, it does not lock the screen (no password required).
I would like it to prompt for a password every time the screen locks (clock screen).
All instructions tells me to ...
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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 (...
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Graphical glitches using Ubuntu 18.04 on Dell XPS 13 2019 laptop
My laptop keeps on having weird screen glitches, sometimes for a second, and that goes away just by moving the cursor, sometimes, making me restart the whole thing.
I could still use the play/pause ...
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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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How to Record Screen and internal Audio?
Is there a way to record my screen, as well as the internal audio? Like, if I were recording a game, it would record the screen, and the sounds from the game.
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Ubuntu 22.04 any screen recorders not working. Showing black screen only!
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04(also 21.04). I used to install obs studio and Kazam to record my screen. In OBS-Studio if I select only window recording it records but the fullscreen option is not ...
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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 ...
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How to prevent my screens from turning off, when the screen is locked?
I would like to have my screen fully powered at all times, but it goes to standby once I lock my PC.
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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 ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 screen resolution too low (SiS 671 graphics card)
I just installed Ubuntu 14.04 but my screen resolution is set too low: I tried to add a new one but i keep getting
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
I tried :
$ xrandr -q
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How to adjust screen settings: contrast, color saturation, etc
using Xubuntu 14.04 with a HP mini notebook.
I can't seem to find any program to adjust screen settings: contrast, brightness, and more importantly: color saturation, tint and gamma.
Thanks ...
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Brightness doesn't change on Dell XPS15 9550 with 16.04
If I try to change screen brightness on my Dell XPS15 with Fn + F11 or Fn + F12 or in the System Settings Dialogue, nothing happens. The bar indicating the screen brightness changes but the screen ...
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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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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 ...
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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 ...
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How to Access Boot Options 12.04 Live USB
EDIT: I've now gotten to the point where I can type in a boot line. I just need to know what to enter. Does anybody know what the default boot line for the Ubuntu Live CD is? After that I think I just ...
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How do I make the F-keys work in byobu, for midnight commander (mc), htop, etc?
I use byobu with the tmux backend on my 12.04 server. I'd like to use the midnight commander shortcut keys with it, but the F keys don't work.
I've seen some posts on the issues here:
https://bugs....
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Flickering screen with Intel graphics on Ubuntu 17.04 [closed]
On a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 I have problems with the screen flickering, going black for extended periods of time (~10 seconds) as well as "hot pixels" on the home screen and in some ...
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Night light and Redshift don't work
I installed Ubuntu on a disk partition just two days ago and everything work like a charm. The only problem I'm having is with the screen temperature color. In Windows I use f.lux and I set the color ...
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Fuzzy static Noise Screen after awakening from suspend
Since one of the recent Ubuntu updates in December 2021, when I awake my laptop by opening the lid OR when I disconnect it from an external monitor, the screen is showing static noise and must be ...
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Upside down mouse cursor and inverted position on Ubuntu 18.04
I just did a clean installation of Ubuntu 18.04.1 on a tablet which was previously running Ubuntu 17.10. Back then just after the installation the screen was rotated, but I was able to get it to work (...
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