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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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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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Is there a way to disable laptop LCD on startup when external monitor is connected
Am running 12.04 and Gnome Shell with a Thinkpad X201 laptop and docking station. When I start the Thinkpad in the docking station with the lid closed, Ubuntu is recognizes that the external monitor ...
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External display, windows are moving to external display
I use external display with lenovo w520,
I am running it with following script
xrandr --output LVDS1 --auto --primary --output VIRTUAL --mode 1920x1200 --left-of LVDS1
optirun screenclone -d :8 -x 1
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What does mean “xrandr” doesn't see second monitor?
I have plugged external monitor 17" to netbook and even have distortion picture, but xrandr doesn't see second screen, only default monitor.
GMA500 issue own of resolution is correct now by wiki ...
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“xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed” when trying to change resolution on external monitor
I've been trying to set up an external monitor for a bit, finally got it mostly working except the resolution is off. My monitor's native res is 1600x900, which I finally got to show up in xrandr:
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Trying to hook up an external monitor to netbook
When I plug the external monitor up to my netbook it isn't found. I restart with them connected and it displays on the external monitor, but in the wrong resolution, shifted ~100 pixels to the right, ...
