Official configuration utility for x.org.
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Lubuntu 13.04 cannot set display resolution, windows invisible, huge mouse cursor
I've been using Lubuntu 12.04 on a somewhat unusual multi-display configuration; 3 displays arranged horizontally, and a fourth centred above them. This had been working fine in 12.04, but when ...
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xrandr reports size “not found in available modes” when coming from wine
My monitor's native resolution is 1680x1050. I can switch to another resolution with
xrandr -s 1280x960
and then switch back with
xrandr -s 1680x1050
without a problem.
However, if I run XCOM: ...
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1answer
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Why can't I get a screen resolution higher than 1024x768
I recently built a computer and instead of putting windows 7 on it I put Ubuntu 13.04.
I'm too cheap to buy a graphics card so, I'm using my built-in Intel G41 and the only screen resolution I can ...
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Can I force VGA signal output even when xrandr shows 'disconnected'?
My notebook is connected to a HDTV through a KVM Switch (one other notebook also connected to the same HDTV). The problem seems to be that Ubuntu doesn't recognize the HDTV to be turned on and ...
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xrandr-VGA1 add and remove
I need help
I'm using ubuntu 13.04 on Dell Inspiron 1545
Mobile Intel® GM45 Express Chipset x86/MMX/SSE2
VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset
Integrated Graphics ...
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57 views
Can't set resolution to 720p on my 1080p display
My display is a cheap ASUS VE248 that supports 1080p. But it's having some problems with 720p. And guess what. Yeah, I want to set it to 720p.
The reasoning behind this that you probably don't want ...
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1answer
212 views
How to change the screen resolution in VNC viewer for Ubuntu 12.04 without a monitor?
I have Ubuntu 12.04 installed on a machine and I always use it remotely from VNC.
When I have monitor connected to this machine, I can change the resolution of my VNC viewer in the following line:
...
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1answer
66 views
No title bar, window bored or unity launcher in 12.10 after xrandr
-hey guys, need some serious help.
Yesterday I was playing around with xrandr to try to get an HDMI TV to work properly without having over scan/ under scan as I have an Intel graphic chip and could ...
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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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0answers
2k views
How to set the monitor to its native resolution when xrandr approach isn't working?
I am trying to setup my Samsung syncmaster B2030 monitor in ubuntu 12.04. It's native resolution is 1600x900 which I am not getting in ubuntu and which I am trying to get.
I tried using xrandr ...
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3answers
4k views
How do I set resolution to 1440x900 with Nvidia?
I have an Nvidia GeForce 9800 GT card and suddenly after some recent updates on 12.04, I am unable to get my resolution higher than 1024x768. It used to be 1440x900. I have tried uninstalling and ...
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Use arandr keybindings without metacity?
I use the arandr program (a GUI on top of xrandr) to switch between various monitor layouts quickly and easily. I find its less buggy than Ubuntu's displays application.
One of the features of ...
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215 views
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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0answers
194 views
xrandr is detecting the wrong minimum / maximum resolutions?
xrandr output
$ xrandr
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 1920 x 1200, current 1920 x 1200, maximum 1920 x 1200
default connected 1920x1200+0+0 0mm x 0mm
...
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1answer
124 views
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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Custom display settings with Lubuntu? [duplicate]
I am having a hard time with this HP Mini 210 1000 netbook. The screen just stretched out all of a sudden, forcing a resolution (1024x768) which is higher than the display's actual resolution ...
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1answer
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configure modeline Ubuntu 12.04
I am running Ubuntu 12.04.2 in dual boot with Windows 7 on the same drive.
In Windows, I customize my refresh rate for my 2nd monitor with the program powerstrip. When I export my Linux modeline and ...
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1answer
280 views
xrandr ignores setting DPI (Zenbook running 12.10)
I recently got a Zenbook Prime and installed ubuntu. Following The tips at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AsusZenbook worked out pretty well.
Only one problem remains: I can not set the DPI.
I ...
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3answers
186 views
How do I change the backlight brightness on an iMac 12,2?
Problem: I can't adjust the brightness of my iMac and it's killing me. (My eyes! The goggles do nothing!).
Has anyone gotten this to work?
-Booting with rEFIt 0.14
-Product Name: iMac12,2
...
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1answer
75 views
Possible to run a script when something plugged in / disconnected from Mini DisplayPort?
In /etc/acpi/ there are several scripts that can be customized to do something when a particular event happens on your physical computer, like the lid.sh script which is called when the laptop lid is ...
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0answers
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Restore monitor settings (turn 2nd monitor back on)
I have a program which does not quite play nice: it's a fullscreen program, and when it starts, it turns off all monitors except the primary monitor.
Is there some way to for instance create a start ...
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0answers
22 views
Glitchy display with extended display rotated
I have a laptop running Xubuntu 12.10, with an Ati 7970M and a second monitor in a vertical orientation. I cannot seem to orient it to be two adjacent displays without it glitching. If I rotate the ...
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0answers
1k views
Laptop monitor stopped working and can't be re-enabled on a Dell Latitude E6410 [closed]
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 (upgraded from 11.10), everything seemed to work fine until today when my laptop monitor suddenly stopped working.
Here are the facts:
My laptop is a Dell Latitude E6410, Intel ...
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1answer
69 views
Why is xrandr reporting a resolution just above the maximum (native) resolution?
I have a bizarre issue with a Lenovo e430 laptop.
The LCD display is 1366x768, but for some reason it always starts with a resolution of 1368x768. This 2px overscan makes things jump all over the ...
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1answer
84 views
xrandr three screens
I have 2 cards and three screens. I got them working before after a lot of difficulty. The solution was to add a setting to the boot config to increase memory allowed for display. Then, I had to do a ...
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1answer
182 views
Unable to change the refresh rate to 60hz with xrandr
My monitor supports 1920×1080 @ 60hz (LG W2486L) and graphic card (GeForce 9400 GT)
using Ubuntu 12.04.
When I type xrandr -q I get this:
xrandr -q
xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output ...
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1answer
505 views
How to change the screen resolution of the virtual console on an external VGA?
I've found helpful solutions to randr problems on the regular GUI (Ctrl+Alt+F7) but this question is about resizing the virtual console, which doesn't have good google results.
I've been using arandr ...
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0answers
111 views
How do i remove the resolution which shows by xrandr?
I tried to remove using xrandr --rmmode or --delmode output name but it fails. How do i remove it then??
HDMI-1 connected 1280x720+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
...
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0answers
176 views
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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116 views
Openbox-desktop in Lubuntu alongside with “normal” desktop
I have two monitors and use shall script for xrandr on startup:
xrandr --output DVI-1 --mode 1920x1080 --pos 1024x0 --rotate normal
xrandr --output DVI-0 --mode 1024x768 --pos 0x312 --rotate normal
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122 views
XRandR not found with NVidia driver
I am running two monitors in Xinerama, left and right. I cannot convince the NVidia drivers to rotate the right screen, and XRandR will not run, stating "RandR extension missing".
I am running Xorg ...
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0answers
74 views
Third monitor doesnt detected in Lucid
I have trouble to madee my third display(15" DELL E151FPp, conected to nvidia via VGA cable(without driver instaled, an on motherboard graphic adapter)) work in addition to an ati pci-e card with two ...
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0answers
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xrandr config not loading properly at startup from .xprofile
I'm using xrandr to rescale the resolution on a netbook (Ubuntu 12.10). When I run the following command it works fine:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x720 --scale 1.25x1.2
...
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1answer
61 views
How to properly get screen rotation programmatically?
I need to programatically obtain screen rotation. I'm using Qt and the X extension XRandr. I'm trying the following:
Display *dpy;
Window root;
XRRScreenConfiguration *conf;
Rotation rotation;
int ...
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votes
3answers
2k views
GDBus.Error when trying to enable second screen
I connected an external screen to my laptop, but my desktop didn't automagically extend to it, as it used to do about a year ago (older version of Ubuntu).
I went to the display settings. The screen ...
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0answers
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How to enable overscan compensation in the i915 driver?
Does the i915 driver support "overscan compensation"? If so, how can I enable it?
EDIT: Or is there any other driver for Intel's HD4000 graphic that supports "overscan compensation"?
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votes
2answers
1k views
Upgrade won't allow second display to go to 1920x1080
I just upgraded to 10.10 last night and I'm having issues now with dual display from my laptop dock. This was working in the previous release with a manual xrandr command:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --off ...
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votes
0answers
66 views
Untiy, resolution 800x600 and VNC
I have a tablet with 800x600 resolution. And I want to use it through VNC with my Ubuntu PC. Unity have a bug/feature that when resolution set to 800x600 dash gets bigger than a screen, and user ...
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0answers
29 views
Changing resolution remotely and removing screenmodes
I have a monitor I use (well actually a widescreen TV) that handles 1920x1080 with no issues, however it can't seem to display common low screenmodes like 800x600. I've found that some older games ...
5
votes
4answers
4k views
Dual Monitor: Second Screen is Rotated. Ubuntu 12.04 Precise
I have a laptop connected to a second monitor using a vga port. No proprietary drivers used. When I go to System Preferences --> Monitor and I turn that on it doesn't look as it should, and it's ...
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0answers
216 views
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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vote
0answers
83 views
How do I enable a third display with my setup?
I've been able to extend my monitor onto two displays at once, but I can't get it to work with three. When I use the System Settings > Display, it gives me the following error when I try to output to ...
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1answer
164 views
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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0answers
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How to get 640x400 out of an ATI HD5670?
I am trying to get 640x400 out of an ATI HD5670, the card is connected via VGA to an old ~1996 TuTCybermax VR headset. Goggling around tells me something like this should work:
$ gtf 640 400 60
# ...
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0answers
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USB2VGA device not listed as output device
When I type xrandr the usb2vga device "Magic Control Technology Corp. (USB2VGA dongle)" does not show up.
A reboot with the device plugged in doesn't change it.
The kernel.log shows that it has been ...
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0answers
200 views
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.
...
2
votes
1answer
446 views
Monitor resolution problem (nouveau-driver, 32-bit Ubuntu 12.04.1)
All of a sudden the system changed the screen resolution to 1240x768. I have an AOC 931 Swl with optimal resolution: 1366x768 (60 Hz).
outputs:
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x ...
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1answer
413 views
How to setup an extetended monitor with Xrandr on my Acer Aspire One?
I'm trying to setup an external monitor to extend my desktop for my Acer Aspire One Netbook running Ubuntu 10.10. It is running an Atom N2600 with an Intel Integrated Graphics Controller.
lspci | ...
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1answer
924 views
Xconfig xrandr badmatch
Recently I minimal installed my OS, but got an unexpected error while setting my monitor resolution. it seems like a very old problem, but this time there are something else(I think).
to install the ...
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10answers
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How can I make xrandr customization permanent?
I used to edit the startup script for the GDM (/etc/gdm/Init/Default) for to change permanently my display resolution . But how can I do this with the LigthDM in Ubuntu Oneiric? Thanks.
