Questions tagged [display]
Questions related to hardware displays, either internal (as in a laptop) or external (as in most desktop monitors, or projectors)
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Miracast on Ubuntu, Wifi-Direct or dongle?
I am new to using linux, and don't expect an answer to this with certainty, but just whether it is likely to work, because I'm not sure if I understand the basic concepts correctly. Someone familiar ...
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no display in ubuntu after it goes to sleep or monitor lid closed
I have Ubuntu 20.04 installed on my HP Pavilion G series laptop. I have a problem that whenever I close lid of my laptop or laptop goes to sleep, there is no display after lid is reopened or keys are ...
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Dell Inspiron 16 and Philips Monitor not collaborating correctly in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a second monitor from Philips connected via HDMI to my Dell Inspiron 16. Various join display settings work in Windows 11, but not in Ubuntu 20.04.
When I use the setting "Mirror", ...
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USB install Ubuntu 22.04 display resolution fixed to 860x640, not able to show full installation page so not able to continue
I'm trying to USB install Ubuntu 22.04 on an Intel NUC Extreme 13, however the resolution is fixed to 860x640 and cannot be changed. As a result I'm not able to show the full installation page, ...
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Refresh rate locked at 60hz on lenovo laptop
I recently installed kubuntu 23.04 on this laptop which supports 120hz on my laptop screen but in display configuration it says it only supports 60hz. I tried wayland and x11.
This is the output of ...
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Display and boot problem with Ubuntu 20.04
Booting screen
Hello.
My Ubuntu today was stuck at 640x480 (4:3) resolution and I couldn't get it higher as there was no other options than 4:3 (I was at 1920x1080 2 days ago, haven't touched it since,...
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Setting a monitoring display with 4 monitors automaticaly
Good evening.
I'm trying to create a monitoring display on Ubuntu 23.04 Gnome interface using 4 (2x2) monitors. The idea is to when the machine is powered on, each terminal, browser and software is to ...
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How to swap Primary Monitor with a keybind?
I am using Ubuntu 22.04 with GNOME, and would like to be able to change which of my 2 monitors is currently the Primary Display, using a keybind. I can't seem to figure out how to do it, and the ...
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Ubuntu 23.04 built-in monitor and external monitor proportion is wrong
I just installed Ubuntu 23.04 on my new laptop (Asus vivobook 14").
When I connect my external monitor (AOC 27B1H 27"), it seems like Ubuntu gets the monitor sizes wrong - monitor 1 - built-...
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Duplicate closed lid behaviour having the laptop lid open?
How to duplicate the closed lid behaviour while having the laptop lid open?
Wish to have display off on demand when running certain apps, with a remote screen.
$ xrandr --output --off
This command ...
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Nvidia RTX 2060 Max Q - Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
What is the correct way to install the proprietary drivers for the Nvidia RTX 2060 Max Q?
Right now, I am using the open source nouveau drivers. But in the past, when I tried from the GUI the other ...
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Slow screen sharing with zoom, google meet, etc
"Screen sharing" with zoom meetings, or google meet (on chrome or firefox) it is seriously slow. Both on wayland, and xorg. Using the open source nouveau drivers, or the proprietary nvidia ...
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Docking station/xrandr/multiple monitors, is it possible to combine monitors?
I have connected three monitors to my docking station. Two using display port and one using HDMI. Docking station connects to laptop using USB-C connector. All other inputs such as network, mouse and ...
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Dual monitors not working on Ubuntu 22.04
I have trying to run 2 4K monitors from an HP t630 thin client. It has 2 display ports.
With some trouble I got it working on the monitors at my desk but when plugging in to the wall mounted monitors ...
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Split Screen Ubuntu 22.04
I am new t the Linux Ubuntu world. I am try to get two screens on my 29 wide lg monitor.
the split screens would be use to work on two different projects. Both need to have the menu bar to the left. I ...
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Mouse cursor inverted on 2-in-1 laptop
I’ve got this pretty crappy chinese 2-in-1 laptop from ALLDOCUBE that has a recurring problem when trying to install any kind of Ubuntu on it. The screen is displayed sideways in the beginning and I ...
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How can i use my Windows 11 Laptop as an extended screen to my Linux Ubuntu laptop [closed]
How can i use my Windows 11 Laptop as an extended screen to my Linux Ubuntu laptop? i want to use the windows screen cast feature but i don't seem to find anything like it in Ubuntu?
help will be ...
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How to add a second display screen on Ubuntu 20.04
After updating the software, the system cannot detect HDMI or TGA of the second display.
This is terminal:
Displays:
Additional Drivers:
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After update monitor is saying "current timing does not match"
I have a dell system with dell monitor. After updating ubuntu monitor is saying "Current timings do not match. Please change to 1920*1080 60Hz. When I connect this monitor to other systems it ...
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default color profile for displays
I'm wondering if there's a config parameter or a terminal command that can set all and any future displays that are connected to use an sRGB color calibration profile.
I have a computer that has a ...
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How to turn off laptop monitor using command line in Wayland?
I am using Kubuntu 23.04 with Wayland.
I found this answer, which works in two other computers running (Kubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu MATE 22.04) X.Org, but this does not seem to work in my Wayland ...
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Rescale a QT app to fit a smaller screen
I have to use a QT app developed by a third party. Unfortunately, it does not fit the screen(s) of the computer that I use (with Ubuntu 22). I cannot access all the features of this app simply because ...
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Ubuntu cannot detect second monitor
I just got two monitors connected to my laptop via an adapter. One is a DVI to HDMI, and the other one is VGA to VGA to the adaptor.
But in the display setting, it doesn't detect the second monitor ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 suddenly no display, keyboard, mouse, or GRUB
My Asus Vivobook that runs Ubuntu 22.04 suddenly stopped working with no trigger event. I'm unable to resume from sleep mode after allowing the computer to be idle with the lid/screen up. After many ...
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What software is available to dim the screen brightness and contrast?
Is there any software for Ubuntu 22.04 to dim the screen with control over hue, gamma, saturation, brigthness and contrast?
I work in this desktop environment 10 hours a day so I need a low level of ...
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Laptop display not working after suspend mode
After waking up from sleep mode the display is not working, but the keyboard, backlight is working fine. Changing the volume by Fn+F3, like for example, making noise, tells me that everything is OK ...
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Mouse pointer stuck and not working properly
I have a problem with lunar distro.
The mouse pointer is shivering and stuck most of the time. A rboot fix it for 10 min and starts again. Below is my distro details.
PRETTY_NAME="Ubuntu 23.04&...
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Ubuntu Server screen gets dark and shows 'no signal' after successful boot
We install Ubuntu LTS Sever editions like 16.04/18.04/20.04/22.04 on Dell/IBM/HP servers, after these Ubuntu servers boot successfully, as usual, the screen will show messages like below:
Ubuntu 20.04 ...
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Any custom resulution in ubuntu 22.04 doesnt work
I want to use custom resolution on my ubuntu, i have tried using cvt and umc,and i can select and use custom resolutions in my settings. The problem is that my display starting lagging and flashing ...
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How can I use my old laptop as a virtual monitor for my main laptop? both are running ubuntu 20.04
I am looking for a simple way to use my old laptop as a second monitor for my main computer, this would be very useful to me.
I'm not that tech savvy that's why I said a simple way, or maybe a very ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.6 external display doesn't work on my new laptop
I got a new XPS 15 9530 with following specs;
i9 13th gen
RTX 4070
3.5k OLED Display
I turned off secure boot and install Ubuntu 20.04.6 and I keep facing some problems. I think I have a driver ...
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External Display (HDMI) Not Working After 22.04 update
I was using Ubuntu 22.04 fine some 30 minutes back. There was an Update prompt which I accepted, it asked for a restart when finished. But after that, my Samsung External monitor through HDMI is not ...
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Ubuntu 20.04.6 on Virtualbox: Error - can't open display
Currently using Ubuntu installed on Virtualbox with Windows 7 as the main system. Was going through some ROS basics with rosrun turtlesim turtelsim_node and got errors like:
qt.qpa.xcb: could not ...
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How to create a script to change the screen resolution? (Wayland)
I just want to make a script to change my screen resolution. I found many guides to do that, but all of them are made for Xorg Display Server users and i could't find one for Wayland. My question is, ...
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Xorg: Changing display resolution manually via xorg config file
I am using Ubuntu 22.10
I want to: set my display resolution to 1080p using xorg config file as xrandr didn't work for me.
Solution worked before:
In /usr/lib/X11/xorg.conf.d/10.nvidia.* i changed the ...
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Trying to adjust screen scaling on low dpi monitor, but xrandr breaks the entire display
So I'm running a PC on Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, with 2 monitors, and I recently got gifted an old TV that I decided to set up as a third screen, but I'm having a massive headache trying to set it up. At ...
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Xubuntu - Second monitor not recognised by OS - xrandr addmode kinda works
Igel H830C have one display port and one DVI-I port. I have connected two monitors via adapters (HDMI to DVI-I and HDMI to display port).
Monitor (DELL U2520D) is working without any problems.
However ...
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Ubuntu with Thunderbolt Dock - Won't initialize thunderbolt unless HDMI plugged in
Ubuntu 22.04 - Dell WD22TB4 dock. Intel Xe graphics on 12h Gen i5 NUC.
Ubuntu only seems to initialize the thunderbolt display output if an HDMI output is connected at some point.
Boot with just ...
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HP Envy x360 Display Won't Turn On When Lid Closed
I have Ubuntu 22.10 installed on my HP Envy x360 laptop. I love the OS and have adopted it as my main partition since I'm a programmer and it really helps me with development. However, when I close ...
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Ubuntu Core and Frame with elo touch 7inch display
Ubuntu Desktop works well with usb elo touch 7inch display, However moving to Ubuntu Core and Frame the USB elo monitor is NOT recognized.
My question is has anyone tried to interface Core and Frame ...
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Second monitor maxed at 1024 x 768
I've recently moved from Mint to Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS because of a problem I encountered with my Nvidia graphics card. Happy enough, but decided to upgrade my card to an XFX R9 360.
I researched to ...
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Blurry, distored, unreadable snap apps
I've just run into issues with some of the applications on Ubuntu. The two that I've first noticed were Firefox and later Spotify. Tried uninstalling and reinstalling, no change. As the title says, ...
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One external monitor behaving strangly after installing NVidia Cuda
My hardware is a HP Victus laptop with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 running Ubuntu 22.04. I installed Cuda which installed the 530.30.02 driver. My display setup has 3 monitors all running at 60Hz:
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Screen flickering in Ubuntu 22.04
I have weird screen flickering both with redshift and the night mode in Ubuntu 22.04. Whenever the light starts changing, the screen starts flickering from time to time.
This is the sudo lshw -c video ...
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How do fix "(mousepad:1215): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:13:19.730: cannot open display: :0" error?
When I tried to run this command "sudo mousepad /boot/config.txt" then analog@analog notice an error like this "(mousepad:1215): Gtk-WARNING **: 12:13:19.730: cannot open display: :0&...
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Ubuntu problem with external monitor resolution greater than 1920x1080
I have a Dell i7 iRis xe Graphics notebook with Ubuntu 22.04 and I can't put a resolution higher than 1920x1080 on the external monitor
I have searched the entire forum, apart from using chatgpt to ...
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How can I instruct Ubuntu to launch VLC using my integrated (Intel) GPU instead of my default NVIDIA GPU?
I have my NVIDIA GPU set as the default within Ubuntu 22.04, since I wasn't able to get my external monitor to work otherwise. However, I am having trouble getting VLC to play videos correctly using ...
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White boundary at the bottom of screen
I can't get a screenshot of it but I have a white rectangular area at the bottom of my screen and it does not go away. It is preventing me from looking at what I am typing at the bottom of the screen ....
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Ubuntu 22.04 switching between dual displays/single display
I connect my Ubuntu 22.04 PC to 2 monitors A and B and set it to "Join Displays" mode. Then I switch monitor A to another input source (e.g., a Windows PC). However, the Ubuntu still ...
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Rotate second monitor on the left side using shortcut
I had my second monitor on the right side of my laptop before, and I had no problem rotating the second monitor using keyboard shortcuts. The commands I use are:
xrandr --output HDMI-1 --rotate left
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