Questions tagged [monitor]
Questions that relate to the electronic display (sometimes called a visual display unit) for computers. Typically questions relate to visual issues such as flickering, resolution, black-screens together with the usage of single and multiple displays.
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Ubuntu 22.04 stocks with 60 HZ Resolution option (Monitor supports up to 120)
I formatted my laptop today (dell g7 with Nvidia 1050 TI 4GB graphics chip).
Was using ubuntu 20.04 for 3 years now and everything was going fine, but on the new install (22.04) the laptop monitor ...
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I got a new monitor, and now an LED light on my motherboard turns on after a while after reboots
I replaced my two 1080p monitors with a single 4k monitor.
It looks great. I am using it now to type this.
It uses the DisplayPort (DP) out on my motherboard, where I am using the integrated Intel ...
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Moving window to smaller monitor: in 23.04 the window needs to be small enough to fit within the smaller monitor
In Xubuntu 22.10 I could drag a program/window from my main (large) monitor to either of my (same sized) smaller monitors, and it didn't matter what size the program/window originally was. If larger ...
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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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1440p monitor work only as 440p (AMD Ryzen 5 7600 as GPU)
I have troubles with my monitor resolution it only work in 440p. I install amdgpu drivers from AMD web site (I tried pro and open source). I use Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS.
Monitor: Asus rog swift PG278Q (...
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How to select a higher resolution? Ubuntu is stuck at very low resolution
screenshot as:
and:
However, that resolution is woefully low. How is a higher resolution selected?
Previously, rebooting fixed the resolution problem. Now, it's stuck at the "highest" ...
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Full storage without reason and not working
I have an Ubuntu OS in VMware, and Worked with it for about 3 months.
Although its disk had 100GB space for data, recently its performance became low and after rebooting the OS it's not working and ...
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Ubuntu 20.04; how to import a color profile
I'd appreciate help to find a description that actually works for 20.04 as these three pages have the same text:
https://help.ubuntu.com/20.04/ubuntu-help/color-howtoimport.html.en
https://help....
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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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Headphones selected as sound output device but sound comes from monitor
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I am on Ubuntu 20.04 and have selected my Headphones as output devices but sound comes from monitor. I hear nothing with my headphones which worked previously. I have ...
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"Overclocking" monitor refresh rates
On windows, using custom resolution utility, i can get up to 90Hz on my laptop screen.
How to attain 90Hz on ubuntu? xrandr doesnt shaw any 90Hz presets because my screen is 60Hz but can run upto 90Hz....
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fix "out of range" monitor error while installing ubuntu 22
i tried to install Ubuntu 22 on my old computer
on instantiation screen when i select try/install Ubuntu 22 i will see monitor error "out of range"
When I press enter, the error message ...
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1440p 144hz monitor stuck at 60hz
I have a 1440p 144hz monitor connected to my system via HDMI. My CPU is an intel i5 10400 in an ROG Strix z490i motherboard. I don't have a dedicated graphics card so I am just running off of ...
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Ultra wide monitor spit vertical different size
I have an ultrawide 34" monitor.
Working on Ubuntu 22.04.2LTS in Wayland.
I want to have the left part of the monitor the primary part and the right side the secondary.
So I want to split vertical, ...
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How to interrogage a graphics card from Wayland?
In the context of generally troubleshooting Wayland, for this given graphics card:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 2nd ...
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Lenovo LS2223WC monitor low resolusion
My fresh Ubuntu 22.04 installation is not OK with Lenovo LS2223WC monitor.
Its maximum available resolution is 1024x728.
While it happens higher resolutions with other monitors, I wonder if it is a ...
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Why are more display resolutions now available from Wayland?
The modes being picked up for setting the display resolution are now correct following a reboot:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/modes
1920x1080
1600x900
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Is there a Wayland diagnostic to check for supported display resolutions?
So far as I can tell, the listed resolutions:
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@mordor:~$ cat /sys/class/drm/card0/card0-VGA-1/modes
1024x768
800x600
800x600
848x480
640x480
nicholas@mordor:~$
nicholas@...
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where are monitor settings for jammy?
I've looked in ~/.config/ but see no monitor settings.
Just looking to change the resolution as it's quite squished after using loginctl to logout a user.
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Increasing screen resolution in X11 and solving it with xrandr
I am using X11 on Ubuntu 22.04
I am trying to configure my big flatscreen as a monitor, connected by a HDMI cable. The picture is very inaccurate. Unfortunately I only get a resolution of 1920x1080. I ...
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Applying Gnome Wayland display settings monitors.xml via automation / command-line?
Basically, I want to automate changing display settings manually in Gnome Settings. If I am not wrong, it seems that the settings is stored in ~/.config/monitors.xml. So, I guess I could create ...
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Display DPI changing when wakeup from sleep
I'm having an issue where after my monitors wake from sleep, the DPI is changing to 96x96 from the default 109x110(set by nvidia edid detection). I am running dual monitors, one 3440x1440 and one ...
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Primary display is fixed to built-in when using external monitors
After the latest updates to Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS installed circa end of Jan 2023 (Dell Precision 7530 32GB core i9-8950HK 2.90 x 12. NVidia GP104GLM Quadro P3200 Mobile with 2 external monitors) system ...
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After update, second monitor doesn't seem to get recognized on startup
I am dual booting Ubuntu 22.04.1 on a Lenovo laptop. I have an external monitor that I use as my primary display. Up until a month or two ago, everything was working fine. I would start up my computer,...
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Ubuntu 22.10 not showing secondary screen option [duplicate]
I have recently update to 22.10 from 22.04 and can not connect secondary monitor as its not detecting and also does not have have select display option to change display settings.
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How to resolve monitor source detection issues when two monitors are shared between two computers?
In the past I had 2 Dell monitors shared between two computers and active input detection was working seamlessly with those monitors:
If I had both monitors connected to my Ubuntu machine
And ...
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Changing back to 1920x1080 not working after switching to 1280x1024
I went to displays in settings and switched by resolution to 1280x1024. Now I can't switch out of it. I was in resolution 1920x1080 but I can't go back. If I plug it into another HDMI slot it goes ...
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Ubuntu only works with one screen (22.04 LTS)
I changed something in the monitors.xml file located at /var/lib/gdm3/.config (I created it there before because my login screen was on the wrong monitor, I have two screens. This worked perfectly ...
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HDMI output sound cuts in after period of dormant sound
I have my speakers Logitech Z333 plugged in to my LG 32GK650F-B monitor, and when sound isn't active for a period of time it take some time before sound kicks in to the speakers. I notice slack ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 monitor resolution problem
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on my old desktop pc.
My monitor is an old Samsung P2270HD, which is a 1920x1080, connected via HDMI to a Radeon HD5770.
Resolutions up to 1920x1080 (16:9) shows ...
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inconsistent cursor size over certain apps/windows
when hovering over certain apps, specifically obs studio and the thinkorswim desktop app, my mouse mouse cursor becomes enlarged until i hover/enter out of focus of that window.
in this first photo, ...
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Make Monitor USB ports work with Ubuntu via HDMI cable?
I have Monitor that has 2 USB ports and also have laptop (Ubuntu) and PC desktop (Windows). I use Displayport cable to connect Windows (also tried using HDMI on windows. USB ports work out of the box ...
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Cannot connect to external monitors, resume from suspend on Ubuntu 22.04
I am on a Metabox Alpha-V V158PNK, with NVIDIA RTX 3050Ti. I have had several issues with a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 (dual-boot with Windows 11).
I am able to boot when using nvidia-driver-525 (...
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unwanted screen blanking with after 'waking up' these strange vertical line(s) with weird characters moving along (photo)
My Lubuntu 22.04 LTS laptop should not go into screen blanking as I have disabled this, but it still happens after a period of inactivity. My system is a Notebook MEDION AKOYA S4220 (MD 99660) with ...
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Monitor receives no signal in GUI mode
This weird problem might not concerns Ubuntu, but is rather only solvable from Ubuntu.
Setup:
New ThinkStation with empty disks, cpu=i9-12900K, gpu=NVIDIA RTX A4000
Ubuntu 22.04 live USB plugged in
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KScreen pop-up when TV is plugged in for the second time
Is there a way to get this pop-up to come up every time I plug in a monitor? it happens when I plug in a monitor for the first time, but when I unplug and then plug it back in this popup doesn't show ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 Static sound from monitor
I have a Samsung C24F390FHU monitor connected to my laptop via HDMI cable. Monitor also has an audio output, but it doesn't work.
There is constant static and buzzing sound coming from the monitor. It ...
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Can not use external monitor
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I connect my monitor to the laptop with a USB-C to a hub and then with HDMI.
The laptop thinks there is a monitor but the monitor don't receive any signal/data.
I use a dual-boot. when I am ...
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Lubuntu 20.04 keeps trying to use two monitors even if a secondary monitor is unplugged, settings reset after reboot
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I used to use a second monitor ages ago, but I do not use it anymore. I never want again to use a second monitor.
The second phantom non-existing unplugged monitor is used by default ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 second monitor not detected anymore
My Ubuntu 22.04 was working very good with 2 monitors but one day a let my pc on, to next day, after this and I restarted my pc and my second monitor(vga) not was recognized. I had the same problem ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 cannot now detect 2nd monitor
Ubuntu 22.04 was working perfectly with 2 monitors, since last weekend I connected one to windows laptop and configured 1 display on Ubuntu. Now whatever I do I cannot get back to 2 monitors, it just ...
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Possible problem with monitor Samsung LS34J550WQRXEN
ive bought recently i new monitor: Samsung LS34J550WQRXEN 34" LED UltraWide QHD FreeSync.
The problem is that ive two issues, and i dont know if its a problem or the way it is:
1 - When i start ...
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How to monitor a growing log file for specific string and print the line to terminal in realtime?
For example. I have nohup.out.log file which is growing over time. I want to monitor this file and check if the string test error occurs in this file and print the corresponding lines to terminal or ...
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Crop one monitor to subset of physical resolution
I have three monitors, all 1920×1200.
I need one monitor (either 2 or 3, above) to use a subset of the pixels, 1624×1092. I need this so that a specific application that launches fullscreen will be ...
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Built in Camera in Dell C3422WE not recognized Ubuntu 22.04
I have a Dell Monitor C3422WE with a built-in camera and microphone (for video calls).
I have a fresh install of Ubuntu 22.04 with an Nvidia driver. The Nvidia card is connected to the monitor via ...
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Ubuntu 22 VGA Monitor won't Display Login Screen, but Works Afterwards
System:
Motherboard: ASRock B450M Pro4
CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
Graphics: GeForce GTX 970
Monitors:
1 on GeForce GTX 970 via DisplayPort (2560 x 1440, 144 Hz)
1 on Onboard via DVI (1920 x 1080, 60 ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 (MSI GS66 Stealth) primary display blank, external display functional
I've an MSI GS66 Stealth laptop which came with Windows installed, alongside which I installed Ubuntu 18.04 with NVIDIA proprietary drivers.
Connecting an external monitor to my laptop through HDMI is ...
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Memory usage - Get the correct number from Termnial
When I use "gnome-system-monitor" it reports 600mb or more used memory. But I just can't get the same result in the terminal. How can i get the same result?
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Change screen resolution after installing Ubuntu in safe graphics mode
I installed ubuntu in safe graphics mode because I kept getting Input signal out of range error, I got a new monitor today and I'm trying to change the resolution to 1920x1080 but I can't do that.
I ...
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Displaylink not detecting monitor
The machine I'm using runs Ubuntu 22.04. The screenshot below shows the details of the machine itself.
I want to connect it to the Dell 3100 docking station. I have installed and tested both ...
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