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Ubuntu 21.10 - Switching primary screen to external screen

you just finished installing Ubuntu on my Windows laptop. everything seems to work perfectly. but I am facing a problem when booting, my main screen is switched to my external screen instead of my ...
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i3 and highdpi / HD dual screens: how to scale properly?

I have two monitors: DP-1: 1920x1080 (hd, secondary) eDP-1: 3840x2160 (4k, main) My problem: I want to set my 4k monitor to 200% scaling @ 3840x2160, and my HD monitor to 100% scaling @ 1920x1080 ...
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Configure connected monitor on a new x-screen without using xorg.conf

Is it possible (on Ubuntu 20.04 or newer) to configure a newly connected display (not using xorg.conf) to open a a new x-screen instead of being added to an existing x-screen?
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achieve "xrandr --set underscan on" with "xrandr --transform"

I'm trying to fit the size of the videoprojector screen to the actual wall size. there is some option to resize in the projetor's menu itself but it is not sufficient to resize it properly. I have ...
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Display/print brightness and gamma values with xrandr

I would like to know how to print the current brightness and gamma values using xrandr. I have seen many posts on how to change those values and I can do that but none of the ones I've seen deal with ...
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Tried to change resolution in Ubuntu 20.04, seems like it worked but it did not

I tried to custom change the resolution for my new screen to 2560x1080. Used xrandr commands. As a result I see it in the list of available resolutions in the display management menu, but clicking on ...
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xrandr unable to set Broadcast RGB

Can anyone help me with this? I was trying to use xrandr to fix the washed out colors on Ubuntu (macOS doesn't have this issue for me) but it sort of just returned: X Error of failed request: BadName ...
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Display brightness problem

So hi everyone. I have installed ubuntu 20.04 I think on my ROG GL503VS laptop. I encountered some weird problems (Like AUX port sending no audio out, but getting sound in via microphone of my headset)...
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Split Screen with Ubuntu 20.04 and Gnome via xrandr

Challenge: I am trying to split me 32:9 wide screen into two virtual monitors. Background: While working, I need to share my screen using Microsoft Teams for Linux. Teams is not able share parts of ...
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No gnome shell on xrandr new display

OS: Ubuntu 20.04.3 x86_64 Kernel: 5.11.0-36-generic CPU: Intel Celeron B800 (2) @ 1.5GHz Graphics: Intel HD Graphics I forced xrandr to output into VGA-1 and it works but what doesn't is gnome in that ...
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Xrandr failed to get size of gamma for output default

I'm trying to update the resolution of my monitor to 2560x1440. I have a Radeon graphics card and an MSI x570 motherboard. I run the commands as follows: mknox10@mknox10-MS-7C84:~$ xrandr xrandr: ...
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Ubuntu 21.04 - How to fix xrandr "X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)"

I have two identical HP monitors that both can handle 1920x1080 resolution connected to a basic HP SlimDesktop model 290-p0043w with a basic Intel® UHD Graphics 610 GPU. However, the video output is ...
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Brightness goes to max while watching youtube after setting it to a lower values using xrandr in Ubuntu

I changed my brightness to a particular value using xrandr. But when when I start playing a youtube video, it goes to max automatically. This only happens the first time. The command I used is xrandr -...
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Xrandr XScreens on Multi GPU

If xrandr is the way to set things up now how do you denote an XScreen (whatever the equivalent is) with it so multi GPU works? Every DE I've tried crashes, hard locks or does not draw to screen ...
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Gsd-color disable

Is it possible to disable the gsd-colorprocess please ? this process keeps resetting my brightness with xrandr and i want to disable it on startup tried this : -- How-to -- The GNOME Settings Daemon'...
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How can I create a virtually lower and letterboxed resolution?

I have a screen which only accepts the 1920x1080 mode (others are garbled and adding custom modes does not work either). However, the screen has a centered viewable area of 1440x1080. That means the ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 with KDE - issue with resize to FullScreen

I'm using a laptop with Full HD resolution, but sometimes I need the resolution to be lower. When I try to change it using the following command: xrandr -s 1440x900 the result is not what I expect. ...
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help, I think I accidentally uninstalled my graphics drivers while installing Ubuntu, now I am unable to switch back 1920*1080p

I decided to switch from windows to Ubuntu and installed Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. After the installation was complete my display switched to 1028 * 720 p and it looks really irritating to work with it. I ...
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No driver detected for Intel Corporation UHD Graphics (rev 02) card

There is a problem with my display ouput. The Asus ZenScreen monitor cannot detect a signal after switching off and on again. I will have to hibernate the machine before the display can work again. ...
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No virtual display when using modesetting in Ubuntu 20.04(xrandr: Configure crtc 3 failed)

I have two graphic cards in my laptop(os: Ubuntu 20.04). $ lspci | grep VGA >> 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation UHD Graphics (rev 05) >> 01:00.0 VGA compatible ...
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How to change xrandr brightness without losing gamma settings?

KDE's Night Color feature I guess uses xrandr's gamma functionality, but I was hoping to adjust the brightness of my display using it. Unfortunately, doing so like this loses the "night color&...
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"Error found when loading /etc/profile" when booting up

I've been getting this error when booting up recently. Error found when loading /etc/profile xrandr: cannot find output DP-1 I tried searching through /etc/profile but i couldn't find a single ...
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External VGA monitor isn't detected. How do I fix this

I have an ASUSPro Laptop Model P2420L (CPU: i5 5500U, RAM: 8GB, GPU: Intel HD 5500 Graphics), and my screen stopped working yesterday, and when I plugged an Acer external monitor using a VGA cable, ...
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Autostart issues running simple xrandr script on start up

I've created a simple startup script so that I can use my Ultrawide Monitor with Ubuntu 21.04 (should be similar with the previous version as well). However when I configured this script to be run on ...
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how do I composition a screen using mir?

I am using ubuntu touch and would like to know how to warp (composition) a screen. In particular, I need to stretch it and flip it (horizontally) to project onto a curved surface correctly. If this ...
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How can I force WINE to use a specific refresh rate for a specific resolution when going into fullscreen mode?

I am trying to play some sightly old games with WINE and I run into the following problem. The games go into full screen mode at 640x480. My monitor has two possible refresh rates for this resolution, ...
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dual-monitors: i3 config with xrandr sometimes works, sometimes not

I'm on Ubuntu 20, I'm using i3 as windows manager on two monitors. HDMI-1 is supposed to be my primary monitor on the left and VGA-1-1 is supposed to be on the right of it. My first workspace (my ...
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How to store a variable for the config file in i3wm?

I'm trying out i3wm and I've got the hang of it so far. I like it but my main issue is xbrightness, which I can't seem to figure out. I've tried the configuration and never got it to work even though ...
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How to change the bash code to get still the screen resolution on ubuntu by xrandr, but without to use awk?

The follow bash code are well working to get and echo the x an y resolution of a screen by unseeing xrandr: You can get your current screen's resolution as follows: Get the X resolution by running: X=$...
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How to use xrandr to fix overscan on a old samsung TV?

I just installed Ubuntu and my monitor is having a issue with overscan in the Y axis, more or less, 150 pixels. I tried using my TV control but i had no success. Using Windows works fine, so i guess ...
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Nouveau display driver constantly crashing, other available drivers not able to display 2560x1080

Apologies for not providing a perfect formatting for this post. I am still learning. I have NVidia Quadro K1200 with Linux Ubuntu 20.04. I have tried to display the resolution of my main monitor at ...
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Dual monitor display not working with xrandr on Ubuntu 20.04

I just finished building my computer and am having trouble getting dual monitors to display properly. Currently, when I run xrandr to list the available monitors, I get the following output: xrandr: ...
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Screen tearing when using xrandr and x11vnc on Ubuntu 20.04

I am trying to use my android phone as a second monitor for my Ubuntu. I am following this blog. This is the 20-virtual.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d Section "Device" Identifier "...
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I'm suddenly getting 1-2 FPS instead of 60+ in games. I haven't changed anything (on purpose). Where can I start to diagnose?

I've got a really odd issue: Today while using my Machine (Ubuntu 20.04 on Intel i5 + AMD R9390X) I noticed that I could no longer do audio-over-displayport. I tried pulseaudio -k and re-plugging the ...
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How can I set a specific provider for a source in Xorg

I have a fresh Ubuntu install with two GPUs (the integrated Vega GPU and a Radeon RX 570). My primary monitor is connected to my graphics card, and my secondary monitor on the left is connected to the ...
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Running xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 0.75x0.75 blacks out my primary monitor only if a secondary monitor is plugged in?

The DPI of my primary monitor is unreasonably large, so at boot I run xrandr --output eDP1 --scale 0.75x0.75. This is done automatically due to a ~/.config/autostart/xrandr.desktop file that I have ...
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gamma adjustment is not working on ubuntu 21.04

I'm using dell with intel graphics I tried xgamma and xrandr for adjusting gamma values but both of them not working in 21.04, they are executing successfully but rgb value remains the same, it used ...
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Display is wrong resolution, aspect ratio, and size

So last night (April 13th), I installed an update from Canonical that popped up in a GUI, it said something about a security update (I didn't look at it too hard). Since then I've rebooted my machine ...
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3440x1440 Ultrawide desktop rendering

For starters I'm running 20.04, up to date 100%. I have an Asus 34" ultrawide that runs native 3440x1440@100 in DP and 3440x1440@50 in HDMI. My laptop is a 14" Thinkpad with a Ryzen PRO ...
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Virtual monitor using AMD gpu

I am trying to setup a virtual monitor with xrandr. I don't have intel gpu, so creating a /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf file is not a solution for me... How can I create a virtual display output ...
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Intel HDMI-1 disconnected Xrandr

I did a fresh install of Lubuntu 20.04, I had to use "graphic safe mode". My monitor is showing the boot screen / BIOS. If I add nomodeset to GRUB, it works with 800x600 resolution. It's a ...
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Ubuntu suddenly doesn't detect my Monitor anymore

I have a Lenovo ThinkPad P53 with Ubuntu 20.04 installed and it is connected to an additional Monitor. I connected these devices with a cable that has usb-c on the one side (plugged into my laptop) ...
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Xrandr not detecting HDMI/Displayport inputs on Ubuntu 18.04. Default graphics renderer is also set to llvmpipe instead of intel

I've installed Ubuntu 18.04 and I'm experiencing issue with intel gpu drivers. I don't have nvidia gpu, only integrated one. As you can see below, xrandr does not detect any hdmi/displayport inputs, ...
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How can I stop the system compensating for xrandr's screen width setting?

I have an HDMI monitor connected, which overscans horizontally. I can't see the extreme left or right of the desktop. If I correct for this with, say, xrandr --output HDMI-1 --transform 0.5,0,-50,0,1,-...
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xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default

Problem: I can't adjust my brightness in ubuntu 18. The keyboard buttons, the slider, the terminal commands, none of them are working. What I've tried: installing an application, but it had no effect....
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How do you remove a FPS setting in xrandr --output?

When I xrandr in terminal, this shows up: 1920x1080 120.00*+ 60.00 1680x1050 120.00 1280x1024 120.00 1440x900 120.00 1280x800 120.00 1280x720 120.00 ...
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Can't set 1920x1080 as custom resolution with xrandr

I got a problem with Ubuntu on my Virtual machine (Virtual Box), what happens is that I can't find 1920x1080 resolution which is my screen's native resolution even though I can find higher ones like ...
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Gnome Settings not showing all available Display Resolutions

EDIT: Now all resolutions are available. I am not aware of what did I do to change this... Using Ubuntu 20.04 in my Lenovo Thinkpad P52. I added custom screen resolution modes with xrandr, and made ...
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Cant install amdgpu

So Im trying to install ubuntu through a flashdrive but the resolution is so low I cant even see the buttons. I think its my monitors fault because when I connect it to my tv screen it has its full ...
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How to undo xrandr settings?

I had split my screen into two using this: xrandr --setmonitor HDMI-0~1 960/254x1080/286+0+0 HDMI-0 xrandr --setmonitor HDMI-0~2 960/254x1080/286+960+0 none xrandr --fb 1921x1080 xrandr --fb 1920x1080 ...
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