Questions tagged [resolution]
This tag must be used for questions pertaining to the resolution of a screen. For questions about host name resolution, use the tag "host-name-resolution" instead.
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How to get max resolution from new monitor when it can't be selected in display settings
I was trying to solve an issue of my new monitor not going over 1600 x 920 when it's a 2560x1440 monitor. My other two monitors work fine.
For insight, the new monitor is a GIGABYTE MO27Q2
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this monitor resolution not supported
I have a 1920 x 1200 Dell monitor that I use most often via VGA to servers. When I need a second monitor I have an older Dell 1024 x 768 square monitor... which suffices when needed... but if I ...
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Is it possible to change screen resolution without a desktop environment or a window manager
I looked up how I can use commands to resize the display, but all of them seem to require a window manager or a desktop environment, for example, xrandr, but it says No display found. I'm assuming ...
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Cannot set full native resolution of external monitor
I have a Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen 12 with the following specs:
$ inxi -Fzxx
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Kernel: 6.14.9-300.fc42.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1....
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Does convert from imagemagick misinterpret the resolution- or density-related metadata of PNG?
Let's grab a DIN A4 paper sheet in PNG format from https://www.a4-size.com/download/335/?tmstv=1739899566 . After unpacking the obtained archive, we get a4-size-portrait-pixels-600dpi.png. Let's ...
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Setting the default resolution to use when a new screen is connected in Linux Mint?
I use a Dell XPS 13 laptop with a 4k screen. I only ever use in FHD resolution.
Whenever I connect an external screen that I've not used before (this happens surprisingly often), Mint autodetects the ...
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XFCE: trigger desktop's right-click "Arrange Desktop Icons" from the command line or script?
I'm trying to use XFCE with Termux on Android, and the behavior of the desktop icons is a complete mess. The size of the display is dynamic (four possible configurations when using the phone, ...
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xrdp set constant resolution, ignoring what client want
I want setup XRDP resolution, I realized the resolution is changed following RDP client expect. I tested RDP client on mobile and mtsct.exe gave different resolution.
I want XRDP resolution is ...
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xrandr not changing to propper resolution
I am trying to use an vga monitor with a 1024x720 resolution, however, xrandr is not detecting that resolution, nor dos it show other resolution options for it. Its weird because when doing the live ...
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fixing console monitor resolution when not connected during boot
I experience the following problem,
Using a Dell U2412Mb 1920x1200 monitor, which as of today is a pretty basic and compatible monitor, I use the monitor connected to Dell R640/R740 type of servers, ...
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Low resolution in the EFI/VGA early boot framebuffer/console (and in GRUB)
When I boot my Linux machine with UEFI and grub2, I get only few graphic modes (resolution modes) available. And both of them are really smaller than my monitor/screen. For example, the boot console ...
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Are low resolutions possible in syslinux?
I am building an arcade machine with a 15KHz CRT and Batocera and I need to get syslinux to display in 320x240 because a CRT can only do up to 240p or 480i. Is it possible to do interlacing or 320x240 ...
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Resolution stuck at 800x600 after installing Nvidia Drivers
Wanted to install Nvidia Drivers on Fedora 40 so I could write CUDA code. I'm actually going to reference this question because it's very similar; only it was asked 7 years ago but received no answers....
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How can I stop KDE widgets from moving when I return from a different activity with different screen resolution?
I recently bought a new laptop (ASUS ROG Strix SCAR ). It has a 2560x1440 pixel screen, which is great for my imaging work, but makes text hard for me to read. So, I set up three activities, one ...
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Can’t set up 4K resolution on new PC after cloning Linux Kubuntu SSD from laptop with Clonezilla
SOLVED! THE REAL PROBLEM WAS MY HARDWARE:
I tried running Kubuntu in a live environment through my USB and I had the same problem (and in the windows setup then as well, but I didn't notice). After ...
