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What's wrong with ubuntu? I've just upgraded my 12.04 to 14.04, and my screen resolution went to 1024x768. xorg.conf is nowhere to find. not under /etc, not under /usr/share.

answers about changing screen resolution talk about xrandr and cvt.

Well I can use acronyms too. WTF, this is supposed to be easy to use. Windows has a right click on the desktop for screen resolution. And it lists all of the available reolutions for you. And you don;t loose any on upgrade. And you find howto change the screen resolution everywhere and they are all correct, and they all work.

What;s wrong with ubuntu. Where can I get a straight simple, working answer how to get back my sane screen resolutions?

dbbd
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  • similar: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1970250 also: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2246700 also: http://askubuntu.com/questions/225121/after-system-update-screen-size-very-small ... I would go with full reinstall, I don't have good experience with OS upgrading nor with installing additional DE... – RiddleMeThis Jul 06 '15 at 12:09
  • What are your GPU specs? – TellMeWhy Jul 06 '15 at 15:38
  • What's your video card? are you using open-source drivers? That may be the reason. "Full reinstallations FTW". – aastefanov Jul 06 '15 at 17:06

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Download this package and install it with

sudo dpkg -i ResolutionX_1.0-0.deb

The description on the Sourceforge page provides some information about what it does, and the resolutions supported - if your required resolution is included, give it a shot :)

NOTE ResolutionX is a graphical frontend to randr, so if randr doesn't work with your PC, then the above won't, either.

TellMeWhy
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  • All it does is use xrandr. I tried that manually, and I tried that with this package. Both [don;t] give the same results – dbbd Jul 06 '15 at 15:36
  • @dbbd So you tried the above and it didn't work... right? – TellMeWhy Jul 06 '15 at 15:37
  • Right. None work. I also switch my monitor to connect to the on-board display-port, connected to the intel graphics (instead of the ATI radeon), after switching the display in the bios, and I still get only one, minimal resolution. – dbbd Jul 07 '15 at 11:37
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Click on the top right menu (little gears logo) > Settings > Display. From there you'll be able to choose you resolution.

NexMat
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  • wishful thinking. but no. little gears logo-> little display icon->little display configuration->little resolution-icon, only one resolution. – dbbd Jul 06 '15 at 15:39
  • @dbbd I have many configurations possible, so I thought you had too. – NexMat Jul 06 '15 at 15:48