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Questions about display resolution

  • The display resolution of a digital television or display device is the number of distinct pixels in each dimension that can be displayed.

  • The display aspect ratio usually are:

    1. 4:3
    2. 5:4
    3. 16:9
    4. 16:10

  • It can be an ambiguous term especially as the displayed resolution is controlled by all different factors in cathode ray tube (CRT), flat panel or projection displays using fixed picture-element (pixel) arrays.

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How set my monitor resolution?

I have installed Ubuntu on my desktop, but my monitor don't pass more than 800x600 resolution. My monitor is good at 1360x768. How can I set resolution at 1380x768 ?
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How can I change the resolution of Avadon: The Black Fortress

Avadon is one of the latest Humble Indie Bundle games but I'm having real problems changing the resolution. It just pops up and there are no options to alter it or switch it to windowed mode from fullscreen. Is there any way I can change the res?
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resolution on dell xps 13

I use a dell xps 13 laptop and I have issues to see the characters, they are very small in all tools that I use. Is there a way to see all app in a best way ? If I decrease the resolution the icons and the bar see really bad.
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Screen Resolution Too Small

I loaded 11.10 onto an older Dell laptop. I have a normal 1024 x 768 resolution when booting from a USB drive, but when I boot from the installation on the hard drive I have a small screen in the upper left hand corner. The resolution is at 800 x…
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how to increase the screen resolution?

I installed Ubuntu in my Lenovo ThinkPad X60. Currently the screen resolution is set to 1024x768, which is the maximum resolution in the settings. Is it the hardware maximum resolution? Compared to what has been in Windows XP, everything looks so…
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How can I make display resolution changes persistent

I successfully got my computer to display at 1440x900 resolution using the following steps. The problem is, I can't figure out how to make the changes persistent even after restarting the system. Here are the steps Use xrandr to make sure that the…
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Permanently set correct monitor resolution instead at the start of each session with xrandr?

I currently have to, after each time I log in, run xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1600x1200 and then use the display settings tool to set the correct resolution for one of my monitors. Also (not sure if this is the same problem or not), during boot up, I…
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Is it normal for the UI to take up this much space?

First time user here, coming from windows 8. All the UI seems to take up way too much space, like it thinks I have the wrong resolution. All webpages load and look right but the buttons and settings are way bigger than they were in windows 8. Is…
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Need help with screen resloutions

So My screen resolution is off my screen because I use a TV so I use a custom screen resolution 1824x1026 is what I use. While I try to set it to that resolution I get these messages: brian@brian-desktop:~$ cvt 1824 1026 60 # 1824x1026 59.94 Hz…
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What the list of possible resolutions in Display settings depends on?

What the list of possible resolutions depends on? I have the following list of resolutions in Display settings: Actual monitor resolution is 1280x1024 i.e. not listed. How to make this list correct? OS is Ubuntu 12.04 inside Oracle VM. P.S. I need…
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Can not set the resolution manually

I use ubuntu 13.04 and I have a 23-inch LCD and max resolution I can get is 1024×768 I am trying to set resolution to 1280×720. I wrote: cvt 1280 720 60 then xrandr --newmode 1280x720 74.50 1280 1344 1472 1664 720 723 728 748 -hsync…
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1920x1080 Scrolling

This is about to drive me up the wall. After an update last week my Ubuntu 12.10 machine has a scrolling screen when I switch it to 1920x1080 (16:9). I can't seem to find anyone who has the same problem. Does anyone have an idea what is going on?
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After "Checking battery state" error lowered resolution

I had suddenly the above, well known error message, after rebooting and installing nvidia drivers (nvidia-current) the loading screen is full sized, but the login screen is 640x480. And after logging in also the same screen size. How to raise screen…
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Broken laptop monitor and external monitor have the same resolution and can't get the external to change

I stupidly slammed the top down on my Dell laptop and broke the monitor. I can still see the icons but am unable to adjust the resolution to make the desktop usable. I attached my external monitor but the same display shows up on that one. I…
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Setting correct (16:9) screen resolution for a Philips 166V3LSB/00 LCD monitor

I have a Philips 166V3LSB/00 LCD monitor connected to a box with Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. user@host:~$ lspci 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ/P/PL Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82945G/GZ…
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