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How to modify the default setting adopted by xrandr when connecting an external monitor?
I am confronted with a problem of conflict of resolutions (this is a separate question), which makes the display image distorted on both monitors.
But this bothers me the most when connecting the ...
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OpenWrt: Find neighbors knowing their MAC address
I have an Open Mesh access point connected to the same router (an Aerohive BR100) than an Axis camera. I would like to automate the discovery of the camera's IP from inside the Open Mesh sensor, ...
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Can linux deal with ultra high resolution displays?
A few months ago Samsung announced the Ativ Book 9 Plus. A pretty cool ultrabook with a screen resolution of 3200 x 1800 pixels (QHD+).
The device ships with Windows 8 until Windows 8.1 will be ...
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How to force vesa to 1280x1024 resolution
I'm using Manjaro (ArchLinux) using vesa driver, since fglrx beta crashes a lot, and radeon and fglrx stable does not support my graphic card.
I want to force my monitor resolution to the maximum ...
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Can Xorg use non-square pixels? [or can we fake widescreen in a non-widescreen resolution?]
I have an older PC connected to an HD television over VGA. The set of screen resolutions available for me to use are all 4:3 aspect ratio (or there abouts). Output from xrandr:
$ xrandr
xrandr: ...
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How do I change the screen font size when using a virtual terminal
Using LDXE and Ubuntu, I can log into a virtual terminal via CTRL+ALT+F1.
The text is far too small. How do I change the screen resolution to get a larger font?
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How does X-server calculate DPI?
From Xfce Docs:
In case you want to override the DPI (dots per inch) value calculated
by the X-server, you can select the checkbox and use the spin box to
specify the resolution to use when ...
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RHEL:Change Screen Resolution of Virtual Console
I am working on a RHEL 6.3 Workstation. And the monitor is a HD AOC Monitor. Problem I am facing is whenever this machine starts up, it runs with maximum screen resolution. It is a big screen and ...
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Can't add a resolution in Mint 14 Nadia (ATI RV516 X1350)
I just got a bootable USB w/ Linux Mint 14 Nadia installed and I ran into some problems with my laptop's graphic drivers. Computer is fairly old, it's HP Compaq 6820s from around 2008. Problem ...
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Can X11 scale to virtual resoltions on HiDPI/Retina screens the way OS X does?
I've recently had the chance to use a Macbook Pro with Retina Display, and its quite clear that the display is futuristic enough to actually warrant Apple's over-the-top marketing.
I've got sensitive ...
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Why is the resolution fixed at 1024*786 on Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon?
I am newbie in Linux, I have installed Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon. After installation I just get a black screen. After I got recommendation to set modeset i915.modeset=0 which gave me the display but with ...
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Setting KDE to crop the laptop's screen to match external VGA device's ratio
I have a laptop with 16:9 screen ration. Sometimes I need to attach it to a projector via VGA. The projector ratio is 4:3.
I use System Settings->Hardware->Display and Monitor->Size & Orientation ...
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Slackware Console Resolution when Dual Booting with Another Distro's GRUB2?
I am tweaking my new Linux Installs on a new home-built machine. I installed Linux Mint 14 first followed by Slackware 14 and Arch Linux on separate partitions. I don't think it matters, but the ...
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Change screen resolution on Linux Mint
I have just installed Linux Mint 14 and I cannot change the screen resolution. The appropriate resolution 1920 x 1200, just isn't among the options.
I have tried this solution but it reports:
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Unable to change resolution on Fedora 18 after playing Urban Terror
So I wanted to try out Urban Terror on Fedora 18. I installed it. When I click it, the screen resolution would change to a lower resolution(800x600) to play the game in full screen. Then after I've ...
