Screen resolution is resolutely stuck at 1024 x 768. Attempting it increase this or decrease it results either in it going awol (higher) or impractically large to deal with (lower). I can't do anything with the auto button the monitor.
From xrandr (I have been googling) :
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm 1280x800 59.8 1280x768 59.9 1024x768 75.1 75.0 70.1* 60.0 832x624 74.6 800x600 72.2 75.0 70.0 60.3 56.2 848x480 60.0 640x480 75.0 72.8 72.8 66.7 60.0 59.9 720x400 70.1
So, people, does this mean a new/another monitor might be an idea? Is there anything else I can try? (Ubuntu 11.04)
Bev.
On 23 August 2012 18:13, Bev Nicolson lumos60@gmail.com wrote:
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm 1280x800 59.8
Does: xrandr --size 1280x800
fix it for you? (no idea if this could be bad for the monitor - old CRTs could be damaged by setting improper resolution, I thought)
You could always do (as a new script):
xrandr --size 1280x800 sleep 40 xrandr --size 1024x768
to test that res and restore the old one in 40 seconds (make it shorter if you want) so you dont have to reboot again to see your desktop.
if it works, just set it to the correct res as above.
Regards, Srdjan
Does: xrandr --size 1280x800
fix it for you?
I tried this in the systems > monitor menu option but that's not ideal either. I lose any tabs I had at the bottom of the screen and it squeezes the text.
(no idea if this could be bad for the monitor - old
CRTs could be damaged by setting improper resolution, I thought)
It's a TFT monitor. (15".)
Bev.
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Srdjan Todorovic