Computer monitors (i.e. screens or displays). For system/application monitoring, please use the /monitoring tag.
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Color calibration on Linux Mint
I'm running Linux Mint 9.
I installed Argyll and gnome-color-manager but neither of those have a GUI. I need to configure my monitor colors. Right now the white looks a little yellow etc. and I want ...
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How can I swap my two screens, left to right?
I pressed something and accidentally swapped my two screens. My left one is actually considered as the right one, and vice versa. How can I swap them back?
Edit - Specifically, I'm using Gnome, ...
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Screen brightness always maximum when logoff or restart
I am using Fedora 13 and whenever I Restart or Logoff on my laptop. The screen brightness resets to its maximum value. I am not aware of this problem. Can anyone tell me why this is causing and what ...
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Monitor keeps turning off after 10 Minutes [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Disable screen blanking on text console
Hey
I use gentoo as a server, so I usually don't even start X.
But whats a bit annoying is that the monitor keeps turning off ...
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How can I get real-time information about monitor plug/unplug events?
When I connect or disconnect the USB device, udev shows/monitors that event. But udev is not enough smart to detect the plug-out or plug-in of the monitor. Is there any way/tool/utility from which I ...
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Edid information
I want to gather the Edid information of the monitor.
I can get it from the xorg.0.log file when I run X with the -logverbose option.
But the problem is that If I switch the monitor (unplug the ...
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X.org radeon driver brightness/contrast adjusting
Is there a way I can adjust contrast/brightness of the card (VGA) output when using the open source xorg radeon driver? I have a monitor that has poor image quality when its tweaked using it's knobs, ...
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Screen turns on automatically (xset dpms force off)
I am using xset dpms force off to manually turn my screen off to save power.
However, it turns back on after some time (20 - 40 seconds).
Distro: Ubuntu-Lucid
Graphics: Intel 4500 MHD
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Using many monitors (4+) in linux
I want to be able to run more than 4 monitors (maybe 6) and it's extremely confusing what's compatible now with the Displayport cards coming out. Right now I have an ATI card that only has 2 HDMI ...
