xrandr is a X Window System extension, which allows clients to dynamically change X screens, so as to resize, rotate and reflect the root window of a screen.
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How do I resolve “xrandr: cannot find crtc for output”?
Whenever I come to work I type
xrandr --auto
xrandr --output VGA1 --right-of LVDS1
This gets my second display working, however now I get
xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA1
For reference ...
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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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Detecting monitors on machine over local ssh connection
I need to write a script to check on video related things on machines in the local network, e.g.
Is a monitor plugged in?
Are the video drivers up to date and appropriate for the hardware?
Is Xorg ...
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How do I set my monitor to widescreen mode in Mint when it doesn't recognize widescreen capability?
My computer is a former laptop from which I removed the screen. The graphics card is an ATI Radeon of some kind. I have it plugged into a small TV via VGA cable, but Mint still thinks I have the ...
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xrandr config not loading properly at startup from .xprofile
I'm using xrandr to rescale the resolution on a netbook (Ubuntu 12.10). When I run the following command it works fine:
xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x600 --panning 1280x720 --scale 1.25x1.2
...
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Used xrandr to rotate monitor but cannot reverse it after deleting script
I following a guide to have my tablet (Samsung ativ 700t running ubuntu 12.10 Gnome3) invert the screen 180 on login
I place a script file in /etc/X11/Session.d/45custom-script.
Contents of file: ...
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How to change LCD intensivity/brightness
How to change brightness of LCD want image look deemed and soft the
xrandr --output LVDS1 --gamma 0.8:0.8:1.1
change only gamma but not the brightness of image. I have no option --brightness for ...
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HDMI port not working after installing KDE Desktop Enviroment for Ubuntu
My laptop can't detect the HDMI port and my Samsung TV shows no signal. When I run xrandr, my HDMI port doesn't show in the output.
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x ...
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debian X Xconf resolution xrandr badmatch
Recently I minimal installed debian squeeze(amd64), when I configs my resolution, unexpected errors came out, I did a lot of searching, but couldn't find a way to figure it out.
to install the ...
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Lower resolution of LVDS-0 in different aspect-ratio nVidia
I am trying to clone 2 displays. I have a laptop with 1440x900 resolution and an external monitor with 1024x768 resolution. I want the laptop screen to show the same as the external monitor however, ...
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Multiple Screens cause flickering (only when laptop is charging)
I'm using i3 window manager (shouldn't be relevant) on 3.6.2-1-ARCH with XServer (ver 1.13.0), xrandr (ver 1.3.5) and RandR (ver 1.3). Graphics card is Intel HD 4000.
I have set up my screen using
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resolution of attached widescreen
I wanted to connect my TV (Sony Bravia) to my Laptop. My laptop has a displayport and the TV a HDMI. So with the adapters, I'm able to connect those two, and that part works.
What doesn't work, is ...
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Cannot add new mode in xrandr for external monitor
Today I was trying to connect my second monitor to my notebook. I have:
nvidia graphic card
304.43 drivers [support xrandr 1.2]
archlinux [up-to-date]
awesome wm
xrandr 1.3
My problem is with ...
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How to fix flash fullscreen from appearing on the side of the screen
My situation is similar to the one described in How can I make flash fullscreen on an external display. I also have a laptop extended with a larger screen. Aside from KDE wildly resetting the screens ...
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Set Xorg to use only part of the screen
My screen has 1280 x 1024 resolution. But unfortunately, rightmost belt of 200 pixels is damaged and unable do display any image.
How can I set that the Xorg will treat my screen as 1080 x 1024 ...
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Is there a way to virtually split my monitor (for maximizing windows)
My question is essentially if I can fake the behaviour one gets using usual window managers on linux if one has a dual head setup. That is, if I maximize a window it maximizes only on one part of the ...
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Trouble getting a dual monitor setup to work properly (color palette/flickering issues)
I have dual screen monitor setup.
There are applications (like VLC), where everything works out of the box. If you fullscreen an application, you can use your other screen normally. This is the setup ...
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Xorg: Screen 1 deleted because of no matching config section
Last week I received a new notebook in my work and everything is fine, except my dual-head setup(was flawless in the old model). My goal is to have one screen in each monitor, but instead I'm getting ...
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OpenSUSE version of arandr
arandr is a Debian/Ubuntu version of xrandr with a graphical interface to make it easier to use. I want the same package on OpenSUSE to use on my laptop. Can anyone help me?
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No Video Output with DVI to VGA converter
Here's a weird one... so X definitely grabbed all the EDID info from my second monitor, as nothing seems amiss in any output or log. The system responds correctly to enabling output, i.e. xrandr ...
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Out of range error on monitor after installing video card drivers
I have a dual boot system with windows xp and a fresh install of linux mint 12 lxde. I installed the video card drivers for my ati radeon (hd5570). After this I get an out of range error on my monitor ...
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Cannot set up screen panning in Ubuntu with xRandR which states that it cannot find the modes
I am using a Samsung n150 netbook with a 10.1 inch screen and it has a maximum screen resolution of 1024x600. I am running Ubuntu 10.04 LTS and want to enable screen panning for a larger virtual ...
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Calling xrandr via SSH [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Open a window on a remote X display (why “Cannot open display”)?
I'd like to ssh to a host running an X server and use xrandr to query and update things ...
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On a dual head system, how can I force the placement of a window to a certain desktop?
The relevant output of my xrandr configuration:
xrandr -q
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2304 x 1024, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y ...
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Setting up a 3 monitor display?
I currently have a Radeon HD 5750 graphics card and an M3N78-PRO motherboard. I use both outputs of my graphics card for a 2 screen display. I use xrandr at boot to set up my two screens.
However, I ...
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xrandr doesn't detect monitor on hdmi port
I installed Arch on my laptop but I don't think this problem is specfic to Arch. The only problem at the moment is that the display connected to the hdmi port isn't detected. For example running from ...
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xrandr configuration
How to change xrandr maximum value.
Screen 0: minimum 640 x 480, current 800 x 600, maximum 800 x 600
default connected 800x600+0+0 0mm x 0mm 800x600 60.0*
56.0 640x480 ...
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Xrandr not saving setting
Hello xrandr at install doesnt detect my tv to be 1920x1080@60hz, so I have to add the setting manually and when I do that with xrandr it works this is the commands I used
xrandr --addmode HDMI-0 ...
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Cannot get startX / Xorg to work on freeBSD 8.1
I am following this link for Xorg configuration on FreeBSD 8.1
After this step:
Xorg -config xorg.conf.new -retro
I can see the screen and mouse is also working but I cannot exit out of it any ...
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Check if display is powered on in Linux
Is there a way to check if a display is powered on in Linux? I tried xrandr and xset but neither of these two gives me any information about monitor power. Using xrandr I can identify if the vga cable ...
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xrandr command not exectured within shell command called from udev rule
I own a Thinkpad with an UltraBase (a docking station). My operating system is Ubuntu 10.10. Now, I would like to react on the "docking" event by setting the resolution of my external display ...
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Using xrandr freezes computer completely
I have the following problem: I have a laptop (open) with an external monitor connected. After boot, everything is perfect - the laptop screen is on the left of the external one and both resolutions ...
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script does not behave properly when called by acpi and udev events
I have the following files in /etc/acpi/events and /etc/udev/rules.d
/etc/acpi/events/lidclose
# Pass all events to our one handler script
event=button/lid
action=/etc/acpi/monitors.sh
...
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RandR not recognizing monitor
I just plugged my EeePC to a Sony BRAVIA KDL-32EX710.
Such TV supports resolutions up to 1920x1080, but RandR only let me use resolutions from 640x480 to 1024x768. In order to use full resolution I ...
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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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A tool for automatically applying RandR configuration when external display is plugged in
is there a tool which enables one to:
remember current RandR configuration (position, orientation, resolution etc) on per-monitor basis,
automatically apply last known good configuration as soon as ...
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Fullscreen game messes with my xrandr dual-monitor setup
I have Gentoo Linux, the Awesome window manager and an open-source ATI driver.
Here's my xorg.conf:
Section "Files"
#ModulePath "/usr/lib64/xorg/modules"
FontPath ...
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Can I break display devices with the xrandr command?
If use the xrandr command and set a wrong resolution/freq/..., can a break my display devices?
For instance, by setting a very high refresh freq that one of the video devices involved (video card, ...
