Questions tagged [xrandr]
xrandr is part of the X-windows system. Use this tag for root window re-sizing problems and solutions. xrandr is both a stand-alone program and an X-windows extension. The extension must be present for the program to work.
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Keeping the Screen Turned off While Getting Inputs
I need to run a set of (graphical) benchmarks with the screen disabled. The following command did not work:
xset dpms force off
Because any keyboard/mouse input would re-enable the screen. The other ...
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Can't remove phantom display "None-1-1"
I'm using arch with gnome and I've been noticing my mouse disappears when moved to the right. It doesn't just stops at the last pixel it actually "goes off" my screen. In my gnome settings I'...
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How to configure Xorg and xrandr providers to the same screen?
I have two GPUs in my desktop computer, Radeon VII and a Radeon R7.
$ lspci -knn | grep -iA3 VGA
05:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Oland PRO [Radeon R7 ...
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Can Linux detect if a display is currently showing the output from pc?
Let's say I have TV connected to both my game console my PC, and TV is currently showing input from game console. Is it possible to tell if TV is currently showing input from my pc? It doesn't have to ...
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Xrandr: can't open display (trying to add fake display)
I've installed Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS on my PC. There's a scenario that I need to access this PC using Moonlight and Sunshine when there's no monitor connected to my GPU. Sunshine is the host streaming ...
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Set custom resolution without stretching on HDMI TV on Linux
I have been struggling without success to set a custom resolution on Linux on my laptop to my TV connected via HDMI. My use case is I have a huge 55 inch TV and would like to use it as an ultrawide ...
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Colors red in external monitors - Ubuntu 22
I have a Lenovo extreme gen3 with ubuntu 22 installed. I have an external monitor at home where the colors are perfect.
The weird problem is that all the external monitors other than my one at home, ...
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How can I send `xrandr` commands to a remote X11 session?
I have a remote Raspberry Pi connected to an old display. The Raspberry Pi is not configured correctly to display to this old display (it is basically sending the wrong resolution signal to the ...
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VMware Workstation - Xrandr: Can't open display
I'm stuck trying to make Sway work on a fresh installation of arch linux, running on VMware Workstation 16. It looks like there is no Virtual-1 display that I specified in advance for Sway's config. ...
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Screen resolution stuck at 640x480 after installing Ubuntu on QEMU
I recently installed Ubuntu 22.04 under QEMU. In the "Try Ubuntu" stage, I was able to open a terminal and get a good screen resolution using xrandr -s 1920 1080. Once Ubuntu is installed ...
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Likely Xrandr: How to create a single virtual monitor on linux so that APIs don't see the physical ones anymore? Not by xorg conf files
I need to have a single virtual monitor on linux. External APIs or apps are not allowed to recognize that two or more physical monitors are attached. Think like Teamviewer not seeing multiple monitors ...
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Presenter setup with i3 and xrandr
I am in need of some xrandr magic, I guess:
I am using the i3 tiling window manager on a Linux notebook and am looking for a way to produce the following result:
On my notebook screen I'd like to have ...
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if-then statement in bash to toggle screen resolution
How do I phrase a script that checks screen resolution with xrandr and changes resolution depending on what it is currently? Which is to say, toggles the resolution.
Sample output of xrandr -q
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How to resize and move screen picture away from the crack of partially broken monitor using xrandr in Debian 11?
My laptop screen is broken, having a crack at its left side. Due to this only 2/3 of screen width is properly showing the picture, while 1/3 of left side has black spots.
I'm using Debian 11 OS, so I ...
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Mouse Cursor flickering in Popos (Ubuntu 20.04 )
I started using a second Monitor alongside my laptop's monitor, since then the pointer of my mouse started blinking, (appears and disappears very fast) which is annoying. Some answers to similar ...
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xrandr — Treat multiple monitors as separate screens
I have two monitors:
Laptop monitor 1920x1080
External monitor 2560x1440 connected with Display Port cable
Output of xrandr:
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 4480 x 1440, maximum 32767 x 32767
HDMI-...
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Arch Linux on Pi4 double display
I'm trying to build a Qt double display Application on Raspberry Pi4 with Arch linux.
But my Rasp cannot find the two HDMI displays.
" [root@trolly home]#
xrandr Can't open display "
How can ...
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How can I permanently set xrandr monitor position?
I have two monitors on my setup (Arch Linux). I have my main screen in front of me and a secondary screen to the left. On startup, X session assumes that monitor 2 is on the right. I can change this ...
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How to calculate modeline using cvt for 75hz without multiples of 60hz
I'm trying to see if my LG 32UL500-W monitor will overclock beyond 60hz. It looks like DisplayPort 1.2 handles 4k at 75hz.
When I run xrandr --verbose, it shows me the default VESA mode for 4k 60hz:
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Mirror screens at higher resolution (Ubuntu)
On Ubuntu 20.04 I have 2 screens, a 4K (3840x2160) TV and a 1080p monitor.
I want to have them mirrored with the TV as the primary screen and the 1080p as a backup. And I want the image to be rendered ...
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Second monitor cuts off borders
My NVidia card has two outputs: DVI and DisplayPort. The DVI port goes directly to the DVI-input of the monitor and has no problems.
The DisplayPort has a DP-to-DVI adapter, with a DVI-to-HDMI cable ...
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Where is HDMI2 output in Mi Notebook pro i7/16gb?
I've Mi Notebook pro i7/16gb.
Now I can connect 2 external monitors via HDMI1 and DP1 outputs.
$ xrandr
eDP1 connected primary 1920x1080+1920+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 190mm
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Screen resolution and DPI
I'm a little confused as to how screen resolution and DPI work. It seems to me that for a given display, once you set the screen resolution the dpi should also be fixed. However, xrandr allows you to ...
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xrandr multiple screens not working
Yesterday I updated Arch Linux (Kernel: 5.10.3-arch1-1) and now I have a strange issue with xrandr.
The second monitor is not working. xrandr shows me that HDMI is connected and shows available ...
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xrandr set a new virtual monitor: X Error of failed request
I'm trying to set a new virtual monitor with xrandr and I get the following errors:
$xrandr --setmonitor VIRTUAL1 1366/256x768/144+0+1080 none
X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter ...
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An attempt to switch to a doublescan X11 modeline fails with "Configure crtc 0 failed"
I have a modern 1920x1200 LED display, capable of up to 96 kHz HorizSync, up to 76 Hz VertRefresh, and up to 205 MHz pixel clock.
Apart from its native resolution, the display can also run in ...
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Is it possible to have two different audio outputs running simultaneously , one of them using HDMI and the other using Jack?
i am using a laptop and I have one LED TV attached to it,connected via HDMI to my graphics card (GTX 950)
I am using archlinux and I intend to run two different instances of vlc (or any other media ...
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Three monitor setup in Ubuntu 20.04
I have a Lenovo Thinkpad E531 running Ubuntu 20. I want to connect two external monitors using the VGA and HDMI connectors on the notebook.
The problem that I am running into is that xrandr won't ...
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Xrandr: How to make two panels in a multi-panel display play nice together?
I'm trying to drive a 5K thunderbolt display (LG Ultrafine 5K) on a Thinkpad X1 Carbon 8th Gen (with an Intel UHD igpu) running NixOS and i3/Xorg. This is a display that's made up of two separate ...
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Merge 3 physical monitors into one virtual monitor on Gnome
I have 3 1080p monitors. I am Using Manjaro GNOME, but I would use Ubuntu if that's the only solution. I would like to combine them into a single display, à la eyefinity/xinerama. I understand I can ...
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Using xrandr, is it possible to use only part of a secondary monitor without panning
there are a few other questions that talk about this but most of them are not for secondary monitors, or at least they don't seem to be, and I've hit a point where I'm not sure if I'm missing ...
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Wrong monitor resolution on startup Arch Linux
I have a problem with my Arch Linux, (probably it was my fault, I may or may not have uninstalled something). The problem is that every time I boot up the screen resolution is set to a very low one. ...
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xrandr: aligned bottoms of monitors with rotation => mouse / artifact issues
I used the solutions in this question to align my two monitors. My left monitor is High DPI 3840x2160 while the right is scaled 2x from 2560x1440 and rotated to portrait mode; they share a bottom edge....
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debian cannot detect HDMI port with nvidia hybrid set up
On my laptop I have installed bumblebee-nvidia (optirun) which works fine when I use only laptop screen.
But when I connect a monitor to HDMI, nothing is changed, xrandr (nor optirun xrandr) does not ...
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Raspberry Pi - Resolution Issues
Background of Problems
I currently have a Raspberry Pi hooked up to a touchscreen LCD panel running FullPageOS which basically is Debian that starts up with Chromium at full screen to a desired ...
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Desktop of 1080p external display only covers a quater of screen [Using xrandr]
I used to use Ubuntu for my development environment, as I have a new workstation I have decided to switch to Manjaro, with a KDE GUI.
When I used Gnome, I used a tool named xrandr-extend in order to ...
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Can xrandr/autorandr distinguish different monitor models connected to the same output?
I have a laptop with which I connect to a monitor at home ad at work. In both cases I use the same HDMI out for connecting the monitor. The one at the lab is 1440p/60hz and the one at home is 1080p/...
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X11 & Cinnamon: Set different rotation as normal value for display
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Can I set Cinnamon, or X11, that 'normal' for my touchscreen is actually 90° counterclockwise, ensuring this is not forgotten after a rotation?
Could I also set this system wide, ...
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Resize screen virtually (xrandr)
The screen of my macbook is broken. The right hand side is black (dead pixels) and so is a small part of the bottom. See image.
If I watch a movie in full screen, I cannot see right part of the ...
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How to change display resolution and set permnent in MX Linux?
I'm using MX Linux now. Usually i'm used to 1152 x 864 resolution, which is not among the default resolutions. So every time when i install a linux os i edit and save the ~/.profile to add xrandr ...
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How to use xrandr to crop part of my monitor
The top of my monitor is physically obstructed by a bezel. I want to use xrandr to redefine the display resolution (height only) to restrict it to the viewable portion of the monitor.
The monitor ...
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Multiple monitor configuration lost in plasma desktop after reboot
I am using the Fedora 30 Beta KDE spin with plasma 5.15.4 and trying to set-up a persistent configuration of my 3 desktop monitors with the built-in systemsettings5.
However, once in a while after I ...
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How many displays I can use at the same time?
I know from xrandr command, that my graphic card supports maximum resolution of 16384 x 16384px:
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
But how can i check ...
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How do I hide an HDMI display via xrandr but still allow sound from that HDMI cable?
I completely failed at getting sound to come out of my Ubuntu 18 computer from the motherboard, from an internal sound card or from a USB sound adapter. Zero sound from any of those. What finally ...
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Desktop displays incorrectly after screen resize in KDE5 Plasma. KDE4 worked correctly
I have a dual monitor setup. Native resolution is 1920x1080. So the complete screen area is 3840x1080. I can set up this with System Settings in KDE or with xrandr. Works as expected.
For various ...
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Linux Mint Cinnamon HiDPI scaled with xrandr -- laggy interface?
I am running Linux Mint Cinnamon 19.
I have two 4K monitors running their native display.
Everything is too small for me.
Then I turn on HiDPI scaling in the Cinnamon settings under General.
This ...
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xrandr doesn't detect HDMI monitor
My second monitor has suddenly stopped working after a reboot.
I'm on Ubuntu 18.04 with an OpenBox desktop and an nVidia 1060, using the nVidia 396 driver. I've been fiddling with my display settings ...
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How can I set display resolution to 3840x2160 with Intel Graphics 3000?
My system is Debian Linux. My new 4k UHD display only uses 1920x1080 by default.
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xrandr — Treat multiple screens as one
I have the same problem as this post
Use Two Monitors As One (Not Mirror, Not Extend)
I also want to extend my screens to a big 3840x1200 screen rather two 1920x1200 screens and I found a solution ...
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X11 virtual output with Nvidia card (and amd processor)
I have a Nvidia card and I'm trying to add a virtual screen, but no way to get this working
my xrand says that VIRTUAL output doesnt exists
root@workstation:/home/awill# xrandr --addmode VIRTUAL1 ...
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