On Mon, 19 Feb 2018 21:14:22 +0100 "Patrick Dupre" <pdupre@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Two things you need to know. Read careful: > > > > -- 0: > > You probably have a file like > > > > ~/.config/monitors.xml > > > > in your home dir - or wherever. Find it. Read it: It might be that this > > file keeps setting your monitor(s?) to wrong settings/resolutions, > > if these values in that file do not correspond with the actual > > capabilities of your monitor(s) ... > > cat .config/monitors.xml > <monitors version="1"> > <configuration> > <clone>no</clone> > <output name="DP-1"> > <vendor>SAM</vendor> > <product>SyncMaster</product> > <serial>HVYL606149</serial> > <width>1600</width> > <height>1200</height> > <rate>60</rate> > <x>0</x> > <y>0</y> > <rotation>normal</rotation> > <reflect_x>no</reflect_x> > <reflect_y>no</reflect_y> > <primary>yes</primary> > <presentation>no</presentation> > <underscanning>no</underscanning> > </output> > <output name="HDMI-1"> > <vendor>SAM</vendor> > <product>SAMSUNG</product> > <serial>0x00000000</serial> > <width>1920</width> > <height>1080</height> Last two lines seem to be wrong. But your xrandr command seems to have ignored them. Good, AFAICS ... ;) > <rate>59.940200805664062</rate> > <x>1600</x> > <y>0</y> > <rotation>normal</rotation> > <reflect_x>no</reflect_x> > <reflect_y>no</reflect_y> > <primary>no</primary> > <presentation>no</presentation> > <underscanning>no</underscanning> > </output> > </configuration> > </monitors> > > > > > If in doubt: move the file away for a while - don't delete it. Then > > connect the external monitor. > > > > -- 1: > > On many (?) computers there's something like a built-in (?) key combo: > > <WindowsKey - p> - Seems to work both on Linux and Windows. > > > > If you have that on your computer, you might be able to change your > > monitor settings (external, and, IIRC, also the internal ones) with > > that combo: While this can be extremely convenient to attach > > monitors you can end up all monitors turning into black screens. In > > that case: press the combo again. If that does not help anymore I see > > four options to save you: > > I can switch to 1024x768 and back to 1366x768 And the fonts, and the rest, look nice at these resolutions? > > Thank. You're welcome! -- Wolfgang Pfeiffer _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
