> 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? Not really. The display is larger, it's all. > > > > > Thank. > > You're welcome! > -- > Wolfgang Pfeiffer > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
