Found my notes on how to turn off overscanning on a (Samsung) TV used as a
monitor -- the instructions I found weren't for my exact model, but I
figured it out:
I have a Samsung J5205 TV which would lose the edges of the window when a
window was maximized. Samsung Tech Support wasn't able to help
Thanks, all.
I ran out of time to play with the VGA connection, although I might have done
better by fixing the typos that were pointed out to me.
I concluded that I should simply get with current technology and go all HDMI.
That same monitor/TV automatically came up on 1080p, rock solid.
It looks like the monitor simply isn't responding with the right
resolutions, like it doesn't actually do 1080p, or it would report it in
the xrandr -q. I've run into this with old tv's and such that were
finicky, like crappy off-brand chinese tv's (ahem), and simply found
fighting them wasn't
On 2018-03-01 17:47, Richard Wilson wrote:
On SouthPole, if the screen resolution doesn't come up as 1280x1024,
then as root
use xrandr to get the display name:
xrandr should be usable by whoever's running the current X session. At
least, I've never needed root to use xrandr.
[snip
Victor,
I made some notes on a similar issue some time ago when I had an issue with
a monitor that would come up correctly as 1280x1024 if I used a DVI cable,
but would come up with 1024x768 if I used a VGA cable. Here's what I have
-- this was for Dedora a few releases ago:
On 2018-03-01 10:43, Matt Graham wrote:
On 2018-03-01 09:35, Victor Odhner wrote:
I don't think you'll be able to drive a monitor at 1920x1080 using
VGA.
Never mind, Pickyweedia says you can probably do that as long as the
cable is less than 15 feet long.
Typos cause troubles :-) The line
On 2018-03-01 09:35, Victor Odhner wrote:
It's a Visio E241-A1 (TV set), claiming 1920x1080.
I’m running Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia, with Mate.
vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr -q
DP1 connected 1024x768+0+0 1024x768 60.00*
vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr --newmode "1024x1080_60.00" 92.30 1024
1088 1200
I went the easy way too, but Linux doesn’t recognize the monitor (hence the
subject line) and offers a max of 1024x768 which doesn’t even fill the screen.
I also searched for Visio drivers and found none.
The “xrandr” method shown below seems to be the tool currently used to force
resolution
I am a simple guy, so I go the easy way first... :)
I have been able to control any display (including HDMI, 2 VGA's in a DVI)
on desktops and laptops using 'Menu' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Display'
And it is persistent.
What problem are you having with it?
ET
Victor Odhner writes:
I'm
I'm trying to bring an unknown monitor up to full resolution.
It's a Visio E241-A1 (TV set), claiming 1920x1080.
I’m running Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia, with Mate.
The computer (a new desktop) also drives an HDMI cable to a projector, but
that’s turned off right now.
I used --newmode with xrandr and
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