Changing screen resolution using xorg.conf file
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I recently (today) installed Nvidia graphic drivers on my laptop, I followed the instruction on the tutorial and generated a xorg.conf file using nvidia-xconfig. I have am using a laptop and have plugged an external montior to it, The external monitor's resolution is fine however the main laptop screen has gone to 4:3 resolution. I have no idea what's in the xorg.conf file, I have never seen anything like this, can anyone help me changing the screen resolution back to 16:9, 1366x768.
Here is the xorg.conf file.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 390.48 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07) Thu Mar 22 01:07:32 PDT 2018
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "nvidia" 0 0
Inactive "intel"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 60.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 100.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PrefLevelSrc=0x2222"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
Monitor "Monitor0"
EndSection
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I recently (today) installed Nvidia graphic drivers on my laptop, I followed the instruction on the tutorial and generated a xorg.conf file using nvidia-xconfig. I have am using a laptop and have plugged an external montior to it, The external monitor's resolution is fine however the main laptop screen has gone to 4:3 resolution. I have no idea what's in the xorg.conf file, I have never seen anything like this, can anyone help me changing the screen resolution back to 16:9, 1366x768.
Here is the xorg.conf file.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 390.48 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07) Thu Mar 22 01:07:32 PDT 2018
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "nvidia" 0 0
Inactive "intel"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 60.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 100.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PrefLevelSrc=0x2222"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
Monitor "Monitor0"
EndSection
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asked Apr 9 at 9:05
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What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
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I recently (today) installed Nvidia graphic drivers on my laptop, I followed the instruction on the tutorial and generated a xorg.conf file using nvidia-xconfig. I have am using a laptop and have plugged an external montior to it, The external monitor's resolution is fine however the main laptop screen has gone to 4:3 resolution. I have no idea what's in the xorg.conf file, I have never seen anything like this, can anyone help me changing the screen resolution back to 16:9, 1366x768.
Here is the xorg.conf file.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 390.48 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07) Thu Mar 22 01:07:32 PDT 2018
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "nvidia" 0 0
Inactive "intel"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 60.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 100.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PrefLevelSrc=0x2222"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
Monitor "Monitor0"
EndSection
nvidia xorg xrandr xserver
asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
187
I recently (today) installed Nvidia graphic drivers on my laptop, I followed the instruction on the tutorial and generated a xorg.conf file using nvidia-xconfig. I have am using a laptop and have plugged an external montior to it, The external monitor's resolution is fine however the main laptop screen has gone to 4:3 resolution. I have no idea what's in the xorg.conf file, I have never seen anything like this, can anyone help me changing the screen resolution back to 16:9, 1366x768.
Here is the xorg.conf file.
# nvidia-xconfig: X configuration file generated by nvidia-xconfig
# nvidia-xconfig: version 390.48 (buildmeister@swio-display-x86-rhel47-07) Thu Mar 22 01:07:32 PDT 2018
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "layout"
Screen 0 "nvidia" 0 0
Inactive "intel"
InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Keyboard0"
Driver "keyboard"
EndSection
Section "InputDevice"
# generated from default
Identifier "Mouse0"
Driver "mouse"
Option "Protocol" "auto"
Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
EndSection
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Unknown"
ModelName "Unknown"
HorizSync 60.0 - 100.0
VertRefresh 60.0 - 100.0
Option "DPMS"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "nvidia"
Driver "nvidia"
BusID "PCI:1:0:0"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "intel"
Driver "modesetting"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "nvidia"
Device "nvidia"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
Option "AllowEmptyInitialConfiguration"
Option "RegistryDwords" "PrefLevelSrc=0x2222"
Option "TripleBuffer" "True"
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "nvidia-auto-select"
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "intel"
Device "intel"
Monitor "Monitor0"
EndSection
nvidia xorg xrandr xserver
nvidia xorg xrandr xserver
asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
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asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
187
asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
187
asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
187
asked Apr 9 at 9:05
Sahil
187
187
What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
– nobody
Apr 9 at 11:03
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What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
– nobody
Apr 9 at 11:03
What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
– nobody
Apr 9 at 11:03
What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
– nobody
Apr 9 at 11:03
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Okay so after scrounging the web, this is the solution I came up with.
I was using the manually generated xorg.conf file by using nvidia-xconfig. Which wasn't generating the correct config. This is what finally worked for me.
Press ctrl+alt+f2 (or whatever key combination you use to get into command line mode)
Login as the administrator.
If you're using GDM like me go ahead and stop the process, using service gdm stop.
Check if your X-server is running or not. Use ps -C Xorg and then kill the process. kill -9 PID
Use Xorg -configure which will generate xorg.conf.new
now simply move the .new file to the /etc/X11/ directory, using mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
now restart the GDMservice gdm start
And you're done.
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
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1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Okay so after scrounging the web, this is the solution I came up with.
I was using the manually generated xorg.conf file by using nvidia-xconfig. Which wasn't generating the correct config. This is what finally worked for me.
Press ctrl+alt+f2 (or whatever key combination you use to get into command line mode)
Login as the administrator.
If you're using GDM like me go ahead and stop the process, using service gdm stop.
Check if your X-server is running or not. Use ps -C Xorg and then kill the process. kill -9 PID
Use Xorg -configure which will generate xorg.conf.new
now simply move the .new file to the /etc/X11/ directory, using mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
now restart the GDMservice gdm start
And you're done.
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Okay so after scrounging the web, this is the solution I came up with.
I was using the manually generated xorg.conf file by using nvidia-xconfig. Which wasn't generating the correct config. This is what finally worked for me.
Press ctrl+alt+f2 (or whatever key combination you use to get into command line mode)
Login as the administrator.
If you're using GDM like me go ahead and stop the process, using service gdm stop.
Check if your X-server is running or not. Use ps -C Xorg and then kill the process. kill -9 PID
Use Xorg -configure which will generate xorg.conf.new
now simply move the .new file to the /etc/X11/ directory, using mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
now restart the GDMservice gdm start
And you're done.
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
add a comment |Â
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
up vote
1
down vote
accepted
Okay so after scrounging the web, this is the solution I came up with.
I was using the manually generated xorg.conf file by using nvidia-xconfig. Which wasn't generating the correct config. This is what finally worked for me.
Press ctrl+alt+f2 (or whatever key combination you use to get into command line mode)
Login as the administrator.
If you're using GDM like me go ahead and stop the process, using service gdm stop.
Check if your X-server is running or not. Use ps -C Xorg and then kill the process. kill -9 PID
Use Xorg -configure which will generate xorg.conf.new
now simply move the .new file to the /etc/X11/ directory, using mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
now restart the GDMservice gdm start
And you're done.
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
Okay so after scrounging the web, this is the solution I came up with.
I was using the manually generated xorg.conf file by using nvidia-xconfig. Which wasn't generating the correct config. This is what finally worked for me.
Press ctrl+alt+f2 (or whatever key combination you use to get into command line mode)
Login as the administrator.
If you're using GDM like me go ahead and stop the process, using service gdm stop.
Check if your X-server is running or not. Use ps -C Xorg and then kill the process. kill -9 PID
Use Xorg -configure which will generate xorg.conf.new
now simply move the .new file to the /etc/X11/ directory, using mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
now restart the GDMservice gdm start
And you're done.
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
187
answered Apr 11 at 5:03
Sahil
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answered Apr 11 at 5:03
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What is external monitor resolution? Is it 4:3? Do you have desktop mirrored to have the same picture on both screens? If you have mirrored picture than the resolution will be the same on both.
– nobody
Apr 9 at 11:03