Forcing a Display Size on Ubuntu 16.04
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a Samsung 25" monitor at 1920x1200 (16:10). The monitor is reporting its size as 160x90mm rather than its actual 540x340mm. This might not normally be a problem for most apps which ignore the monitor size and just size by pixels, but I have a "smart" app that sizes itself thinking it is on the super-tiny monitor -- thus becomes unusable.
So the trick is to somehow tell Ubuntu that the display size is 540x340mm.
Here is what I know:
1. The Displays utility shows 7" diagonal (i.e. 160x90mm).
2. "xrandr -q" returns 160x90mm
3. "xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution" returns 508x318mm.
4. "sudo get-edid | parse-edid" shows "DisplaySize 160 90".
The fourth fact involves actually reading the Extended Display Identification Data from the monitor and decoding it, which shows that the monitor is not returning its correct size.
I tried making a xorg.conf file as follows:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "T260HD"
DisplaySize 540 340
EndSection
I tried placing this file in the following places (so far):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg_dag.conf
Reebooting each time, but nothing changes.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a Samsung 25" monitor at 1920x1200 (16:10). The monitor is reporting its size as 160x90mm rather than its actual 540x340mm. This might not normally be a problem for most apps which ignore the monitor size and just size by pixels, but I have a "smart" app that sizes itself thinking it is on the super-tiny monitor -- thus becomes unusable.
So the trick is to somehow tell Ubuntu that the display size is 540x340mm.
Here is what I know:
1. The Displays utility shows 7" diagonal (i.e. 160x90mm).
2. "xrandr -q" returns 160x90mm
3. "xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution" returns 508x318mm.
4. "sudo get-edid | parse-edid" shows "DisplaySize 160 90".
The fourth fact involves actually reading the Extended Display Identification Data from the monitor and decoding it, which shows that the monitor is not returning its correct size.
I tried making a xorg.conf file as follows:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "T260HD"
DisplaySize 540 340
EndSection
I tried placing this file in the following places (so far):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg_dag.conf
Reebooting each time, but nothing changes.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
xorg display
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a Samsung 25" monitor at 1920x1200 (16:10). The monitor is reporting its size as 160x90mm rather than its actual 540x340mm. This might not normally be a problem for most apps which ignore the monitor size and just size by pixels, but I have a "smart" app that sizes itself thinking it is on the super-tiny monitor -- thus becomes unusable.
So the trick is to somehow tell Ubuntu that the display size is 540x340mm.
Here is what I know:
1. The Displays utility shows 7" diagonal (i.e. 160x90mm).
2. "xrandr -q" returns 160x90mm
3. "xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution" returns 508x318mm.
4. "sudo get-edid | parse-edid" shows "DisplaySize 160 90".
The fourth fact involves actually reading the Extended Display Identification Data from the monitor and decoding it, which shows that the monitor is not returning its correct size.
I tried making a xorg.conf file as follows:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "T260HD"
DisplaySize 540 340
EndSection
I tried placing this file in the following places (so far):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg_dag.conf
Reebooting each time, but nothing changes.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
xorg display
asked Apr 22 at 3:41
DAG
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I am running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS with a Samsung 25" monitor at 1920x1200 (16:10). The monitor is reporting its size as 160x90mm rather than its actual 540x340mm. This might not normally be a problem for most apps which ignore the monitor size and just size by pixels, but I have a "smart" app that sizes itself thinking it is on the super-tiny monitor -- thus becomes unusable.
So the trick is to somehow tell Ubuntu that the display size is 540x340mm.
Here is what I know:
1. The Displays utility shows 7" diagonal (i.e. 160x90mm).
2. "xrandr -q" returns 160x90mm
3. "xdpyinfo | grep -B2 resolution" returns 508x318mm.
4. "sudo get-edid | parse-edid" shows "DisplaySize 160 90".
The fourth fact involves actually reading the Extended Display Identification Data from the monitor and decoding it, which shows that the monitor is not returning its correct size.
I tried making a xorg.conf file as follows:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Samsung"
ModelName "T260HD"
DisplaySize 540 340
EndSection
I tried placing this file in the following places (so far):
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf
/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/xorg_dag.conf
Reebooting each time, but nothing changes.
Any help or suggestions would be welcome. Thanks!
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