Questions tagged [screen]
Video and resolution shown by the monitor. Do NOT use this tag for GNU SCREEN.
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Is it possible to have different DPI configurations for two different screens?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.04.3 with NVidia drivers (319) for my Quadro K2100M graphic card, and when I switch my main 3200x1800 laptop screen to mode 1920x1080 (using nvidia-settings), the display goes ...
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Screen Share Not working in Ubuntu 22.04 (In all platforms zoom, teams, google meet, anydesk , etc.,)
Ubuntu 22.04 has a bug which is we can't share our screen on any platforms.
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Screen remains blank after wake up from suspend
So, when I suspend my laptop, then wake it up later, my laptop does turn on, I'm able to, for example, turn up and down the volume with audio confirmation using the kepboard, but my screen remains ...
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How do I change the screen resolution using Ubuntu command line?
I installed Ubuntu and the resolution of the desktop is so big that it only shows about 50% of the screen, but is shows up normal while using command line.
What should I type in the command line to ...
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How to safely change grub2 screen resolution?
grub2 isn't really fit in the best screen resolution that my laptop can support (1280 x 800).
How can I do this without using a third party application ?
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How do I get back to nano after hitting Ctrl-Z if I have no shell prompt (in Matlab session)
I'm using nano inside a MATLAB session that is running inside a screen (-x) terminal. I accidentally hit Ctrl-Z and it immediately leaves nano, prints "Use "fg" to return to nano", but does not show ...
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How to turn off screen rotation in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?
In Ubuntu 17.04 there was 'Rotation' menu in Display tab. But now in new version of Ubuntu, there's still a Display tab but no more rotation menu. Now I can't turn that off again since I upgraded to ...
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How to Record Screen and internal Audio?
Is there a way to record my screen, as well as the internal audio? Like, if I were recording a game, it would record the screen, and the sounds from the game.
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Cannot change brightness (Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, Unity)
I'm new to Linux systems in general (I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 LTS) and I'm having difficulty in changing the brightness of my notebook.
When I use the Fn+F8 or Fn+F9 the brightness bar shows up but ...
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How to see/change screen refresh rate or monitor frequency?
My eyes hurt so I thought I should check the screen refresh rate (monitor frequency), but I couldn't find it.
Where is it? (in Ubuntu 12)
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How do I make the F-keys work in byobu, for midnight commander (mc), htop, etc?
I use byobu with the tmux backend on my 12.04 server. I'd like to use the midnight commander shortcut keys with it, but the F keys don't work.
I've seen some posts on the issues here:
https://bugs....
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my screen goes black after 30 seconds of inactivity in Ubuntu 22.04
My screen goes black after 30 seconds of inactivity and when I press a key, it shows where it was and does not need any password. This problem won't occur when I use it for watching videos in ...
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Is there any way to make a hotkey turn the screen off?
How can I make a script (or make some changes) to allow me to turn the screen off in Ubuntu (12.04) whenever I want, the way thevscreen can be turned off in Cellphones?
And how can I make a ...
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How to rotate screen in Ubuntu using terminal?
Recently I booted Ubuntu 18.04 Live USB and I faced annoying problem. Screen was rotated and there was no rotate options in settings. I had to search not so obvious places in Internet, so I share this ...
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Screen tearing in Ubuntu with Nvidia/Intel graphics
I really hope someone here can help, because I'm very close to giving up and moving back to Windows. I have an MSI GT70 Dominator with an i7-4710MQ 2.5 GHz, Intel HD 4000 (I'm pretty sure) integrated ...
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Brightness not working after installing NVIDIA driver
I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 on my Mac Book Pro 7,1. I installed the NVIDIA driver (285). The brightness keys are working (F1 and F2) and I get the box showing the brightness but it does nothing. ...
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Unable to capture screen with VLC on Ubuntu+KDE 17.10
I am trying to play screen in a VLC window. (To share-screen on chrome) When I try to capture screen with "Desktop" option it says:
Your input can't be opened: VLC is unable to open the MRL 'screen:...
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Miracast: Ubuntu 18.04 > SmartTV
I own a SmartTV from Thomson that supports "Miracast" for "Screen Mirroring", and I have successfull tested it on Android-Device.
Now my question is what software I need in Ubuntu 18.04 to mirror the ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 "Turn screen off when inactive for: Never" still turns off
After a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10, my screen still goes off after about ten minutes. I've been to the Brightness and Lock control panel. The Turn screen off when inactive for: setting is set to ...
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How to record the screen and webcam at the same time?
Is there a program for Ubuntu that can capture your screen and your webcam at the same time?
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how to solve black screen after suspension with Ubuntu 22.04 LTS?
I have just installed Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
It works fine but after I suspend the session, the screen remains black after restarting the session.
How can I solve it?
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Are there any close alternatives to Microsoft PowerToys' FancyZones?
Power Toys is an open source toolbox that contains a lot of very useful tools for Windows 10+ and I use it on a daily basis at work. One of them though I really wish I could use in my personal system, ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 brightness adjust not working
I am unable to adjust brightness levels through Gnome. I had the same issue with 18.04 but it was resolved there (honestly, I can't remember how).
lspci|grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 any screen recorders not working. Showing black screen only!
I've just installed Ubuntu 22.04(also 21.04). I used to install obs studio and Kazam to record my screen. In OBS-Studio if I select only window recording it records but the fullscreen option is not ...
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How to prevent the screen lock while watching video (Netflix, Youtube, Amazon Prime) in Ubuntu 17.10
In earlier Ubuntu versions like 16.04 and 17.04 while watching YouTube videos in full-screen mode, the screen would not get locked automatically.
In Ubuntu 17.10 while watching videos in browser, ...
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How can I record the screen as well as audio on Ubuntu?
That is for creating a video tutorial. I want the screen and my voice.
I have tried many recorder, but that only record the screen and internal video.
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Show all open windows in 11.04?
Can someone tell me how I can get an overview of all the open windows? Like htting ctrl+s that shows all the desktops, but for the open applications?
Right now when I hit Alt+Tab it shows quite small ...
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Virtual Machines: High-DPI screen scale resets to 100% when I resize VM's window
I've installed Ubuntu (tried 17.10 and 18.04 pre-release), since I have a 4k monitor I went to Settings - Devices - Displays and set Scale to 200%.
Everything looks fine until I resize a VM's window (...
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Exiting scrollback mode in byobu
In byobu, I am able to enter scrollback mode with F7. However, I am not able to exit by pressing ESC as documented. Nothing happens when I press ESC. In contrast, when I am in screen, I am able to ...
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Removing the splash screen on shutdown an startup. I want to be able to see the processes
I know this has been asked but on slightly different terms. I would like to remove it so that I can see the code behind. Not one off but every time it is shutdown and started.
Thaknk you in advance.
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How do I send a literal F6/etc. in byobu?
In a byobu screen, I ssh'ed into another computer and launched byobu on that computer. Now, I have byobu within byobu.
How can I send byobu keystrokes (F2, F3, F6, etc) to the inner byobu rather ...
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Brightness Adjustment on Desktop Computer
I have Ubuntu 12.10
I need an application/software that can increase and decrease my brightness.
I know I can do it through my pc monitor but I don't want that. I want to control it through a ...
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Increase screen idle dim timeout
On Ubuntu 11.10, when on battery, the screen dims after 10 seconds of inactivity. This is annoying because it is too short. Is there anyway to increase this timeout?
I know I can disable it, but ...
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Red Filter for Screen [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is there a software utility to adjust screen gamma/brightness/contrast?
If I'm stargazing or just working at night, I'd like to be able to dim the laptop screen and filter to ...
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Ubuntu 18.04.01 LTS No Screen Sharing Option
Under settings, sharing there is no option for Screen Sharing however on another machine with exactly the same image there is an option for Screen Sharing. Any assistance would be appreciated.
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How to prevent my screens from turning off, when the screen is locked?
I would like to have my screen fully powered at all times, but it goes to standby once I lock my PC.
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Screen Tearing Ubuntu 18.04
So I have recently switched to Ubuntu 18.04. LTS and I'm getting a lot of screen tearing especially during video playback on e.g. YouTube. Could anybody help me fix this? Note that I'm completely new ...
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Ubuntu 20.04 VM always resizes screen to default size when booting
I have installed ubuntu 20.04 on virtualbox 6.0.20 and I have installed guest additions.
The issue is that if I resize the screen resolution to whatever size, even to predefined resolutions, it will ...
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How can I fix broken i915 drivers for Intel GPUs?
I've got troubles getting the i915 drivers to work correctly on my laptop (HP Pavilion DM4 2101ea).
Specifically, the laptop screen goes black and stays black after the splash graphic when booting ...
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The screen is too small
I am using Virtual Box 5.0.0(Windows Vista) to run Ubuntu 14.04. The screen is too small (640x480) but the screen can up to 1280x768. How can I resizing it?
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Night light and Redshift don't work
I installed Ubuntu on a disk partition just two days ago and everything work like a charm. The only problem I'm having is with the screen temperature color. In Windows I use f.lux and I set the color ...
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Ubuntu 22.04 won't wake after screen lock / screen dim
I have a fresh installation of Ubuntu 22.04 and it won't wake after screen lock. This is true for both, X11 and Wayland (also disabling Wayland for gdm3 doesn't help). System suspend works fine, only ...
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Flickering screen with Intel graphics on Ubuntu 17.04 [closed]
On a fresh install of Ubuntu 17.04 I have problems with the screen flickering, going black for extended periods of time (~10 seconds) as well as "hot pixels" on the home screen and in some ...
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How to connect computer to tv with hdmi?
I am trying to connect my laptop with my tv using an hdmi cable. It has worked with an vga cable, but my problem is that the screen does appear, but it freezes and nothing happens. The screen is also ...
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Desktop larger than the screen
The cat laid on the keyboard and when I got him off, the desktop was zoomed in so that to see all of it my mouse cursor automatically scrolls. What keys did he hit?
That was on Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal ...
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A grey square (overlay) in the middle of the screen, Ubuntu 16.04 Dell xps 13 9360 [closed]
I've this grey/black squarein the middle of my screen, when I change working spaces it follows.
and here
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Fuzzy static Noise Screen after awakening from suspend
Since one of the recent Ubuntu updates in December 2021, when I awake my laptop by opening the lid OR when I disconnect it from an external monitor, the screen is showing static noise and must be ...
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How can I blank the screen from the command line over SSH?
I need a way to show black screen by running command in console by using SSH connection. Monitor should not go to standby I just need a black screen to hide everything that is on the screen. Screen ...
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How to screen mirror android phone to Ubuntu PC? [duplicate]
I need to screen mirror my android phone to Ubuntu PC.
Is there any tool or package available in Ubuntu to do this?
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Lubuntu 14.04 - Disable screen saver....for real this time?
I know this has been asked multiple times. I have tried multiple things, however nothing I seem to do stick. I am trying to disable the screen saver/screen blanking on Lubuntu 14.04. I've tried the ...
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