Ubuntu Installation :: Xrandr: Failed To Get Size Of Gamma For Output Default
Apr 30, 2011
i tried updating ubuntu from 10.10 to 11.04. It didn't work out, i got just a black screen trying to load new ubuntu. Nevermind, after multiple tries to recover it i simply installed ubuntu 11.04 over it. It works fine now, but i already got some problems Mainly, i can't find a way to pick the appropriate resolution. I have a 19" monitor with 1280x1024 resolution, video card is nvidia 8500gt. Any GUI tool (nvidia driver settings or 'monitors' tool) doesn't allow me to pick what i want. xorg.cong is nearly empty, that's all what i have there
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Section "Device"
Identifier "Default Device"
Option "NoLogo" "True"
EndSection
I did some google searches and found out about Xrandr (i'm not much a techy really). That's what i get running xrandr in the terminal
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xrandr: Failed to get size of gamma for output default
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 240, current 1024 x 768, maximum 1024 x 768
default connected 1024x768+0+0 0mm x 0mm
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Jul 16, 2011
I am running ubuntu 11.04. I am able to set my screen size to 1600x1200 in windows but ubuntu doesn't offer me that size in xrandr, though it says my maximum size is 4096x4096, I have posted my xrandr results below. What do I do to set my screen to the higher resolution?
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1280 x 960, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA1 connected 1280x960+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024x768 60.0
800x600 60.3 56.2
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#!/bin/bash
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however i'm messing up somewhere... bash attempts to evaluate the elements in cmd1. when I try to run this script it complains saying:
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test1.sh: line 5: blocked: command not found
I am open to alternatives. My intent is to replace cat /var/log/messages with dmesg, so I can attempt to determine if a problematic application I use encounters a blocked state (unresponsive for more than 120 seconds).
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