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Questions tagged [screen]

Video and resolution shown by the monitor. Do NOT use this tag for GNU SCREEN.

The screen is use to mention the video shown by the monitor, including resolution sizes.

Do not use this tag for the GNU terminal multiplexer, use .

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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.
Arun Raja
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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 blurry... I am using two screens: My main screen is…
Anthony O.
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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 black and doesn't show anything until after I…
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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 change the desktop screen resolution?
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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 a command prompt. Whatever I type appears on the…
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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.
Mark
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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 18.04 LTS.
Aiden
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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 there is no change in the actual brightness of the…
Andrei
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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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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 platforms such as youtube etc. My Ubuntu version is…
Negin Nezhadali
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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…
Jorge Castro
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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 combination of keys (a shortcut) to execute that script? I…
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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 Q&A.
Qback
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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 graphics card, and a GeForce GTX 970M/PCle/SSE2…
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