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Is there a way to run a Sceptre curved monitor at it's native 2560 X 1080 resolution? Works fine in Windows 10 64bit.
HP desktop computer with an AMD Radeon HD 6450 video card.
In terminal:
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xrandrDoes it show that resolution in the list?
Pup=Sysinfo->Devices->Display->Video-Info
Post what it gives for info.
Thank you for the response.
root# xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 690mm x 291mm
1920x1080 60.00*+ 60.00 50.00 59.94
1920x1080i 60.00 50.00 59.94
1680x1050 59.88
1600x900 60.00
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1440x900 59.90
1280x960 60.00
1366x768 59.79
1152x864 75.00
1280x720 60.00 50.00 59.94
1024x768 75.03 60.00
800x600 60.32
720x576 50.00
720x480 60.00 59.94
640x480 60.00 59.94
720x400 70.08
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
It does not.
Oh, and here is the PupSysInfo.
VIDEO REPORT: xenialpup64, version 7.5
Chip description:
VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. [AMD/ATI] Caicos [Radeon HD 6450/7450/8450 / R5 230 OEM]
Requested by /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
Resolution (widthxheight, in pixels): 1920x1080
Modules requested to be loaded: dbe
Probing Xorg startup log file (/var/log/Xorg.0.log):
Driver loaded (and currently in use): ati
Loaded modules: dbe dri2 exa fb fbdevhw glx kbd mouse radeon ramdac
Actual rendering on monitor:
Resolution: 1920x1080 pixels (508x285 millimeters)
Depth: 24 planes
...the above also recorded in /tmp/report-video
Seems you are using the correct driver for the graphics hardware.
See if this info helps you:
viewtopic.php?f=148&t=3660
xenialpup64, version 7.5 has some updates that may or may not help, but still good to have them.
Quickpet icon on desktop.
Qucikpet->Info->Xenialpup updates
Reboot and update save, so new changes are now being used.