Screen resolution not saved after reboot or logout and back in
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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xorg (Ubuntu) |
Expired
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Low
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
The issue is that Ubuntu 16.04 does not save or read the saved screen resolution settings of 1920x1080 from my Vizio 42 inch TV HDMI connected to my computer. When booting into the desktop the mouse pointer is small as if in 1920x1080 but then changes to a larger pointer then the resolution is then 1280x720 which seems to what 16.04 falls back to.
The TV reports the proper information under xrandr.
gee@HTPC:~$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 4096 x 4096
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
TV-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 980mm x 580mm
1280x720 60.00 + 59.94
1920x1080 59.94 59.94* 60.05 60.00 50.04
720x576 50.00 50.08
720x480 59.94
640x480 59.93
WORKAROUND: Type at the terminal:
xrandr -s 1920x1080
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.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
.proc.driver.
NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 304.131 Sun Nov 8 21:43:33 PST 2015
GCC version: gcc version 5.4.0 20160609 (Ubuntu 5.4.0-6ubuntu1~
.tmp.unity_
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2.1
Architecture: amd64
CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/
CompositorRunning: None
CurrentDesktop: GNOME-Flashback
DistUpgraded: Fresh install
DistroCodename: xenial
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
DistroVariant: ubuntu
DkmsStatus:
nvidia-304, 304.131, 4.4.0-34-generic, x86_64: installed
nvidia-304, 304.131, 4.4.0-36-generic, x86_64: installed
ExtraDebuggingI
GraphicsCard:
NVIDIA Corporation C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] [10de:053a] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] C68 [GeForce 7050 PV / nForce 630a] [1462:349f]
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-08-20 (12 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.1 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160719)
Lsusb:
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 099a:7202 Zippy Technology Corp.
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
MachineType: MSI MS-7349
NonfreeKernelMo
Package: xorg 1:7.7+13ubuntu3
PackageArchitec
ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=
ProcVersionSign
Tags: xenial ubuntu
Uname: Linux 4.4.0-36-generic x86_64
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
UserGroups: adm audio cdrom dip lpadmin plugdev pulse pulse-access sambashare sudo video
_MarkForUpload: True
dmi.bios.date: 03/19/2008
dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
dmi.bios.version: CaptiveWorks CW-3000HD V2.37
dmi.board.
dmi.board.name: MS-7349
dmi.board.vendor: MSI
dmi.board.version: 1.0
dmi.chassis.
dmi.chassis.type: 3
dmi.chassis.vendor: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
dmi.chassis.
dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmerican
dmi.product.name: MS-7349
dmi.product.
dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.12.
version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.67-
version.
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version.
tags: | added: bios-outdated-2.7 |
Changed in xorg (Ubuntu): | |
status: | Incomplete → New |
I just placed a script in .config/autostart
" xrandr --output VGA-0 --off --output TV-0 --off --output HDMI-0 --primary --mode 1920x1080 --pos 0x0 --rotate normal "
This was generated by Arandr which was suggested by someone in the IRC. That failed to work. Then I tried the same in a folder called .screenlayout. That also failed.
I tried to have it called from the "Startup Applications" , but that seems to also be broken (bug report to follow on this), Startup Applications does not save anything that is added after a reboot. The only thing that is showing there is Nvidia X Server settings.
As stated earlier this was not an issue with 14.04 LTS. Three weeks later I am still dealing with this screen resolution issue to the point that I lost track of all the things that were suggested and from outdated posts.