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#1

Hello,

in my Gnome display settings I can only select 2560x1440 as 16:9 resolution, all other resolutions are 4:3/5:4. While 2560x1440 on my 14" Thinkpad makes everything way too small, I’d like to go for a smaller 16:9 resolution, instead of using HiDPI window scaling x2, because I feel like that is too much waste of space. Please can someone tell me why I can only select one 16:9 resolution and how I can solve my problem? In KDE I was able to choose from many different 16:9 resolutions.

Thanks in advance!

#2

What does xrandr report about your available graphics display modes? It may be possible to add a custom display mode if necessary…

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/xrandr#Adding_undetected_resolutions

#3

Sorry for replying that very late!

Thank you very much, I was able to add 1920x1080 as a custom resolution. There’s only a small issue with that, which is that I cannot switch to another resolution through Gnome Displays settings anymore. Any idea why?
Anyways, it’s much better now!

#4

If you’re looking for a GUI to modify your xrandr settings,
I install and use arandr.

TSU

#5

Hi
So you have both GNOME and Plasma desktops installed?

What graphics card/driver?

Check in ~/.config for a monitors.xml file, what settings are in here? Move to ~/ and restart the shell (alt+F2 enter r <press enter> ) or login/logout.

Else look at the tweak too -> fonts and play with the scaling.

#6

Using the GUI didn’t work either, but

So you have both GNOME and Plasma desktops installed?

What graphics card/driver?

Check in ~/.config for a monitors.xml file, what settings are in here? Move to ~/ and restart the shell (alt+F2 enter r <press enter> ) or login/logout.

Else look at the tweak too -> fonts and play with the scaling.

getting a new monitors.xml file did it, so I can change resolutions again.
I only have GNOME installed and have HD Graphics 530 and GeForce 940MX with nouveau drivers.

Thanks for your help!