<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">I went the easy way too, but Linux doesn’t recognize the monitor (hence the subject line) and<b class=""> offers a max of </b><span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><b class="">1024x768</b> which doesn</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">t even fill the screen.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">I also searched for Visio drivers and found none.</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">The </span>“xrandr” <span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">method shown below seems to be the tool currently used</span><span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""> to force resolution on an unknown monitor.</span></div></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">After five years </span>“<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">in recovery</span>”<span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""> from hacking Linux, I</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">m re-learning . . .</span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">I</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">m using the VGA port since I</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">m talking to this monitor via a KVM that only knows VGA. I</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">ll try HDMI temporarily but then I won</span>’<span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">t be able to juggle operation with a Mac Mini.</span></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;" class="">_______________</span></font></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><div class="">On 20180301, at 05:06, <a href="mailto:kitepilot@kitepilot.com" class="">kitepilot@kitepilot.com</a> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div class="">I am a simple guy, so I go the easy way first... :)<br class="">I have been able to control any display (including HDMI, 2 VGA's in a DVI) on desktops and laptops using 'Menu' -> 'Preferences' -> 'Display'<br class="">And it is persistent.<br class="">What problem are you having with it?<br class="">ET </div><div class="">______________<br class=""><br class="">Victor Odhner writes: </div></div></div><blockquote style="margin: 0 0 0 40px; border: none; padding: 0px;" class=""><div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class=""><div class=""><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="">I'm trying to bring an unknown monitor up to full resolution.</div></div></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="">It's a Visio E241-A1 (TV set), claiming 1920x1080.</div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">I’m running Linux Mint 18.3 Sylvia, with Mate.</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">The computer (a new desktop) also drives an HDMI cable to a projector, but that’s turned off right now.</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">I used --newmode with xrandr and it seemed to accept that,</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">but then the --addmode said it didn’t know the new mode:</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"> <font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 12px;">xrandr: cannot find mode 1920x1080_60.00</font></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">Details below.</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><b class="">So, is there a way to make this work?</b></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><b class="">The Details:</b></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="">xrandr: cannot find mode 1920x1080_60.00</div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="">Here's the advice I've been working for:</div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><a href="https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/227876/how-to-set-custom-resolution-using-xrandr-when-the-resolution-is-not-available-i" class="">https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/227876/how-to-set-custom-resolution-using-xrandr-when-the-resolution-is-not-available-i</a></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class="">Original source: <a href="https://gist.github.com/debloper/2793261" class="">https://gist.github.com/debloper/2793261</a></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr -q</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 1024 x 768, maximum 32767 x 32767</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">DP1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> 1024x768 60.00* </font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> 800x600 60.32 56.25 </font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> 848x480 60.00 </font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> 640x480 59.94 </font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">HDMI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">HDMI2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">HDMI3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">VIRTUAL1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ gtf 1020 1080 60</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> # 1024x1080 @ 60.00 Hz (GTF) hsync: 67.08 kHz; pclk: 92.30 MHz</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"> Modeline "1024x1080_60.00" 92.30 1024 1088 1200 1376 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr --newmode "1024x1080_60.00" 92.30 1024 1088 1200 1376 1080 1081 1084 1118 -HSync +Vsync</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr --addmode DP1 "1920x1080_60.00"</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">xrandr: cannot find mode "1920x1080_60.00"</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;"><br class=""></font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ xrandr --output DP1 --mode "1920x1080_60.00"</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">xrandr: cannot find mode 1920x1080_60.00</font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><font face="Lucida Console" class="" style="font-size: 11px;">vodhner@MusicTeam ~ $ </font></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><div class=""><br class=""></div></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">Thanks,</div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;"><br class=""></div></div><div><div class="" style="font-size: 12px;">Victor</div></div></blockquote><div><div class="" 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