Fixing resolution issue. Please help

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midish
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Fixing resolution issue. Please help

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Hi there, I'm new to KXStudio. I tried the liveDVD and liked it very much so I decided to install the last version available (14.04...). I'm using a 1920x1080 TV with VGA port and a HP Compaq Pro 6300 which have Intel integrated graphics. By default it shows a maximum resolution of 1024x768. I thought it could relate to drivers but manager doesn't show anything. In the meantime I have forced resolution with xrandr command but I really want it to be permanent and default.
I would like to know how to install intel graphics driver for my machine if needed.. or how to permanently keep the ideal resolution, thanks a lot!
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Re: Fixing resolution issue. Please help

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Nevermind. After reserching all day I finally solved this problem. It turns out that the intel driver isn't the best :lol: But here's what I did, for the record:

First, type this command: cvt 1920 1080 60 (1920 and 1080 is the screen resolution you want and 60 I believe is the refresh rate)
it retrieves something called Modeline.
Go to xorg.conf.d folder, which happens to be at /usr/share/X11 (I don't know if you could just create the directory at the typical /etc/X11)
using root privileges create a file named 10-monitor.conf and paste this and replace what's in red:

Section "Monitor"
Identifier "VGA1"
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync (use your modeline in this part)
Option "PreferredMode" "1920x1080_60.00"
EndSection

Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Monitor "VGA1"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Modes "1920x1080_60.00"
EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "Device"
Identifier "Device0"
Driver "intel"
EndSection

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reboot. that's all

note: if you were using xrandr command before you'll probably have to reboot twice :? idk but it happened to me
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