[SOLVED] Narrowed desktop on second monitor

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[SOLVED] Narrowed desktop on second monitor

Post by lajner »

Hello,

I would like to use a dual monitor setting with a television as second monitor. Everything used to work well on Ubuntu. With Cinnamon Mint, I needed to install proprietary nVidia drivers to get HDMI working, but it is not enough. After plugging the HDMI the television correctly display its resolution 1920x1080 (=TV knows which resolution the computer selected), but wallpaper and all windows are narrowed. But when I check the setting in xrandr, display manager or nVidia server settings everything looks OK. Here is for example xrandr output:

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$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3520 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS-0 connected primary 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 174mm
   1600x900       60.0*+   40.0  
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 886mm x 498mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+   59.9     50.0     30.0     25.0     24.0     60.1     60.0     50.0  
   1680x1050      60.0  
   1600x900       60.0  
   1440x900       59.9  
   1366x768       59.8  
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
   1280x800       59.8  
   1280x720       60.0     59.9     50.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     72.2     60.3  
   720x576        50.0     50.1  
   720x480        59.9     60.1  $ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 8 x 8, current 3520 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
LVDS-0 connected primary 1600x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 310mm x 174mm
   1600x900       60.0*+   40.0  
DP-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+1600+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 886mm x 498mm
   1920x1080      60.0*+   59.9     50.0     30.0     25.0     24.0     60.1     60.0     50.0  
   1680x1050      60.0  
   1600x900       60.0  
   1440x900       59.9  
   1366x768       59.8  
   1280x1024      75.0     60.0  
   1280x800       59.8  
   1280x720       60.0     59.9     50.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.0     70.1     60.0  
   800x600        75.0     72.2     60.3  
   720x576        50.0     50.1  
   720x480        59.9     60.1  
   640x480        75.0     72.8     59.9  
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

   640x480        75.0     72.8     59.9  
DP-2 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DP-3 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
I have no idea where could be a problem. Any suggestions please?
Last edited by LockBot on Wed Dec 28, 2022 7:16 am, edited 2 times in total.
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lajner

Re: Narrowed desktop on second monitor, but resolution is OK

Post by lajner »

OK, that was easy. I installed nVidia 331.113 driver, which is probably buggy? Installing 304.125 driver solved the problem.
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