Adding a custom resolution is messing up the formatting of the interfaces for Ubuntu 18.04 and applications
I followed the instructions on adding a custom resolution to Ubuntu from here:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/
It works perfectly at setting a new resolution on my Samsung U28D590D UHD monitor, but it has an annoying side effect which makes new resolution unusable: it pushes interface elements from Ubuntu and running applications off the edge of the screen. For example, the time, which is normally at the centre of the title bar is pushed to the the right and the right-hand side title bar icons, such as the power icon are push way out of sight over the right somewhere. I also tried to restart to see if this would sort the issue out, but it didn't.
Potentially this could be a quirk of my own system, but my guess is that it is more likely Ubuntu 18.04 has profiles stored somewhere which control how much application windows and OS chrome elements in Ubuntu are scaled for each of the stored resolutions. Can anyone confirm if this is the case and if so, where I can find and edit this information?
My Samsung monitor's resolution is almost twice the maximum default resolution available in Ubuntu, so obviously I am highly motivated to sort this issue out. I hope someone knows what's going on.
Thanks.
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I followed the instructions on adding a custom resolution to Ubuntu from here:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/
It works perfectly at setting a new resolution on my Samsung U28D590D UHD monitor, but it has an annoying side effect which makes new resolution unusable: it pushes interface elements from Ubuntu and running applications off the edge of the screen. For example, the time, which is normally at the centre of the title bar is pushed to the the right and the right-hand side title bar icons, such as the power icon are push way out of sight over the right somewhere. I also tried to restart to see if this would sort the issue out, but it didn't.
Potentially this could be a quirk of my own system, but my guess is that it is more likely Ubuntu 18.04 has profiles stored somewhere which control how much application windows and OS chrome elements in Ubuntu are scaled for each of the stored resolutions. Can anyone confirm if this is the case and if so, where I can find and edit this information?
My Samsung monitor's resolution is almost twice the maximum default resolution available in Ubuntu, so obviously I am highly motivated to sort this issue out. I hope someone knows what's going on.
Thanks.
18.04 display display-resolution samsung
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I followed the instructions on adding a custom resolution to Ubuntu from here:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/
It works perfectly at setting a new resolution on my Samsung U28D590D UHD monitor, but it has an annoying side effect which makes new resolution unusable: it pushes interface elements from Ubuntu and running applications off the edge of the screen. For example, the time, which is normally at the centre of the title bar is pushed to the the right and the right-hand side title bar icons, such as the power icon are push way out of sight over the right somewhere. I also tried to restart to see if this would sort the issue out, but it didn't.
Potentially this could be a quirk of my own system, but my guess is that it is more likely Ubuntu 18.04 has profiles stored somewhere which control how much application windows and OS chrome elements in Ubuntu are scaled for each of the stored resolutions. Can anyone confirm if this is the case and if so, where I can find and edit this information?
My Samsung monitor's resolution is almost twice the maximum default resolution available in Ubuntu, so obviously I am highly motivated to sort this issue out. I hope someone knows what's going on.
Thanks.
18.04 display display-resolution samsung
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I followed the instructions on adding a custom resolution to Ubuntu from here:
http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/
It works perfectly at setting a new resolution on my Samsung U28D590D UHD monitor, but it has an annoying side effect which makes new resolution unusable: it pushes interface elements from Ubuntu and running applications off the edge of the screen. For example, the time, which is normally at the centre of the title bar is pushed to the the right and the right-hand side title bar icons, such as the power icon are push way out of sight over the right somewhere. I also tried to restart to see if this would sort the issue out, but it didn't.
Potentially this could be a quirk of my own system, but my guess is that it is more likely Ubuntu 18.04 has profiles stored somewhere which control how much application windows and OS chrome elements in Ubuntu are scaled for each of the stored resolutions. Can anyone confirm if this is the case and if so, where I can find and edit this information?
My Samsung monitor's resolution is almost twice the maximum default resolution available in Ubuntu, so obviously I am highly motivated to sort this issue out. I hope someone knows what's going on.
Thanks.
18.04 display display-resolution samsung
18.04 display display-resolution samsung
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