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Hi,
I have a Lenovo Ideapad 320 and I'm using Gnome classic.
I've noticed my resolution is a bit strange. Things are a bit small and many websites don't fill the whole screen. Facebook, for example, only shows thin columns at the middle of the page.
In my video configuration options, I see few resolution options:
- 1920x1080 (16:9) - this is the only 16:9
- 1400x1040 (4:3)
- 1280 x 1024 (5:4)
- 1280x960 (4:3)
- 1024x768 (4:3)
- 960x720 (4:3)
- 928x696 (4:3)
How can I get better 16:9 options?
I believe for a 15in notebook, I should use a smaller 16:9.
My video card is this one:
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation HD Graphics 620 (rev 02)
Thank you.
Edit: maybe I should've created the topic in Laptop Issues, instead of Multimedia and Games? Wasn't sure, since this is a video issue.
Last edited by rufus_lenhador (2018-01-14 23:45:20)
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The first symptom you list is far too vague to be useful. The second is a purely a website design flaw, not a problem with your system.
In no case would it make sense to prefer a *lower* resolution for better appearance. I suspect you may want to change dpi settings though.
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That happens with many websites.
When I access them from a desktop, they take the whole screen.
I thought I'd normally have more resolutions available. I'm also not sure I have the correct driver for the video card.
Can dpi settings fix that? How can I check?
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By reading the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xo … ze_and_DPI
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Sorry to ask that, but are you sure my problem is DPI related? Wiki says it's related to fine detail and font rendering. I don't think that's my case. There's nothing wrong with the quality of the image.
Many websites aren't being displayed correctly. In Google Drive, for example. I see 8 documents per page. In a desktop, with a much bigger screen, I see 5 only.
Can't I use a resolution with the same proportion, but displaying things bigger?
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Compare your actual DPI http://dpi.lv/ with what is being set by X: `xdpyinfo | grep resolution`.
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Can't I use a resolution with the same proportion, but displaying things bigger?
You could, if one existed; but clearly it doesn't.
You could use a lower resolution with a different aspect ratio, and this would make those icons bigger (so you get 5 across the screen, or whatver) but they would look worse. Why would you want to intentionally make everything lower resolution just to make it bigger? If you want to make things bigger, just inform your software that you want more dots-per-inch (dpi).
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Compare your actual DPI http://dpi.lv/ with what is being set by X: `xdpyinfo | grep resolution`.
Website: 166 pixels per inch.
xdpyinfo | grep resolution
resolution: 96x96 dots per inch
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rufus_lenhador wrote:Can't I use a resolution with the same proportion, but displaying things bigger?
You could, if one existed; but clearly it doesn't.
You could use a lower resolution with a different aspect ratio, and this would make those icons bigger (so you get 5 across the screen, or whatver) but they would look worse. Why would you want to intentionally make everything lower resolution just to make it bigger? If you want to make things bigger, just inform your software that you want more dots-per-inch (dpi).
I don't really want a lower resolution, I wanted websites to look normal. Most of them are not filling the screen as they do in any other computer I use.
I'll add a screenshot to try making it clear:
https://i.imgur.com/mDZp0zB.png
Last edited by jasonwryan (2018-01-15 02:43:49)
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Read the Code of Conduct and only post thumbnails http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Cod … s_and_code
That's how Github is built...
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I don't really want a lower resolution, I wanted websites to look normal.
Then, yet again, fix your DPI! How can the problem not be obvious after what you posted in post #8.
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