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Rmonou8

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Registered: 2023-12-01

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[SOLVED] How to make archlinux not stretch my nonnative resolutions ?

Sorry if this is wrong place to post this but im newbie so i think its right ?
I did xrandr --output (output) --mode 1280x1024 and it stretched the screen out to the sides . I dont want that . I want it to fit the screen and not stretch it out , leaving black bars at the sides or top and bottom if applicable .
I tried doing xrandr --output (output) --set "scaling mode" "Full aspect" but it gave me an error
X Error of failed request:  BadName (named color or font does not exist)
  Major opcode of failed request:  140 (RANDR)
  Minor opcode of failed request:  11 (RRQueryOutputProperty)
  Serial number of failed request:  50
  Current serial number in output stream:  50

The output name is correct i dont know what to do ive been struggling with this for soooooo long . Monitor doesnt give such a option . In windows i was able to change scaling in nvidia control panel , but nvidia-settings doesnt seem to have an option like that on linux ?

Last edited by Rmonou8 (2023-12-01 19:49:05)

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make archlinux not stretch my nonnative resolutions ?

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=254991

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Rmonou8

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Registered: 2023-12-01

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make archlinux not stretch my nonnative resolutions ?

Sorry if im dumb but i really couldnt find an answer in the post mentioned
Some more info cuz i think its also relevant: i use newest propietary nvidia driver

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make archlinux not stretch my nonnative resolutions ?

What did you end up doing to solve it?

Section8

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Registered: 2023-05-12

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Re: [SOLVED] How to make archlinux not stretch my nonnative resolutions ?

If you are trying to map a game's resolution to your screen, I think gamescope - https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Gamescope - can do that.