Bug 325275 - Display Configuration doesn't allow manual resolution configuration when autodetection has got it wrong.
Summary: Display Configuration doesn't allow manual resolution configuration when auto...
Status: RESOLVED UNMAINTAINED
Alias: None
Product: systemsettings
Classification: Applications
Component: kcm_randr (show other bugs)
Version: 4.11.0
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR minor
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2013-09-24 23:20 UTC by Richard Neill
Modified: 2015-01-22 12:08 UTC (History)
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Description Richard Neill 2013-09-24 23:20:24 UTC 
My 2nd monitor is a 1600x1200@60 screen (connected via VGA).

When I plug it in, krandr only offers resolutions up to 1024x768, and doesn't offer 1600x1200.
Xrandr has failed to auto-detect it, and must be overridden as follows:
  xrandr --addmode VGA1 1600x1200
  xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1600x1200
After this, krandr offers the 1600x1200 choice.

So....

1. Please add a "manually specify resolution" option to krandr  in the list of choices.

2. Please add some help text, that at least informs the user:
 - that auto-detection can sometimes fail.
 - that it is possible to specify a resolution that isn't in the list
 - that xrandr is the way to do it.

Thanks
Comment 1 David Edmundson 2015-01-22 12:08:12 UTC 
Thanks for reporting your bug.

Since reporting Krandr has since been replaced by KScreen. It is available in the Plasma 4 series, and is default in Plasma 5 onwards.

I hope this solves your issue. If you still have a problem after upgrading please reopen a new bug under kscreen.

Thanks