1920*1080 resolution

[dxtiger]

Hello,

I recently installed Linux Mint 14 to dual boot with windows 7, I did all the updates and installed the ATI drivers for my card (HD5750) from AMD site and the problem is that I'm able to set to 1920*1080 but it doesnt cover my full screen i get thick black borders on all sides.

If anyone knows a solution plz post.

Thank you

[grimdestripador]

Not a user of ATI myself, But is there a setting to go from "Center" to "Stretch"

If not; see my other post about stretching using the command xrandr

viewtopic.php?f=46&t=70124&p=407765&hilit=xrandr#p407765

[dxtiger]

Im new to this linux wolrd can you explain step by step how I do that?
And if I scale wouldn't i loose quality?

[dxtiger]

Bump

[grimdestripador]

I'm assuming that since your chose 1920*1080 resolution you want this resolution in particular. If it is not your monitor's native resolution, then yes. you would loose quality, as the comptuer must scale some pixiles. You monitor will automatically rescale, if perhaps you gave it 1024x768, but since its 1980x1080 it seems that it wants to continue to use your monitors native (perahps a bit bigger since you have black borders).

My suggestions to remove the black borders.
1) Switch to the native resolution of your monitor
2) If you still want to be 1920x1080, then you would need to scale.

[dxtiger]

Yes my screen native resolution is 1920*1080, can you explain me how I scale then ?
And if I scale will it save or I will have to do it every time I login?

[exploder]

I found the 304 drivers do the best job of getting my screen resolution right. I have an HP 25" wide screen monitor and my default screen resolution is 1920 x 1080.

[dxtiger]

304 drivers? arent thoose for Nvidia? I have an ATI HD5750

[exploder]

304 drivers? arent thoose for Nvidia? I have an ATI HD5750

My apologies, it's early here and I have not had enough coffee yet... Sorry.

Edit: Have you tried any of the drivers in the software sources? My laptop is using ATI graphics. I had trouble installing the proprietary drivers, had to install them twice and it said the install failed but the drivers are working just fine. I have the exact same ATI card as you but it is currently not installed in any of my machines.

[AlbertP]

Please run inxi -Gx in terminal and post the output.

[pluraldave]

Sounds more like standard ati underscan. I think you'll want to look at http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Configuring. I would guess the command you want is:

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sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0

If that doesn't help (after reboot?) keep reading from the above link.

Alternatively you may or may not have an over/underscan slider in the ati configuration tool, it seems it depends on how it recognises the monitor.

[dxtiger]

Sounds more like standard ati underscan. I think you'll want to look at http://wiki.cchtml.com/index.php/Configuring. I would guess the command you want is:

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sudo aticonfig --set-pcs-val=MCIL,DigitalHDTVDefaultUnderscan,0

If that doesn't help (after reboot?) keep reading from the above link.

Alternatively you may or may not have an over/underscan slider in the ati configuration tool, it seems it depends on how it recognises the monitor.

It worked.
Thank you all.