Display in system settings is incorrect

[leh103]

I have used LMDE 2 for several years now. However, I just did an install of LMDE 3 over my old version. The display app in the system settings reports a Samsung 7" display which is incorrect. The monitor I use is a 23 inch Samsung. This has not really caused a problem except in two programs VLC and Calibre which the user interface is stretched out of proportion. It looks like the programs expected a 7" tablet and filled the whole screen of my 23" monitor. I was just wondering if there was some way to force the OS to recognize the correct dimensions of the screen.

[leh103]

I really don't like posting a reply to my own post, but now I really need some help on this matter. I fixed Calibre and VLC by using AppImages of older versions and they work OK. It is not ideal because they are not the latest from the repository, but still work fine. However, now I have the same problem when building a open source project that I am trying to help on. It has the same problem as with Calibre and VLC, i do not think it is a software problem. I am pretty sure it is a hardware configuration problem.

Here is my system information:

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System:    Host: fred Kernel: 4.9.0-8-amd64 x86_64 (64 bit gcc: 6.3.0)
           Desktop: Cinnamon 4.0.9 (Gtk 2.24.31) Distro: LMDE 3 (cindy)
Machine:   Device: desktop System: HP-Pavilion product: NC757AA-ABA a6757c
           Mobo: PEGATRON model: NARRA3 v: 3.02
           BIOS: Phoenix v: 5.17 date: 10/09/2008
CPU:       Quad core AMD Phenom 9150e (-MCP-) cache: 2048 KB
           flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4a svm) bmips: 14465
           clock speeds: max: 1800 MHz 1: 1800 MHz 2: 900 MHz 3: 900 MHz
           4: 1800 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood XT [Radeon HD 5670/5690/5730]
           bus-ID: 02:00.0
           Display Server: X.Org 1.19.2 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
           Resolution: 1920x1080@60.00hz
           GLX Renderer: Gallium 0.4 on AMD REDWOOD (DRM 2.49.0 / 4.9.0-8-amd64, LLVM 3.9.1)
           GLX Version: 3.0 Mesa 13.0.6 Direct Rendering: Yes
Audio:     Card-1 Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Redwood HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 5000 Series]
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 02:00.1
           Card-2 NVIDIA MCP61 High Definition Audio
           driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 00:05.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture v: k4.9.0-8-amd64
Network:   Card-1: NVIDIA MCP61 Ethernet
           driver: forcedeth port: ec00 bus-ID: 00:07.0
           IF: enp0s7 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
           Card-2: Ralink RT3060 Wireless 802.11n 1T/1R
           driver: rt2800pci v: 2.3.0 bus-ID: 01:0a.0
           IF: wlp1s10 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:    HDD Total Size: 641.2GB (42.3% used)
           ID-1: /dev/sda model: WDC_WD6401AALS size: 640.1GB
           ID-2: USB /dev/sdf model: Cruzer_Mini size: 1.0GB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 115G used: 25G (23%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
           ID-2: /home size: 302G used: 172G (60%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
           ID-3: swap-1 size: 62.96GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3
Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0C mobo: N/A gpu: 53.0
           Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Repos:     Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/atom.list
           deb [arch=amd64] https://packagecloud.io/AtomEditor/atom/any/ any main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/d-apt.list
           deb https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/d-apt/ d-apt main #APT repository for D (NetCologne - SourceForge)
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list
           deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
           deb http://packages.linuxmint.com cindy main upstream import backport #id:linuxmint_main
           deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch main contrib non-free
           deb https://deb.debian.org/debian stretch-updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://security.debian.org stretch/updates main contrib non-free
           deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org stretch main non-free
           Active apt sources in file: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/softmaker.list
           deb http://shop.softmaker.com/repo/apt wheezy non-free
Info:      Processes: 223 Uptime: 12 min Memory: 3071.0/5971.0MB
           Init: SysVinit runlevel: 2 Gcc sys: 6.3.0
           Client: Shell (bash 4.4.121) inxi: 2.3.5

Here is the output from xrandr:

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Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
HDMI-0 connected primary 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 160mm x 90mm
   1920x1080     60.00*+  59.94    30.00    29.97  
   1920x1080i    60.00    59.94  
   1600x1200     60.00  
   1680x1050     59.88  
   1280x1024     75.02    60.02  
   1440x900      74.98    59.90  
   1280x960      60.00  
   1280x800      59.91  
   1152x864      75.00  
   1280x720      60.00    59.94  
   1024x768      75.03    70.07    60.00  
   832x624       74.55  
   800x600       72.19    75.00    60.32    56.25  
   720x480       60.00    59.94  
   640x480       75.00    72.81    66.67    60.00    59.94  
   720x400       70.08  
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

The top attachment is how the app should not look, it was built on my LMDE 3 desktop.
The bottom attachment is how the app should look, it was built on my Windows 7 laptop.

I have not tried all the programs on my desktop yet, so I do not know if I have the same problem with all the other programs that I don't usually use very often. The other programs I use often do not have this problem.

I would really appreciate some help in solving this problem.