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Switchboard Displays Plug
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when i connect my hdmi my screen is super zoomed in #269

Open januarydp opened 3 years ago

januarydp commented 3 years ago

my screen is zoomed in on my tv when i connect to hdmi. the creens are mirrored and i cant set it back to default. how do i fix this?

Cjnator38 commented 3 years ago

I have the same issue!

Alecaddd commented 3 years ago

I had the same problem, but I found a solution.

It seems that the Mirror Display option actually takes the resolution/source of the external monitor and mirrors it to the Primary monitor, which of course results in a super scaled interface if the external monitor comes at a different resolution.

In my case I plugged my 1080p laptop to my external 4k monitor and after setting Mirror Display on the entire interface returned super zoomed, as if I was seeing a 1080p portion of a 4k monitor.

I was able to switch off the Mirror Display option in the settings by focusing on it with the Tab key, but hitting Enter on Apply didn't trigger any change. I wasn't able to click it with the mouse since the Apply button was outside the visible screen area.

I solved with this terminal command: Disable the mirroring and put the HDMI monitor to the right: xrandr --output eDP-1 --auto --left-of HDMI-1 Enable mirroring by forcing the HDMI external monitor to mirror the primary display, a not viceversa: xrandr --output HDMI-1 --same-as eDP-1

sarojbelbase commented 3 years ago

Please sort this issue. I'm having the same problem. I don't know about putting HDMI screens left or right. This should be simple. Also when connecting HDMI, the HDMI audio should also be added in sound icon's drop downs like we get options for headphones and external speakers. The HDMI part should be redone or need some work. Good luck guys.

davidak commented 1 year ago

Sounds like a duplicate of https://github.com/elementary/switchboard-plug-display/issues/273