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How To Change Screen Resolution Size on Droplet?

Hi. I installed Ubuntu 20.04 on my droplet. I was following through with this blog. https://systemweakness.com/how-to-install-ubuntu-with-gui-on-digital-ocean-for-free-12301f464a3

It is working now for me, but my problem is Screen Resolution. Resolution support only 1364x768(16:9) I want to change it to 1920x1080 I am not sure how can I change it. I am connecting it via Teamviewer now. Please help me. Thanks.


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alexdo
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May 31, 2023

Heya,

In order to change the screen resolution on your Ubuntu 20.04 droplet, follow these steps.

  1. Open the terminal and run this command to identify your display:

    1. xrandr

You’ll see an output with your display name (e.g., eDP-1, DP-1 etc.).

  1. Add the new 1920x1080 resolution with the following command, replacing YOURDISPLAY with your display name from the previous step:

    1. xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync && xrandr --addmode YOURDISPLAY "1920x1080"
  2. Finally, change the resolution by executing this command and replacing YOURDISPLAY again:

    1. xrandr --output YOURDISPLAY --mode "1920x1080"

If this works, you can add the commands from step 2 and 3 to the /etc/rc.local file to persist the changes across reboots.

For more information on resizing your droplet’s screen resolution, please refer to our Resize Droplet Guide.

Hope that this helps!

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