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How to Set A Custom Screen

Resolution in Ubuntu Desktop
April 16, 2017
Your preferred screen resolution is not available in the

Display settings? Well, here I’m going to show you how to
add a custom screen resolution in Ubuntu 17.04 (Work on
all current Ubuntu releases).
On my Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop, the default 1920X1080

(16:9) resolution is kinda high for me. Though there are
options to scale for menu, title bars, and text, I prefer
1600X900 (16:9) which is available in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS by
default.
To get my screen resolution, I did the following steps:

1. Open terminal via Ctrl+Alt+T or by searching for “Terminal” from dash. When it opens, run
command:
xrandr
It outputs current screen resolution as well as all available solutions. ALL I need here is the display
device name, in my case, it’s eDP-1.
2. Run command to calculate VESA CVT mode lines by given resolution:
cvt 1600 900
Replace 1600 900 (1600X900 in my case) in the command to your desired screen resolution.
3. Copy the Modeline (words with red underline, see previous picture), and run command to add new
mode:
sudo xrandr --newmode "1600x900_60.00" 118.25 1600 1696 1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -hsync
+vsync
UPDATE: For Ubuntu 17.10 Wayland, run xhost si:localuser:root command first in the
 terminal window to avoid sudo failure “No protocol specified Can’t open display 0:”
NOTE the command section after --newmode are COPIED from previous step output.
4. Now add the new created mode for your display device:
sudo xrandr --addmode eDP-1 "1600x900_60.00"
Replace eDP-1 (see step1) and "1600x900_60.00" (Step 2 or 3) in the command.
Finally Apply the new resolution in the Display settings:
IMPORTANT: To make Ubuntu remember the new created screen resolution at next start, you have
to edit the .profile via command:
gedit ~/.profile
add the last 2 commands to the end, commands in step 3 and 4, and save the file.
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47 responses to How to Set A Custom Screen Resolution
in Ubuntu Desktop
Bernhard S. April 17, 2017 at 9:23 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

resolution-ubuntu-desktop/#comment-3664476)
A very cool tip! I now can use a notebook with physical 1280 x 800 resolution with 1638 x
1024 :-) Thank you!
Bruno Paulino May 12, 2017 at 7:22 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

I’m getting the following error message. Any chance on helping me make it right?
$ sudo xrandr –addmode eDP1 “1600x900_60.00”

X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR)
Minor opcode of failed request: 18 (RRAddOutputMode)
Serial number of failed request: 45
Current serial number in output stream: 46
Leon May 19, 2017 at 4:49 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Many thank!
Andrew May 20, 2017 at 4:15 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

I got that error but if you continue on with the steps it still works fine.
Kefa Ouma August 20, 2017 at 10:42 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/#comment-3664690)
I am getting the same error. I don’t know what to do next.
Wallace Jackson September 29, 2017 at 7:35 pm

(http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/#comment-
3664775)
Same Here. Does Not Work.
Aenne Lee November 22, 2017 at 10:10 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

$ xrandr
And then replace eDP1 with either VGA-1 or DVI-1, whatever reads connected next to it
pavlos January 15, 2018 at 9:47 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

your display may be eDP-1 not eDP1.
Find the exact text from xrandr (step 1).
Dave McNeill May 19, 2017 at 12:07 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

After changing your screen resolution, it’s xy alignment may overlap or gap your other
screens.
Move them around, based on left,top origin 0,0
xrandr --output eDP-1 --pos 1600x0
Almino June 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Not working for me
Raj Sajja June 21, 2017 at 4:44 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Can we do this for 2560X1080 for display on LG Ultrawide monitor
bcs September 3, 2017 at 10:30 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

The steps work fine, but it doesn’t display correctly- I get fuzzy lines as if alignment is off.
bal July 5, 2017 at 9:00 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

ubuntu-desktop/#comment-3664598)
Perfect!!!
Good article
Henrique Soares Barbosa July 11, 2017 at 1:48 am

(http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-ubuntu-desktop/#comment-
3664609)
perfect for me using 1680×1050 because this option was not available in display choices;
TKS
Oliver Collyer July 12, 2017 at 1:03 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Nice to see this technique laid out neatly – you don’t need to place the “cvt” command in
your profile file though.
That is only used to give you the format for placing in the –newmode xrandr command.
It won’t do any harm there, but it won’t actually do anything :)
Sten July 30, 2017 at 5:10 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

I get an error when doing this command:
sudo xrandr –newmode “1920x1080_60.00” 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088
1120 -hsync +vsync
X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist)
Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (RRCreateMode)
Ji m July 31, 2017 at 8:05 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Not sure what’s the problem. But as @Andrew said, it still work if you continue on the
steps.
Mark August 5, 2017 at 8:11 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

Thanks a lot Ji !!!
anonymous August 7, 2017 at 8:02 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

in ~/.profile file enough add 2 last commands. (cvt is only show mode, not configuration)
Iain August 13, 2017 at 3:36 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

Thank you – not only is your English perfect, your guidance on screen resolution is also
clear and precise. I’ve been trying to sort this problem out for weeks. Excellent…
JeF August 23, 2017 at 5:10 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-
Fantastic tutorial, it worked “out of the box”. Thanks a lot! :)
fixitmanarizona August 29, 2017 at 12:35 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

Does not work at all. Xrander not found. Whye the HELL do you have to do these things in
some little DOS box in Linux? Can’t they catch up with other operating systems where you
do not have to use this little MS DOS box, and set things in a GUI?
And it should be forgiving of your spelling and or typing. I typed Xrander and it gave an
error! Unbelievable. It should work spelled either way.
Then, the thing does not say anything about edp-1 so that does not work. I don’t know what
else would??? I got this…..
xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 16384 x 16384
HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
VGA-0 connected 1024×768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
1024×768 60.00*
800×600 60.32 56.25
848×480 60.00
640×480 59.94
fixitman2@fixitman2-Linux:~$ 1600 x 1200 / 75 Hz
1600: command not found
fixitman2@fixitman2-Linux:~$ cvt 1600 900
# 1600×900 59.95 Hz (CVT 1.44M9) hsync: 55.99 kHz; pclk: 118.25 MHz
Modeline “1600x900_60.00” 118.25 1600 1696 1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -hsync
+vsync…..
THEN you notice, “command not found 1600! WHAT THE HELL??? Why would you have to
put in ANOTHER command? OK so then the cvt thing. ….
xrander –newmode “1600x900_60.00” 118.25 1600 1696 1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -
hsync +vsync
No command ‘xrander’ found, did you mean:
Command ‘xrandr’ from package ‘x11-xserver-utils’ (main)
xrander: command not found
fixitman2@fixitman2-Linux:~$ sudo xrandr –newmode “1600x900_60.00” 118.25 1600 1696
1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -hsync +vsync
and AGAIN command not found. I HATE MS DOS!!!!…
thern to top it all off I finally get this. ….
xrandr –newmode “1600x900_60.00” 118.25 1600 1696 1856 2112 900 903 908 934 -hsync
+vsync
X Error of failed request: BadName (named color or font does not exist)
Minor opcode of failed request: 16 (RRCreateMode)
fixitman2@fixitman2-Linux:~$ sudo xrandr –addmode eDP-1 “1600x900_60.00”
xrandr: cannot find output “eDP-1″….
AND it simply does not work. Can’t someone write a damn display thingy that you can click
on the numbers you want, picking displays from a list (mine is a Dell UltraScan P1110 –
CRT monitor – 21″… which last I checked Window XP had listed, and I used.) Nothing
showing up, you cannot select anything from the dropdown. AND I REFUSE to get a new
monitor, this one is much better than those flat screen crap ones they now sell with the
stupid widescreen, which I never saw the need for! Also it’s native resolution is 1800X1440,
which I can’t seem to find in the dropdown. It only wants to let me set some widescreen
thing , 1024X768 OR the old fashioned 800X600 which Windows 95 used. I think Linux is
about 20 years behind the times on this one.
blings November 3, 2017 at 2:31 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

the comand is ‘xrandr’ not xrander

OK after typing stuff in for like 2 hours, trying over and over and all kind of errors and stuff, it
finally worked. Why does it have to be so hard? THEN I went to do the final steps with gedit
and it is not installed! I guessed I could do the same with mousepad (since I’m on Xubuntu_)
and I hope I got that right. mode is now 1280×1024 and for some reason it won’t run at 75
htz like the monitor manual says, it gets all wonky, so 60 htz it is. Oh and thank God for the
old monitors buttons that set size and top to bottom height, etc. That was way too hard to
figure out how to do with some obscure DOS code in a little box, I prefer physical buttons!!!
Now to find where the color profiles are stored! OH WAIT I can set colors right on the
monitor with BUTTONS unlike these new flat screen things where you can’t adjust anything
at all without being some sort of genius programmer. Hell, can’t even find the “on” button on
most of them, it’s on the back or side or something, I like it RIGHT on the FRONT labeled
“ON” where you can see it!!!

VGA-0 instead of the edp-1 was one mistake apparently.
Sohail September 6, 2017 at 10:25 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

I solved my “X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)”
It seems that you can’t use xrandr with the nVidia proprietary driver. Getting back to the
driver included in Ubuntu fixed the error for me.
Moreover, my screen did not show proper resolution, and seems that you can not always
depend on cvt and gtf. I got the working numbers by finding your device EDID and reading it
by parse-edid.
Peter Wilcox September 12, 2017 at 4:43 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-
How can I do this… Increase my resolution by , ” (6) 1080p monitors”.?
Mushir September 18, 2017 at 4:59 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

thank you, I always do that with my HP1740 screen but if you use wayland as your display
server it will never work
Jaffry J September 20, 2017 at 2:26 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Genius! Thank you.
Ms Dosch October 4, 2017 at 12:23 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Don’t even try. Not gonna change anything. You are gonna get nothing but error messages.
Curt Carpenter October 28, 2017 at 10:44 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

This step-by-step much appreciated and worked for me.
In the step xrandr –newmode … I received some errors, but per comments here I just
ignored them and continued on with the steps.
sandeep November 7, 2017 at 5:59 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Thanks a lot. Was able to get this set in my vmware
Chris November 10, 2017 at 12:23 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Hey everyone. I’m trying to change the resolution within 17.10 on a dell studio 1558 laptop
to its native 1440×900. When trying to create the –newmode I get a: “No protocol specified
Can’t open display 0:”
Any ideas?
Ashwin Kailas November 20, 2017 at 1:12 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

Thank you soo much!
Could you explain why that resolution wasn’t there initially? For me just one 16:9 resolution
was there, ie 1920×1080.. all others were in 4:3..
Aenne Lee November 22, 2017 at 10:11 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

It works if you don’t use the password in order to authorize and login only. Else you get
something about tty or pass error
dave December 9, 2017 at 3:57 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

I am new to Ubuntu,
Thanks for the steps, this was very helpful and easy to follow, and now my scrren works
much better
Huete December 10, 2017 at 9:28 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Worked for me!

I spend 2 days trying to solve this problem.
Monitor Samsung SA300 (S22A300B)
Video adapter nvidia gtx 760.
Ubunto with driver from X.Org X server – Nouveau (…)
Using VGA cable with DVI converter . So where you used eDP-1, I used DVI-I-1.
Thank you!
martin December 18, 2017 at 10:37 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

It worked perfectly applying 2560x1440x44Hz in my display.

And when I restart, it keeps this resolution.
Thank you!
photis phudge December 23, 2017 at 6:46 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

Worked like a charm for my LG 22M45HQ-B which refused to be set in native resolution of
1920 x 1080. Great job, clear instructions. Thank you!
One Two Potato January 10, 2018 at 10:13 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

Best article I found on setting resolution manually. Folks, you need to follow each step and
the red highlights on the picture are there for a reason.
Jos January 17, 2018 at 8:31 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-
Hello,
what version of xrandr are you using? I only seem to get error messages:
cvt 816 1080

Modeline “816x1080_60.00” 73.00 816 872 952 1088 1080 1083 1093 1120 -hsync +vsync
so far so good, now:
xrandr –addmode Modeline “816x1080_60.00” 73.00 816 872 952 1088 1080 1083 1093
1120 -hsync +vsync
xrandr: unrecognized option ‘73.00’
so its expecting a different format?… or…
Jos January 17, 2018 at 8:37 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

excuse me, I mixed up addmode and newmode :s
iPunkt January 27, 2018 at 6:32 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Little problem, it says:
No protocol specified
Can’t open display :0
Can somebody help me? I have to work in Inkscape and my screen resolution is 1366×900,
I need it bigger. Thanks guys :)
Rex February 3, 2018 at 10:52 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Same Problem here:
#xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 8192 x 8192
XWAYLAND1 connected 1920×1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 620mm
x 340mm
1920×1080 59.96*+
#sudo xrandr –newmode “2560x1440_60.00” 312.25 2560 2752 3024 3488 1440 1443
1448 1493 -hsync +vsync
[sudo] Passwort für ***:
#sudo xrandr –addmode XWAYLAND1 “2560x1440_60.00”
Ji m February 3, 2018 at 4:13 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

This is a Wayland issue since it’s default in Ubuntu 17.10. Try the update in Step 3.
ysh January 30, 2018 at 3:26 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Amazing! thanks alot…
John February 8, 2018 at 1:03 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Use this instead

DO STEPS 1-3 from this sites tutorial then do this
xrandr –newmode “1920×1080” 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync
+vsync
xrandr –addmode Virtual1 1920×1080
xrandr –output Virtual1 –mode 1920×1080
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How to Set A Custom Screen

Your preferred screen resolution is not available in the

On my Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop, the default 1920X1080

To get my screen resolution, I did the following steps:

2. Run command to calculate VESA CVT mode lines by given resolution:

cvt 1600 900

sudo xrandr --addmode eDP-1 "1600x900_60.00"

Replace eDP-1 (see step1) and "1600x900_60.00" (Step 2 or 3) in the command.

Finally Apply the new resolution in the Display settings:

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Bruno Paulino May 12, 2017 at 7:22 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

$ sudo xrandr –addmode eDP1 “1600x900_60.00”

Leon May 19, 2017 at 4:49 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Andrew May 20, 2017 at 4:15 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Kefa Ouma August 20, 2017 at 10:42 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

I am getting the same error. I don’t know what to do next.

Wallace Jackson September 29, 2017 at 7:35 pm

Same Here. Does Not Work.

Aenne Lee November 22, 2017 at 10:10 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

pavlos January 15, 2018 at 9:47 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

your display may be eDP-1 not eDP1.

Find the exact text from xrandr (step 1).

Dave McNeill May 19, 2017 at 12:07 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Move them around, based on left,top origin 0,0

xrandr --output eDP-1 --pos 1600x0

Almino June 16, 2017 at 7:55 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Not working for me

Raj Sajja June 21, 2017 at 4:44 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Can we do this for 2560X1080 for display on LG Ultrawide monitor

bcs September 3, 2017 at 10:30 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

bal July 5, 2017 at 9:00 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

Henrique Soares Barbosa July 11, 2017 at 1:48 am

Oliver Collyer July 12, 2017 at 1:03 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

It won’t do any harm there, but it won’t actually do anything :)

Sten July 30, 2017 at 5:10 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

I get an error when doing this command:

Ji m July 31, 2017 at 8:05 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Mark August 5, 2017 at 8:11 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

Thanks a lot Ji !!!

anonymous August 7, 2017 at 8:02 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Iain August 13, 2017 at 3:36 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-resolution-

Fantastic tutorial, it worked “out of the box”. Thanks a lot! :)

fixitmanarizona August 29, 2017 at 12:35 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

blings November 3, 2017 at 2:31 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

the comand is ‘xrandr’ not xrander

fixitmanarizona August 29, 2017 at 1:56 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

fixitmanarizona August 29, 2017 at 2:02 am (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

VGA-0 instead of the edp-1 was one mistake apparently.

Sohail September 6, 2017 at 10:25 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

I solved my “X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)”

How can I do this… Increase my resolution by , ” (6) 1080p monitors”.?

Mushir September 18, 2017 at 4:59 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Jaffry J September 20, 2017 at 2:26 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Genius! Thank you.

Ms Dosch October 4, 2017 at 12:23 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-

Curt Carpenter October 28, 2017 at 10:44 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-

This step-by-step much appreciated and worked for me.

sandeep November 7, 2017 at 5:59 pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2017/04/custom-screen-