Fix monitor with broken EDID
03 May 2017Issue description
Monitor’s EDID is damaged and Ubuntu is running at lower resolution
How to fix
- Read timing from a working monitor (same mode)
sudo get-edid | parse-edid
- Create a new script
/etc/lightdm/video-mode
with desired timing#!/bin/sh /usr/bin/xrandr --newmode FHD 148.50 1920 2008 2052 2200 1080 1084 1089 1125 +hsync +vsync /usr/bin/xrandr --addmode DisplayPort-0 FHD
- Add the following line at the end of
/etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
to autoload the timingdisplay-setup-script=/etc/lightdm/video-mode