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I'm using Ubuntu 16 live on two PCs and both show an image only on the upper left quarter of the screen. How can I resize it since I cannot go to settings the normal way?

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    Could you please [edit] your question to include the output of the terminal command `lspci -nnk | grep -A2 VGA` and `xrandr`? Thanks. – David Foerster Feb 13 '17 at 04:36
  • If you cannot get to the terminal via the GUI, you can press Ctrl + Alt + F1 to change to the vt, and press Ctrl + Alt + F7 to get back. Sometimes doing this also (temporarily) fixes problems like this. – Jonas Czech Feb 13 '17 at 06:35
  • I've got the same issue on Pop!_OS 22.04. [Here's a gist](https://gist.github.com/dhimmel/e3aadfa7cccee684b4c4b47214f0dddb) with output for the commands mentioned by @DavidFoerster. – Daniel Himmelstein May 04 '22 at 01:39
  • Did you find how to fix this please? – Richard Sep 16 '22 at 11:02

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I encountered the same issue on Ubuntu 16.04 when launching some Steam games.

The only solution I have found is to restart the display manager, at the cost of logging out and losing the session.

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    I do not have enough reputation to comment on the original question... for me the output of `lspci -nnk | grep -A2 VGA` is: 00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [8086:0166] (rev 09) DeviceName: Intel(R) Graphics 4000 Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller [103c:18f9] – ryhui Mar 11 '17 at 21:57
  • `xrandr`: Can't open display – ryhui Mar 11 '17 at 21:58