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Getting 1920x1080 resolution or 16:9 aspect ratio on Ubuntu or Linux Mint

Rachel Davis |

I am running Ubuntu and Linux Mint in VMWare. In the display settings, none of the 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions are available, including the commonly used 1920x1080 resolution. How can I enable this?

6 Answers

Enter the following commands in a terminal to enable 1920x1080 resolution:

xrandr --newmode "1920x1080" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode Virtual1 1920x1080
xrandr --output Virtual1 --mode 1920x1080

This will set your display resolution to 1920x1080 and also enable several other 16:9 aspect ratio resolutions in the display settings.

Remember that you may have to enable full screen mode in VMWare before these resolutions become selectable.

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@InvalidBrainException's answer is great. In addition, in order to it make it permanent and prevent running commands on each restart, you can write the following configs into file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/10-monitor.conf:

Section "Monitor" Identifier "Virtual1" Modeline "p1920x1080" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync Option "PreferredMode" "p1920x1080"
EndSection
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@mhsekhavat Years later... Ubuntu 20.04 on vbox 6.1.

  1. Stick the 10-monitor.conf in /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/
  2. Reboot
  3. 1920 x 1080 should now be available in the Ubuntu Settings > Screen Display
  4. Select it and Apply and Keep Changes

Now on reboot it should remember!

Running Ubuntu in VirtualBox, I had this issue, and the issue with the resolution being forgotten on restart (reported elsewhere). Both issues were fixed for me by following method 2 in:

In summary it says that after installing dkms you should "insert" and run the host specific Guest Additions CD image then restart.

Try this on Virtualbox:

sudo cvt 1920 1080 60
sudo xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
sudo xrandr --addmode Virtual1 1920x1080_60.00

You can take the script from InvalidBrainException and...

  • create a 1920x1080.sh file
  • make it executable
  • add it as a startup script so that it is run on system startup

Otherwise you'll have to run these lines after each startup manually.

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