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I installed yesterday the 14.04 distribution of Lubuntu and the default resolution is very low.

xrandr output:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-0 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 230mm 
    1366x768 59.8*+ 
    1360x768 60.0 
    1280x720 60.0 
    1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0 
    832x624 74.6 
    800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2 
    640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 60.0 
    720x400 70.1      
    640x400 70.0 
DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
Rui F Ribeiro
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    This probably has very little to do with LXDE as compared with having to do with your video card driver and your Xorg configuration. – HalosGhost Jan 10 '15 at 17:24
  • @HalosGhost I don't think so, because before I had lubuntu 12.04 with the resolution I want. And the only thing of hardward I have changed is the hard disk. – post Jan 10 '15 at 17:56
  • @HalosGhost Oh, I had understand the comment in a wrong way, sorry. How can I change that? – post Jan 10 '15 at 18:03
  • Cut n' paste the output of xrandr in. You may have to install a small package (probably called "xrandr") if the command is not found. – goldilocks Jan 10 '15 at 18:13
  • Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1366 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192 VGA-0 connected 1366x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 410mm x 230mm 1366x768 59.8*+ 1360x768 60.0
    1280x720 60.0
    1024x768 75.1 70.1 60.0
    832x624 74.6
    800x600 72.2 75.0 60.3 56.2
    640x480 75.0 72.8 66.7 60.0
    720x400 70.1
    640x400 70.0
    DVI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)     – post Jan 10 '15 at 18:15
  • So it is at 1366 x 768 -- does it appear lower? Or do you think it should be able to go higher than that? It's about right for, e.g., a 14" laptop, but there may be some lxde related configuration that makes the GUI look wrong. – goldilocks Jan 10 '15 at 19:03
  • Stop using the screen tag, is meant for GNU Screen. Read the tag wiki for more info. – Braiam Jan 10 '15 at 19:33
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    @goldilocks Yes, it does appear quite lower than that. – post Jan 10 '15 at 19:36

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The easiest way is to use lxrandr -- if it didn't install automatically, go to a terminal and install it:

    $ sudo apt-get install lxrandr

Once it's installed, in Lubuntu you will find it under

Preferences --> Monitor Settings

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  • This is what I use as well and it is very easy to manage screen resolution. Use the advanced settings. – iyrin Jan 10 '15 at 23:38