Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
This video will show you how to set the screen resolution in Ubuntu. For the video, I used 16.04 with the Unity interface, but any Ubuntu distribution with the Unity desktop should work the same.
To set the resolution, first click on the gear icon in the top right of the desktop. In the menu that pops up, choose the system settings option.
In the system settings window, there is an option towards the center that says displays, click on it.
The next window has all of your display settings. In the top of the window you should see all the displays on your machine, and lower down you should see a dropdown menu that has resolutions.
To set the resolution, just select the monitor you want to change the resolution of, then select the resolution you want from the dropdown. Then hit apply in the bottom right, and if it is correct, hit keep this configuration in the window that pops up.
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This video will show you how to set the screen resolution in Ubuntu. For the video, I used 16.04 with the Unity interface, but any Ubuntu distribution with the Unity desktop should work the same.
To set the resolution, first click on the gear icon in the top right of the desktop. In the menu that pops up, choose the system settings option.
In the system settings window, there is an option towards the center that says displays, click on it.
The next window has all of your display settings. In the top of the window you should see all the displays on your machine, and lower down you should see a dropdown menu that has resolutions.
To set the resolution, just select the monitor you want to change the resolution of, then select the resolution you want from the dropdown. Then hit apply in the bottom right, and if it is correct, hit keep this configuration in the window that pops up.
Check out my facebook at: facebook.com/pages/All-How-2s/198429346974010
or my twitter: twitter.com/AllHow2s
Or my website where I have a lot of other great tutorials (such as how to take a screenshot, or how to get the start button back on Windows 8): allhow2s.com
