How to change display resolution in Ubuntu 12.04
Why Ask Ubuntu recommends it
Ask Ubuntu answerers link it when someone's screen looks wrong or a monitor is stuck at a low resolution and needs a quick visual walkthrough of the Displays settings.
Recommended by 2 people across 2 different months, 2013 to 2016.
What it is
A under-one-minute screen recording from nidlatube showing how to change the display resolution in Ubuntu 12.04. It opens the Dash, searches for "resolution", opens Displays, picks a resolution and clicks Apply.
What people said
Recommends Daniel · 2015-12 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Why can't I see 16:9 aspect ratios?”
It sounds like you need to manually set your display resolution: The settings are under Settings --> Displays . You need to set your resolution for that monitor to 1920x1080 . See this YouTube tutorial [this video] .
Recommends user153611 · 2016-01 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Screen Resolution coming low”
Click the Ubuntu logo in the upper left corner of the screen, type "resolution" and click the display. This will bring up a settings screen that allows you to set the resolution. For more details see video tutorial [this video] .
Cites planty182 · 2013-08 · Ask Ubuntu · on “Why can I not see the whole window?”
Why can't the resolution be changed? According to here [this video] , you can change the resolution in Ubuntu 12.04. by going to: system--> displays , selected your monitor, and changing the resolution to a higher one.