I've changed my HDMI cable and discovered that part of the problem or the problem as a whole is due to the HDMI cable that I was using. The monitor stated that the frequency was out of range when I used a DVI adapter so I tried playing around with various frequencies to no avail. Finally I switched to a sturdier HDMI cable, with the DVI adapter as well, and the picture shows up at 1920x1080@60hz again.
It's very frustrating to find out that a poorly manufactured HDMI cable can work in some computers and monitors but not others. It would be nice if Ubuntu were a little more forgiving, but I'm glad to have found a solution. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to xorg-server in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1517046 Title: Unable to set 1920x1080 resolution in Ubuntu 16.04 as a VMWare Fusion guest Status in xorg-server package in Ubuntu: New Bug description: I'm testing Ubuntu 16.04 as a guest of a VMWare Fusion guest under Mac OS X 10.11.1. All works fine, but I'm unable to set 1920x1080 resolution (monitor native) on external display. I can do 1920x1600 or more, but not 1920x1080. I have tried open-vm-tools and vmware-tools, but problem persists. On display-setting, the monitor is marked as unknown display. 1) Ubuntu Xenial Xerus (development branch) - release 16.04 2) xorg 1:7.7+12ubuntu1 3) Looking to change external display resolution as 1920x1080 4) I have not found the 1920x1080 setting To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xorg-server/+bug/1517046/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
