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Setting custom screen resolution (1920x1080) on KDE Plasma/Debian 11
First of all, enter "xrandr" in the terminal to list all available screen resolutions:
$ xrandr
Note the name of the output that corresponds to your monitor, For example,
VGA-1 or Virtual1 (For Virtual Box).
Then enter this:
ro@debian-main:~$ cvt 1920 1080
# 1920x1080 59.96 Hz (CVT 2.07M9) hsync: 67.16 kHz; pclk: 173.00 MHz
Modeline "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
Take the output from that and put in the terminal:
ro@debian-main:~$ xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00" 173.00 1920 2048 2248 2576 1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync
Then enter these commands:
ro@debian-main:~$ xrandr --addmode Virtual1 1920x1080_60.00
ro@debian-main:~$ xrandr -s 1920x1080 -r 60
Screen resolution will change.
Enter xrandr in the terminal to see available screen resolutions.
ro@debian-main:~$ xrandr
And you will see your screen resolution there.
P.S. If your screen resolution returns to the same resolution try to turn off the background service "KScreen 2" in the
Settings -> Startup and Shutdown -> Background Services.
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