If you have a problematic display who gives resolutions like
1920x1080 60.00 +
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
You can add custom resolution like the next way:
Run:
xrandr
The output is like
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1368 x 768, maximum 8192 x 8192
VGA-1 connected primary 1368x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 476mm x 268mm
1920x1080 60.00 +
1280x1024 75.02 60.02
1280x960 60.00
1280x800 59.81
1152x864 75.00
1280x720 60.00
1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00
832x624 74.55
800x600 72.19 75.00 60.32 56.25
640x480 75.00 72.81 66.67 59.94
720x400 70.08
If wanting a resolution 1368x768
, run
cvt 1368 768
A result is like
# 1368x768 59.88 Hz (CVT) hsync: 47.79 kHz; pclk: 85.25 MHz
Modeline "1368x768_60.00" 85.25 1368 1440 1576 1784 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
Add a new resolution using commands
xrandr --newmode "1368x768_60.00" 85.25 1368 1440 1576 1784 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1368x768_60.00
xrandr -s 1368x768
Make a script and add that script to the startup applications
nano RESO
… the contents
#! /bin/sh
xrandr --newmode "1368x768_60.00" 85.25 1368 1440 1576 1784 768 771 781 798 -hsync +vsync
xrandr --addmode VGA-1 1368x768_60.00
xrandr -s 1368x768
… save and quit
Ctrl o
Ctrl x
Make the script executable
chmod +x RESO
Add the script to the startup applications