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["Christopher M. Penalver" <christopher.m.penalver@xxxxxxxxx>]

mjulbe, thank you for reporting this and helping make Ubuntu better. As
per http://www.msi.com/support/mb/760GM-P23-FX.html#down-bios an update
to your computer's buggy and outdated BIOS is available (17.16). If you
update to this following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BIOSUpdate
does it change anything?

If it doesn't, could you please both specify what happened, and provide the output of the following terminal command:
sudo dmidecode -s bios-version && sudo dmidecode -s bios-release-date

For more on BIOS updates and linux, please see
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ReportingBugs#Bug_reporting_etiquette
.

Please note your current BIOS is already in the Bug Description, so
posting this on the old BIOS would not be helpful. As well, you don't
have to create a new bug report.

Once the BIOS is updated, and the information above is provided, then
please mark this report Status New.

Thank you for your understanding.

** Tags added: bios-outdated-17.16

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Undecided => Low

** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Incomplete

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315592

Title:
  Wrong monitor screen size detected. Shows Zoran Corp. 20" but monitor
  is a Coby 37"

Status in xorg package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  I have a Coby 37" TV (model tftv3227) that I am using a a monitor via HDMI.
  When I click on "displays" it shows up as a [Zoran Corporation 20" ] monitor

  The fonts are extremely difficult to see regardless of the resolution
  I select

  I tried the following resolutions:
  1920 x 1080 (16:9)  -  Worst of all of the selections
  1360 x 768 (16:9)  -  almost looks like a 9 pin dot matrix printer. the curves of the fonts look like little squares. not smooth at all
  1280 x 768 (16:10) - this one and the following are much easier to read but fonts still look boxy and the available desktop area is not nearly enough especially since I have a 37" screen .
  1280 x 720 (16:9)
  1024:768 (4:3)
  800 x 600 (4:3)

  My guess- and it is ONLY a guess because I don't know too much about
  this area of expertise- is that Ubuntu is stretching a 20" resolution
  accross my 37" screen so the fonts are not displaying with the proper
  number of pixels.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04
  Package: xorg 1:7.7+1ubuntu8
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-24.46-generic 3.13.9
  Uname: Linux 3.13.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia
  .proc.driver.nvidia.gpus.0: Error: [Errno 21] Is a directory: '/proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0'
  .proc.driver.nvidia.registry: Binary: ""
  .proc.driver.nvidia.version:
   NVRM version: NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  331.38  Wed Jan  8 19:32:30 PST 2014
   GCC version:  gcc version 4.8.2 (Ubuntu 4.8.2-19ubuntu1)
  .tmp.unity.support.test.0:
   
  ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: amd64
  CompizPlugins: No value set for `/apps/compiz-1/general/screen0/options/active_plugins'
  CompositorRunning: compiz
  CompositorUnredirectDriverBlacklist: '(nouveau|Intel).*Mesa 8.0'
  CompositorUnredirectFSW: true
  CurrentDesktop: Unity
  Date: Fri May  2 23:02:01 2014
  DistUpgraded: 2014-04-24 21:25:53,225 DEBUG enabling apt cron job
  DistroCodename: trusty
  DistroVariant: ubuntu
  DkmsStatus:
   bbswitch, 0.7, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
   nvidia-331-updates, 331.38, 3.13.0-24-generic, x86_64: installed
  ExtraDebuggingInterest: Yes
  GraphicsCard:
   NVIDIA Corporation GT218 [GeForce 8400 GS Rev. 3] [10de:10c3] (rev a2) (prog-if 00 [VGA controller])
     Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device [1462:2298]
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-03-08 (56 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 12.10 "Quantal Quetzal" - Release amd64 (20121017.5)
  MachineType: MSI MS-7641
  ProcKernelCmdLine: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-3.13.0-24-generic root=UUID=06f09743-100c-4dc7-9a29-257d01a3521b ro quiet splash
  SourcePackage: xorg
  Symptom: display
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to trusty on 2014-04-25 (8 days ago)
  dmi.bios.date: 11/28/2012
  dmi.bios.vendor: American Megatrends Inc.
  dmi.bios.version: V17.12
  dmi.board.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.board.name: 760GM-P23(FX) (MS-7641)
  dmi.board.vendor: MSI
  dmi.board.version: 3.0
  dmi.chassis.asset.tag: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
  dmi.chassis.type: 3
  dmi.chassis.vendor: MSI
  dmi.chassis.version: 3.0
  dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnAmericanMegatrendsInc.:bvrV17.12:bd11/28/2012:svnMSI:pnMS-7641:pvr3.0:rvnMSI:rn760GM-P23(FX)(MS-7641):rvr3.0:cvnMSI:ct3:cvr3.0:
  dmi.product.name: MS-7641
  dmi.product.version: 3.0
  dmi.sys.vendor: MSI
  version.compiz: compiz 1:0.9.11+14.04.20140409-0ubuntu1
  version.ia32-libs: ia32-libs N/A
  version.libdrm2: libdrm2 2.4.52-1
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri: libgl1-mesa-dri 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental: libgl1-mesa-dri-experimental N/A
  version.libgl1-mesa-glx: libgl1-mesa-glx 10.1.0-4ubuntu5
  version.nvidia-graphics-drivers: nvidia-graphics-drivers N/A
  version.xserver-xorg-core: xserver-xorg-core 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-input-evdev: xserver-xorg-input-evdev 1:2.8.2-1ubuntu2
  version.xserver-xorg-video-ati: xserver-xorg-video-ati 1:7.3.0-1ubuntu3
  version.xserver-xorg-video-intel: xserver-xorg-video-intel 2:2.99.910-0ubuntu1
  version.xserver-xorg-video-nouveau: xserver-xorg-video-nouveau 1:1.0.10-1ubuntu2
  xserver.bootTime: Fri May  2 22:58:24 2014
  xserver.configfile: default
  xserver.errors: open /dev/fb0: No such file or directory
  xserver.logfile: /var/log/Xorg.0.log
  xserver.outputs:
   
  xserver.version: 2:1.15.1-0ubuntu2

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