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[raydar <1315592@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I have two of the same model HP 19" LCD 4:3 monitors connected to a
full-tower Dell Optiplex 755 running Ubuntu Gnome 14.10. One screen is
detected as 19" and the other as 17" but both screens are completely
filled and not overfilled, properly aligned, and otherwise function just
fine--I would never know there was a detection discrepancy but for
having opened the display settings out of unrelated curiosity.

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

Status in “xorg” package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

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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