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    • ash1390
      ash1390 last edited by

      plz help me... still need the solution.

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      • Shlaf
        Shlaf last edited by Shlaf

        @ash1390 Hi
        I'm new with recalbox but it looks like you just need to change the resolution of Emulation station and kodi in the recalbox.conf file with a specific one.
        Or change the global.videomode line but i'm not sure, can anyone confirm?

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        • gnubit
          gnubit @ash1390 last edited by

          @ash1390

          It may be that xorg is not autodetecting the correct resolution of your 2nd display. You can use xrandr to duplicate the image or set a specific resolution on the vga port.

          Common display names are:
          LVDS - Laptop Screen
          HDMI - High-Definition Multimedia Interface
          DVI - Digital Visual Interface
          DP - DisplayPort
          VGA - Video Graphics Array
          TV - Composite Video
          S-video - S-Video

          Get root access: https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Root-access-on-terminal-(EN)

          run xrandr from terminal to see what your displays are: (my example laptop)

          ~ $ xrandr

          VGA-0 connected 1280x1024+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 340mm x 270mm
          1280x1024 75.02+ 60.02 
          
          1024x768 75.03 70.07 60.00 
          
          800x600 75.00 72.19 60.32 56.25 
          
          640x480 75.00 72.81 59.94 
          
          LVDS-0 connected primary 1440x900+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 367mm x 230mm
          1440x900 59.94+
          HDMI-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
          

          Once you know what your display names are you can use xrandr to set your display.
          See the example displays I used with my laptop with a monitor connected via VGA, your display name may be different.

          xrandr --output LVDS-0 --auto --output VGA-0 --auto --same-as LVDS-0 (this will duplicate the same resolution on the VGA port)

          To set a specific resolution on the vga port (eg: 720 resolution)
          xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x720

          A more complete command that will duplicate the display and set set VGA to 720:
          xrandr --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x720 --same-as LVDS-0

          You could also switch off the laptops display if you want:
          xrandr --output LVDS-0 --off

          Or have the laptop screen off and VGA screen on:
          xrandr --output LVDS-0 --off --output VGA-0 --mode 1280x720

          Once you happy with it you can make it permanent by adding it ~/.xinitrc
          https://github.com/recalbox/recalbox-os/wiki/Change-display-resolution-on-x86---x86_64)

          My apologies for waffling on, hope it may help 🙂

          Sources:
          https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Xrandr
          https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/multihead

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          • gnubit
            gnubit last edited by

            Apologies the correct wiki link is Change display resolution on x86 x86_64

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            • ash1390
              ash1390 last edited by

              thanks alot for helping.

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              • paradadf
                paradadf Staff @ash1390 last edited by

                @ash1390 what about changing/adding the parameter in recalbox.conf:

                kodi.videomode=default

                If your question was answered, please mark it as solved: Topic Tools -> Ask a question + Topic Tools -> Mark as Solved

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                • gnubit
                  gnubit last edited by

                  @ash1390 said in Menu and Kodi is not full screen on old netbook:

                  thanks alot for helping.

                  So what worked for you in the end ?

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                  • seba carp
                    seba carp @gnubit last edited by

                    @gnubit hi gnubit a mi me sale asi , y se me ve como a el
                    #!/bin/sh

                    matchbox-window-manager -use_titlebar no -use_desktop_mode no -use_lowlight no &

                    set the keyboard

                    systemsetting="python /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/configgen/settings/recalboxSettings.pyc"
                    settings_lang="$systemsetting -command load -key system.language"

                    not always true (en_US for us), but it's really better than always english

                    map_name=$(echo $settings_lang | cut -c 1-2)
                    setxkbmap "${map_name}"

                    disable dpms to prevent screen to turns blank

                    xset -dpms
                    xset s off

                    to disable a video output (multi-screen setup) and prevent ES to be stretcht on all screens,

                    uncomment the line below, and replace output_name by the output that you want disable on ES startup (ex: HDMI-0)

                    xrandr --output output_name --off

                    auto hide cursor each 5 sec of inactivity

                    hhpc -i 5 &

                    export HOME=/recalbox/share/system
                    export LC_ALL="${settings_lang}.UTF-8"

                    without windowed, time must be sleeped to wait that matchbox ended to initialize 😞

                    exec emulationstation --windowed

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                    • seba carp
                      seba carp @ash1390 last edited by

                      @ash1390 hola pudiste solucionarlo

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                      • gnubit
                        gnubit @seba carp last edited by

                        @seba-carp

                        Hello sebra-carp , sorry but I don`t speak spanish, but looking at your post @ZING referred you here.

                        Have you tried ?
                        xrandr -s 1280x720

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                        • seba carp
                          seba carp @gnubit last edited by seba carp

                          @gnubit la unica solucion que encontre fue esta . Pero cada ves que entramos hay que ir a kodi y salir...y queda dicha resolucion..mi maxima resolucion es 1680x1050
                          0_1534379325119_20180815_211615.jpg

                          0_1534379339261_20180815_211510.jpg

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