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    Kubuntu user causes monitor to display at wrong resolution-- for just one user only.

    This morning I discovered that my screen appears to be set for the wrong resolution and displays everything larger than it should be. I assumed that this was due to a setting on the monitor, but eventually determined that both the monitor and kubuntu (display configuration) are set for 2560X1440. Eventually I tried setting up a second user, and was surprised to find that the problem was solved; for this new user everything displays properly.
    So something is wrong with the settings for my initial user but OK for the new user. Where might I look to figure this out?
    Tags: resolution, user, video
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  • Answer selected by taxpayer at Yesterday, 05:00 PM.
    it has to be somewhere in your .config or .local directories because everything your user is saved in one or the other (or both).

    from my notes:

    Code:
    # brute force troubleshooting...
mv ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
mv ~/.local ~/.localBORKED
# logout and log back in again to force plasma to recreate the folders with default settings
# open split views of the folders for comparison and file copy
dolphin --split ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
dolphin --split ~/.local ~/.localBORKED
# copy back half of the BORKED folder contents at a time and relog to see if issue returns
# if it does, then delete the folder again, relog, and only copy half of that previous half
# repeat until the culprit is found, then finally, copy back everything BUT that culprit bit
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      it has to be somewhere in your .config or .local directories because everything your user is saved in one or the other (or both).

      from my notes:

      Code:
      # brute force troubleshooting...
mv ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
mv ~/.local ~/.localBORKED
# logout and log back in again to force plasma to recreate the folders with default settings
# open split views of the folders for comparison and file copy
dolphin --split ~/.config ~/.configBORKED
dolphin --split ~/.local ~/.localBORKED
# copy back half of the BORKED folder contents at a time and relog to see if issue returns
# if it does, then delete the folder again, relog, and only copy half of that previous half
# repeat until the culprit is found, then finally, copy back everything BUT that culprit bit
​
      some stuff i did: https://github.com/droidgoo

      Intel® Core™ i7-14700K | 64 GiB of RAM | AMD RX 6800
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        Thanks for that. I wasn't sure which directories to delete. Turned out that the problem was in .config. Restored now.
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