Code: Select all
sudo raspi-configCan someone please help me?
VGA Monitor issues
I have a DELL 4:3 VGA Monitor and when I connect it to my Raspberry Pi b which is running Raspbian some programs are too big on the screen. I have tried I have tried playing with the monitor settings and I have even tried readjusting the windows.
Can someone please help me?
Can someone please help me?
-
FTrevorGowen
- Forum Moderator
- Posts: 5590
- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2013 6:12 pm
- Location: Bristol, U.K.
- Contact: Website
Re: VGA Monitor issues
OOC, this DELL 15" model perhaps: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_p ... i2Vga.html ?ksaid02 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:55 pmI have a DELL 4:3 VGA Monitor and when I connect it to my Raspberry Pi b which is running Raspbian some programs are too big on the screen. I have triedI have tried playing with the monitor settings and I have even tried readjusting the windows.Code: Select all
sudo raspi-config
Can someone please help me?
What happens if you select "Set Defaults" for medium or small screens in Menu --> Preferences --> Appearance Settings --> Defaults(tab)?
Trev.
Still running Raspbian Jessie or Stretch on some older Pi's (an A, B1, 2xB2, B+, P2B, 3xP0, P0W, 2xP3A+, P3B+, P3B, B+, and a A+) but Buster on the P4B's. See: https://www.cpmspectrepi.uk/raspberry_pi/raspiidx.htm
-
fruitoftheloom
- Posts: 23132
- Joined: Tue Mar 25, 2014 12:40 pm
- Location: Delightful Dorset
Re: VGA Monitor issues
ksaid02 wrote: ↑Sun Mar 29, 2020 1:55 pmI have a DELL 4:3 VGA Monitor and when I connect it to my Raspberry Pi b which is running Raspbian some programs are too big on the screen. I have triedI have tried playing with the monitor settings and I have even tried readjusting the windows.Code: Select all
sudo raspi-config
Can someone please help me?
The Raspberry Pi has no VGA Output so what are you using as an adaptor ??
Rather than negativity think outside the box !
RPi 4B 4GB (SSD Boot)..
Asus ChromeBox 3 Celeron is my other computer...
RPi 4B 4GB (SSD Boot)..
Asus ChromeBox 3 Celeron is my other computer...
-
W. H. Heydt
- Posts: 12430
- Joined: Fri Mar 09, 2012 7:36 pm
- Location: Vallejo, CA (US)
Re: VGA Monitor issues
The very first thing you should do is to check the monitor very carefully to see if it has a DVI connector. If it does, get an HDMI to DVI cable, or--if you're using a Pi4B--an HDMI to DVI adapter to go with the RPF microHDMI to HDMI cable.
If it *doesn't* have a DVI connector, spend $20 and get a used monitor that does and then proceed as above. You will be much happier in the end.
(I say this as someone who is using a very good HDMI to VGA adapter, but it's on the output side of an HDMI/USB KVM switch to feed a port on a VGA/PS2 KVM switch. For all other Pi setups, I use monitors that have DVI connectors, ranging from 17" 1280x1024 to 24" 1920x1200, and all of them work just fine, thank you.)
If it *doesn't* have a DVI connector, spend $20 and get a used monitor that does and then proceed as above. You will be much happier in the end.
(I say this as someone who is using a very good HDMI to VGA adapter, but it's on the output side of an HDMI/USB KVM switch to feed a port on a VGA/PS2 KVM switch. For all other Pi setups, I use monitors that have DVI connectors, ranging from 17" 1280x1024 to 24" 1920x1200, and all of them work just fine, thank you.)