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adding a higher resolution to monitor

force high resolution

calculates de VESA CVT(Cordinates Video Timing)

cvt 1920 1080

adding new mode with xrandr

sudo xrandr --newmode "1920x1080_60.00"  173.00  1920 2048 2248 2576  1080 1083 1088 1120 -hsync +vsync

use xrandr to find your monitor name

xrandr

will appear like that

monitor_name connected primary

last but not least, add properly the resolution to monitor

sudo xrandr --addmode monitor_name "1920x1080_60.00"
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