Red Hat Linux Enterprise 8 has been in the market for quite a time now and if you are also facing a problem with setting the display resolution persistently in GUI, then this is the article for you. In this tutorial, we will learn how to set display resolution permanently in RHEL 8 (Red Hat Linux Enterprise 8).
It is a simple process and only requires a few steps, which involves first setting your display to the desired resolution and then copying its file. Please note that this solution is only for the people who are having a problem keeping their display resolution on RHEL 8. It might and might not work for you.
Steps to Set Display Resolution in RHEL 8 Permanently
1. Login to your RHEL 8 machine and right-click to get “Display Settings“. Then under “Displays” change the resolution to the desired one.
By default, you must be seeing 800×600.
2. Now after following step 1, a file will be created i.e. ~/.config/monitors.xml. You have to copy this file to /var/lib/gdm/.config/ directory. This will display same resolution after reboot.
This file contains all the settings for the monitor and resolution and looks like below.
[root@rhel8 ~]# ls -lh ~/.config/monitors.xml
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 560 Apr 30 10:57 /root/.config/monitors.xml
[root@rhel8~]#
# cat ~/.config/monitors.xml
<monitors version="2">
<configuration>
<logicalmonitor>
<x>0</x>
<y>0</y>
<scale>1</scale>
<primary>yes</primary>
<monitor>
<monitorspec>
<connector>Virtual-1</connector>
<vendor>unknown</vendor>
<product>unknown</product>
<serial>unknown</serial>
</monitorspec>
<mode>
<width>1680</width>
<height>1050</height>
<rate>59.954746246337891</rate>
</mode>
</monitor>
</logicalmonitor>
</configuration>
</monitors>
[root@rhel8 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/gdm/.config/ total 0 drwxr-xr-x. 2 gdm gdm 18 Sep 27 2019 dconf drwx------. 3 gdm gdm 27 Sep 27 2019 gnome-session drwx------. 3 gdm gdm 17 Sep 27 2019 ibus drwx------. 2 gdm gdm 263 Sep 27 2019 pulse [root@rhel8 ~]# cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/ [root@rhel8 ~]# reboot
THAT’S IT!!
Special Note About Display Resolution
If you are running your RHEL 8 machine/server in a VMWare Workstation, please also consider checking “Display Scaling” in virtual machine settings.
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