Command "set" not working on latest MacBook Pro 16" #32

hacfi · 2020-03-09T12:48:10Z

On latest MacBook Pro 16" (running Catalina) list works fine but running set with any of the available resolutions doesn't have any effect. Any ideas what the issues could be or how this could be fixed?

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shuji-koike · 2021-05-21T14:07:50Z

same here.
MacBook Pro 16" (running Catalina)

$ sudo screenresolution set "3072x1920x32@60"
2021-05-21 22:53:03.531 screenresolution[17665:497304] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution set 3072x1920x32@60 
2021-05-21 22:53:03.546 screenresolution[17665:497304] Error: mode [email protected] not available on display 0

I forgot how I set to 3072x1920 back when I bought this mac 😩

hacfi · 2021-05-24T16:39:32Z

For for those you have the same issue: in the meantime you can use the GUI application RDM https://github.com/avibrazil/RDM

voltechs · 2021-10-28T03:30:19Z

Same, but not on a MacBook. I have an ultrawide Samsung split into two monitors. List shows options correctly, and when I select the current resolution it dumps out the same error as mentioned above.

ryancwalsh · 2022-11-10T20:56:01Z

This tool looks awesome! https://apple.stackexchange.com/a/450370/53510 led me here. I'll be so excited if we can get this working.

Unfortunately on my 16" MacBook Pro, this happens:

screenresolution list                              
2022-11-10 15:47:23.778 screenresolution[34437:530838] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution list 
Available Modes on Display 0
  3840x2160x32@60      	1280x1024x32@75      	1024x768x32@75       
  1024x768x32@60       	800x600x32@75        	800x600x32@60        
  640x480x32@75        	640x480x32@60        	1920x1080x32@60      
  1600x1200x32@60      	1280x1024x32@60      	1920x1080x32@60      
  1920x1080x32@50      	1920x1080x32@24      	1920x1080x32@25      
  1280x720x32@60       	1280x720x32@50       	720x576x32@50        
  720x480x32@60        	640x480x32@60        	3840x2160x32@30      
  2560x1440x32@60      	2048x1280x32@60      	2048x1080x32@24      
  640x480x32@60        	800x600x32@60        	1024x576x32@60       
  1280x960x32@60       	1344x1008x32@60      	1344x756x32@60       
  1440x900x32@60       	1680x1050x32@60      	1600x900x32@60       
  1920x1200x32@60      	2048x1152x32@60      	2304x1296x32@60      
  2560x1440x32@60      	2560x1600x32@60      	3008x1692x32@60      
  3200x1800x32@60      	3360x1890x32@60      	3360x2100x32@60      
  2880x1800x32@60      	2048x1280x32@60      	1920x1080x32@30      
  640x480x32@30        	800x600x32@30        	1024x768x32@30       
  1024x576x32@30       	1280x720x32@30       	1280x960x32@30       
  1344x1008x32@30      	1344x756x32@30       	1440x900x32@30       
  1680x1050x32@30      	1600x1200x32@30      	1600x900x32@30       
  1920x1200x32@30      	2048x1152x32@30      	2304x1296x32@30      
  2560x1440x32@30      	2560x1600x32@30      	3008x1692x32@30      
  3200x1800x32@30      	3360x1890x32@30      	3360x2100x32@30      
  2880x1800x32@30      	2048x1280x32@30      %                                                                                                                                                                                                                             ~/ [main*] /usr/local/bin/screenresolution set 3840x2160x32@60               
2022-11-10 15:47:41.724 screenresolution[34451:530952] starting screenresolution argv=/usr/local/bin/screenresolution set 3840x2160x32@60 
2022-11-10 15:47:41.751 screenresolution[34451:530952] Error: mode [email protected] not available on display 0

I have a 42.5" Dell display plugged in via USB-C. I don't need the built-in Mac display to be turned on (although it's fine if it is, as long as it's identical to my main external display).

I wonder if the difference in precision between 60 and 60.000000 matters?

Gerst20051 · 2022-12-05T09:01:24Z

I also get an error when trying to set the resolution of the built in liquid retina xdr display that supports 120 hz. The command does work to update the resolutions of my external monitors though.

[$]> screenresolution set 1728x1117x32@120

Error: mode [email protected] not available on display 0

That was the default resolution. When I tried setting it to a resolution from the list output it worked for me.

ryancwalsh · 2022-12-05T14:15:58Z

Thanks for your comment. Yeah, I'm still not sure what's wrong with mine:

 ~/ screenresolution list
2022-12-05 09:13:19.092 screenresolution[68018:3316963] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution list 
Available Modes on Display 0
  3840x2160x32@60      	1280x1024x32@75      	1024x768x32@75       
  1024x768x32@60       	800x600x32@75        	800x600x32@60        
  640x480x32@75        	640x480x32@60        	1920x1080x32@60      
  1600x1200x32@60      	1280x1024x32@60      	1920x1080x32@60      
  1920x1080x32@50      	1920x1080x32@24      	1920x1080x32@25      
  1280x720x32@60       	1280x720x32@50       	720x576x32@50        
  720x480x32@60        	640x480x32@60        	3840x2160x32@30      
  2560x1440x32@60      	2048x1280x32@60      	2048x1080x32@24      
  640x480x32@60        	800x600x32@60        	1024x576x32@60       
  1280x960x32@60       	1344x1008x32@60      	1344x756x32@60       
  1440x900x32@60       	1680x1050x32@60      	1600x900x32@60       
  1920x1200x32@60      	2048x1152x32@60      	2304x1296x32@60      
  2560x1440x32@60      	2560x1600x32@60      	3008x1692x32@60      
  3200x1800x32@60      	3360x1890x32@60      	3360x2100x32@60      
  2880x1800x32@60      	2048x1280x32@60      	1920x1080x32@30      
  640x480x32@30        	800x600x32@30        	1024x768x32@30       
  1024x576x32@30       	1280x720x32@30       	1280x960x32@30       
  1344x1008x32@30      	1344x756x32@30       	1440x900x32@30       
  1680x1050x32@30      	1600x1200x32@30      	1600x900x32@30       
  1920x1200x32@30      	2048x1152x32@30      	2304x1296x32@30      
  2560x1440x32@30      	2560x1600x32@30      	3008x1692x32@30      
  3200x1800x32@30      	3360x1890x32@30      	3360x2100x32@30      
  2880x1800x32@30      	2048x1280x32@30      %                                                                                                                                                                                                                     ~/ screenresolution list > ~/Desktop/tmp.txt ;grep -E '^ ' < ~/Desktop/tmp.txt |tr -cd "[:print:]" |tr ' ' '\n' |sort -n |uniq |sed '/^$/d' |pbcopy ;pbpaste
2022-12-05 09:13:43.467 screenresolution[68027:3317124] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution list 
640x480x32@30
640x480x32@60
640x480x32@75
720x480x32@60
720x576x32@50
800x600x32@30
800x600x32@60
800x600x32@75
1024x576x32@30
1024x576x32@60
1024x768x32@30
1024x768x32@60
1024x768x32@75
1280x1024x32@60
1280x1024x32@75
1280x720x32@30
1280x720x32@50
1280x720x32@60
1280x960x32@30
1280x960x32@60
1344x1008x32@30
1344x1008x32@60
1344x756x32@30
1344x756x32@60
1440x900x32@30
1440x900x32@60
1600x1200x32@30
1600x1200x32@60
1600x900x32@30
1600x900x32@60
1680x1050x32@30
1680x1050x32@60
1920x1080x32@24
1920x1080x32@25
1920x1080x32@30
1920x1080x32@50
1920x1080x32@60
1920x1200x32@30
1920x1200x32@60
2048x1080x32@24
2048x1152x32@30
2048x1152x32@60
2048x1280x32@30
2048x1280x32@60
2304x1296x32@30
2304x1296x32@60
2560x1440x32@30
2560x1440x32@60
2560x1600x32@30
2560x1600x32@60
2880x1800x32@30
2880x1800x32@60
3008x1692x32@30
3008x1692x32@60
3200x1800x32@30
3200x1800x32@60
3360x1890x32@30
3360x1890x32@60
3360x2100x32@30
3360x2100x32@60
3840x2160x32@30
3840x2160x32@60
 ~/ screenresolution get                                                                                                                                     
2022-12-05 09:13:57.641 screenresolution[68042:3317229] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution get 
2022-12-05 09:13:57.675 screenresolution[68042:3317229] Display 0: 3840x2160x32@60
 ~/ screenresolution set 3840x2160x32@60                                                                                                                          
2022-12-05 09:14:36.500 screenresolution[68049:3317443] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution set 3840x2160x32@60 
2022-12-05 09:14:36.530 screenresolution[68049:3317443] Error: mode [email protected] not available on display 0
 ~/ screenresolution set 1920x1080x32@30
2022-12-05 09:15:35.669 screenresolution[68059:3317801] starting screenresolution argv=screenresolution set 1920x1080x32@30 
2022-12-05 09:15:35.699 screenresolution[68059:3317801] Error: mode [email protected] not available on display 0

dunhamsteve · 2023-04-03T21:59:08Z

The issue is the float compare, this works around it, but maybe better to check if the floats are "close enough" to each other?

diff --git a/cg_utils.c b/cg_utils.c
index 4fef025..6f1c4d0 100644
--- a/cg_utils.c
+++ b/cg_utils.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ unsigned int configureDisplay(CGDirectDisplayID display, struct config *config,
         if (pw == config->w &&
             ph == config->h &&
             pd == config->d &&
-            pr == config->r) {
+            (int)pr == (int)config->r) {
             looking = 0; // Stop looking for more modes!
             newMode = possibleMode;
         }

dunhamsteve · 2023-04-03T22:12:54Z

Yeah, these are the real numbers coming back from the OS:

Available Modes on Display 1
   640x [email protected]        1152x [email protected]  [email protected] 
   640x [email protected]        1152x [email protected]  [email protected] 
....

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Command "set" not working on latest MacBook Pro 16" #32

Command "set" not working on latest MacBook Pro 16" #32

hacfi commented Mar 9, 2020

shuji-koike commented May 21, 2021

hacfi commented May 24, 2021

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Command "set" not working on latest MacBook Pro 16" #32

Command "set" not working on latest MacBook Pro 16" #32

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