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xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA1

If you get one of these two messages it means you either have a bad connection or you forgot to turn off the screen that you used last (the second one only happens in my experience when use multiple types of screens).

Code:
xrandr: cannot find crtc for output VGA1
xrandr: cannot find crtc for output TV1

The easiest and quickest thing to do is to turn off the previous screen that you used like this.

Code:
xrandr --output TV1 --off 
xrandr --output VGA1 --off

Then turn it back on like this.

Code:
xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x768 --rate 60
xrandr --output TV1 --mode 1024x768 --rate 60

If that doesn't work you need to check connections. Running the xrandr command you should have an output like this. If you don't then it is confirmed you have a connection problem.

Code:
$ xrandr
Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2048 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096
LVDS1 connected 1024x768+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 304mm x 228mm
   1024x768       60.0*+
   800x600        60.3     56.2  
   640x480        59.9  
VGA1 connected 1024x768+1024+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 338mm x 270mm
   1280x1024      60.0 +   75.0  
   1152x864       75.0  
   1024x768       75.1     70.1     60.0* 
   832x624        74.6  
   800x600        72.2     75.0     60.3     56.2  
   640x480        72.8     75.0     66.7     60.0  
   720x400        70.1  
DVI1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
TV1 unknown connection (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
   848x480        59.9 +
   640x480        59.9 +
   1024x768       59.9  
   800x600        59.9

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