screen compressed

[donec]

My screen is compressed after the grub boot menu is there a way to tell Mint to boot with a given resolution from the boot menu command line? When Mint has started I can't use any GUI or terminal since I can't read anything. This happens even in recovery mode.
BTW you guys are great and I thank you for your assistance.

[edav]

Hello,

The boot command line parameter is

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vga=7xx

where xx depends on resolution and color depth.

This applies only for framebuffer, I meant the splash screen which follows boot. For the desktop resolution, check your

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf

but change only if you understand what you're doing.

À+,
edav.

[donec]

Hello,

The boot command line parameter is

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vga=7xx

where xx depends on resolution and color depth.

This applies only for framebuffer, I meant the splash screen which follows boot. For the desktop resolution, check your

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/etc/X11/xorg.conf

but change only if you understand what you're doing.

À+,
edav.

Thanks! How can I edit "/etc/X11/xorg.conf" if I can't read the screen?

[edav]

hi,

Boot in recovery mode. When you are in the console, type

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cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bck

for backup, then

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nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to edit the file.

But why did the screen goes wrong? Did you change something? Did it work fine once before?

À+,
edav.

[donec]

hi,

Boot in recovery mode. When you are in the console, type

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cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bck

for backup, then

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nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

to edit the file.

But why did the screen goes wrong? Did you change something? Did it work fine once before?

À+,
edav.

Thanks edav, Yes it did work at one time and I am sure it is something I did as I was messing with the xorg.conf and screen resolutions. Then I rebooted and it was compressed.

[edav]

try to find the initial good xorg.conf backup file : when we make changes, some backup files are automagically created by the system in /etc/X11/, to prevent n00b like us to fix what is not broken

edav.

[donec]

Thanks again edav.

[newW2]

Reset xorg configuration to default

Go to terminal (ctrl-alt-f5) and type in:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh xserver-xorg

That will reset your X configuration to the default.
After you use that command type:
sudo reboot.