solved Screen resolution Linux Mint 19.3 is too small

[Traffic]

My new laptop has a screen resolution of 1900x1080.
I can`t see the letters hardly.
My question: How can I change that t0 1440x810?

Here inxi

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System:
  Host: henk-HP-Laptop-14s-fq1xxx Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64 
  compiler: gcc v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Laptop 14s-fq1xxx v: N/A 
  serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: HP model: 887C v: 59.08 serial: <filter> UEFI: AMI v: F.03 
  date: 03/09/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 35.9 Wh condition: 40.7/40.7 Wh (100%) 
  model: HP Primary status: Discharging 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MT MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 50304 
  Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1397 2: 1397 
  3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1396 7: 1397 8: 1396 9: 1397 10: 1397 11: 1397 
  12: 1397 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: ati,fbdev 
  unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 03:00.1 
  Device-2: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel 
  bus ID: 03:00.5 
  Device-3: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel 
  bus ID: 03:00.6 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-80-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8821CE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtl8821ce v: v5.5.2.1_35598.20191029 
  port: f000 bus ID: 01:00.0 
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 12.71 GiB (2.7%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Western Digital 
  model: PC SN530 SDBPNPZ-512G-1006 size: 476.94 GiB 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 467.96 GiB used: 12.71 GiB (2.7%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 58.1 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 258 Uptime: 42m Memory: 7.19 GiB used: 1.79 GiB (25.0%) 
  Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 
  inxi: 3.0.32

I hope someone can help me

Gr Traffic

[dorsetUK]

Kernel: 5.4.0-80-generic x86_64 bits: 64
Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic

date: 03/09/2021

CPU:
Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 5500U with Radeon Graphics bits …

Graphics:
Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A ...

Hi Traffic and welcome to the Forum.

As that shows that the driver is N/A it may be as simple as launching the Driver Manager and installing what it suggests. But on the whole, I think that you’d have more luck running LM20.2 on a such a modern machine and I’d burn 20.2 to a USB drive and test it out to see if it’s any better.

HTH.

[Traffic]

Hi DorsetUK

Thanks for your answer.

I`ll try to install LM 20.2
Maybe it`s better?


I let you know

Gr Traffic

[karlchen]

Hello, Traffic.

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Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: ati,fbdev 
  unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 10.0.0 128 bits) v: 3.3 Mesa 20.0.8 
  direct render: Yes 

I agree with doresetUK on the point that the graphic drivers are the problem.
"fbdev" e.g. should not be loaded, but listed as unloaded.
As your Ryzen seems to be from 2021, so brand new, chances are that it is not properly supported by the old LTS kernel series 5.4.0-xx.
Very likely you will be much better off, using a kernel of series 5.8.0-xx or even 5.11.0-xx.

You can check which kernel series are offered by Update Manager under View => Linux Kernel and install a newer kernel series from there.
Or you decide to install from scratch Linux Mint 20.2. In this case, it will be advisable to use the Linux Mint 20.2 Edge installation ISO image file, because it comes with a newer kernel series 5.11.0-xx out of the box.
Cf. here: Linux Mint 20.2 "Uma" - Cinnamon (Edge, 64-bit) and with respect to the kernel series here: Edge ISO Images

HTH,
Karl

[Traffic]

Kari
Thanks for your support

I will look at the driver and The kernel

Thanks

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I will look at the driver and The kernel

AMD drivers are included in the kernel. They are not in Driver Manager.

Your computer has a 5th gen Ryzen which means you should be using the 5.11 kernel. That is available in LM20 and not in LM19.

[karlchen]

Parroting my own post from above:

As your Ryzen seems to be from 2021, so brand new, chances are that it is not properly supported by the old LTS kernel series 5.4.0-xx.
Very likely you will be much better off, using a kernel of series 5.8.0-xx or even 5.11.0-xx.
[...] Or you decide install from scratch Linux Mint 20.2. In this case, it will be advisable to use the Linux Mint 20.2 Edge installation ISO image file, because it comes with a newer kernel series 5.11.0-xx out of the box.
Cf. here: Linux Mint 20.2 "Uma" - Cinnamon (Edge, 64-bit) and with respect to the kernel series here: Edge ISO Images

[Traffic]

Greetings!

I HAD to thank Karlchen and dorsetUK For their extreem well solving my problem

It went great with the LM 20.2 edge. I was able to choose the resolution!

Many thanks especially from my wife, she went nuts from me the last 10 days!

Thanks Traffic

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It went great with the LM 20.2 edge. I was able to choose the resolution!

Good to hear.

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