How Change Screen Resoltuion?

mawil1013 · Post by **mawil1013** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 7:43 am

[SOLVED] In Ubuntu I simply clicked on open screen to get resolution change so that every thing open was bigger and easy to read.

How can I change it on Mint?

rickNS · Post by **rickNS** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 9:13 am

Look at MENU > All Apps for Display(s), there you can change the resolution.

mawil1013 · Post by **mawil1013** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:36 pm

Yep, did that, went into display and nothing that I did allowed me to change screen resolution.

Post by **SMG** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:51 pm

mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:36 pm Yep, did that, went into display and nothing that I did allowed me to change screen resolution.

Please give us information about your install by entering this command in a terminal: inxi -Fxxxrz
Click </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply and then place your cursor between the code markers and paste the results of the command between the code markers [code]Results[/code]. This will let us know how Mint sees your hardware.

mawil1013 · Post by **mawil1013** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:08 pm

SMG wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:51 pm
mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 3:36 pm Yep, did that, went into display and nothing that I did allowed me to change screen resolution.
Please give us information about your install by entering this command in a terminal: inxi -Fxxxrz
Click </> from the mini toolbar above the textbox where you type your reply and then place your cursor between the code markers and paste the results of the command between the code markers [code]Results[/code]. This will let us know how Mint sees your hardware.

Your helping me with my other question, about video drivers, maybe they are connected? viewtopic.php?p=2085214#p2085214

System: Kernel: 5.4.0-89-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Convertible System: Dell product: Inspiron 7405 2n1 v: 1.5.4 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0626R6 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.4 date: 06/10/2021
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/39.8 Wh (95%) model: BYD DELL CF5RH0C status: Full
Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2A62.0001-battery model: 04F31234:00 04F3:2A62 charge: N/A status: N/A
CPU: Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Zen rev: 1
L2 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm bogomips: 28447
Speed: 1344 MHz min/max: 1400/2375 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2810 2: 3051 3: 2545 4: 2567 5: 3151 6: 3865
Graphics: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Renoir vendor: Dell driver: N/A bus ID: 03:00.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: ati,fbdev unloaded: modesetting,radeon,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~77Hz
OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 12.0.0 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Dell
driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5
Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 03:00.6
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-89-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 16.10 GiB (6.8%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.66 GiB used: 16.05 GiB (14.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 72.8 C mobo: 37.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2389
Info: Processes: 224 Uptime: 7h 45m Memory: 7.21 GiB used: 1.65 GiB (22.8%) Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers:
gcc: 9.3.0 Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38

Post by **SMG** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:37 pm

mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:08 pmYour helping me with my other question, about video drivers, maybe they are connected? viewtopic.php?p=2085214#p2085214

Yes, those problems are related. You can not change the resolution until the graphics driver is installed.

mawil1013 · Post by **mawil1013** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:25 pm

SMG wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:37 pm
mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 4:08 pmYour helping me with my other question, about video drivers, maybe they are connected? viewtopic.php?p=2085214#p2085214
Yes, those problems are related. You can not change the resolution until the graphics driver is installed.

If it checks and says no driver are needed, is there anyway forward?

Post by **SMG** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:27 pm

mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:25 pmIf it checks and says no driver are needed, is there anyway forward?

Did you upgrade the kernel like I instructed you to do in the other thread?

Instructions for upgrading to the 5.11 kernel:

Open Update Manager.
Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue.
Make sure 5.11 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear.
Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

If you upgrade the kernel, it should not tell you to check for drivers because they will be installed. Please give us the output of inxi -SMGCx.

mawil1013 · Post by **mawil1013** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:41 pm

SMG wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:27 pm
mawil1013 wrote: ⤴Fri Oct 22, 2021 5:25 pmIf it checks and says no driver are needed, is there anyway forward?
Did you upgrade the kernel like I instructed you to do in the other thread?

Instructions for upgrading to the 5.11 kernel:
Open Update Manager.

Select View > Linux Kernels and click Continue.

Make sure 5.11 is selected on the left panel and then click the top-most option on the right panel. An "Install" button will appear.

Install the kernel and then reboot for it to become active.

If you upgrade the kernel, it should not tell you to check for drivers because they will be installed. Please give us the output of inxi -SMGCx.

Kernal 5.11 worked! Your great!

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System:
  Kernel: 5.11.0-38-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A 
  Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.6 wm: muffin 5.0.2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal 
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: Dell product: Inspiron 7405 2n1 v: 1.5.4 
  serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 31 v: 1.5.4 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: Dell model: 0626R6 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.5.4 
  date: 06/10/2021 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 37.9 Wh condition: 37.9/39.8 Wh (95%) volts: 12.5/11.2 
  model: BYD DELL CF5RH0C type: Unknown serial: <filter> status: Full 
  Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:2A62.0004-battery model: 04F31234:00 04F3:2A62 
  serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A 
CPU:
  Topology: 6-Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 4500U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 
  type: MCP arch: Zen rev: 1 L2 cache: 3072 KiB 
  flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm 
  bogomips: 28445 
  Speed: 1397 MHz min/max: 1400/2375 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 
  1: 1397 2: 1397 3: 1397 4: 1397 5: 1397 6: 1397 
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Renoir vendor: Dell driver: amdgpu v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 1002:1636 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.11 driver: amdgpu,ati 
  unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa resolution: 1280x720~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD RENOIR (DRM 3.40.0 5.11.0-38-generic LLVM 12.0.0) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 21.0.3 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.1 
  chip ID: 1002:1637 
  Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor vendor: Dell 
  driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.5 chip ID: 1022:15e2 
  Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel 
  v: kernel bus ID: 03:00.6 chip ID: 1022:15e3 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.11.0-38-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 
  chip ID: 8086:2723 
  IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 17.19 GiB (7.2%) 
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 model: KBG40ZNS256G NVMe KIOXIA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB 
  speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 10410106 scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 109.66 GiB used: 17.14 GiB (15.6%) fs: ext4 
  dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.5 C mobo: 35.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 47 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list 
  1: deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/brave-browser-archive-keyring.gpg arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://packages.linuxmint.com uma main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ focal-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ focal partner
Info:
  Processes: 278 Uptime: 4m Memory: 7.15 GiB used: 1.23 GiB (17.2%) 
  Init: systemd v: 245 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9 Shell: bash 
  v: 5.0.17 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.38

motoryzen · Post by **motoryzen** » Fri Oct 22, 2021 6:55 pm

[SOLVED]
In Ubuntu I simply clicked on open screen to get resolution change so that every thing open was bigger and easy to r

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