Can't make changes to display settings due to strange error message

[piso mojado]

I'm getting the same error, but "Cinnamon Settings Daemon xandr" isn't in my start up items and I can't find it in the list of applications to add. I did monkey with my display settings when I had trouble with my old tv, but I thought I reversed all that... Please help? Here are my inxi -Gx results:


Graphics:
Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 500 (APL 2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 direct render: Yes

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I'm getting the same error, but "Cinnamon Settings Daemon xandr" isn't in my start up items and I can't find it in the list of applications to add.

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 and may give us an idea why you can't see that in your Start up items.

[piso mojado]

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System:
  Host: HTPCSlave1 Kernel: 4.15.0-166-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc 
  v: 7.5.0 Desktop: Cinnamon 4.4.8 wm: muffin dm: LightDM 1.26.0 
  Distro: Linux Mint 19.3 Tricia base: Ubuntu 18.04 bionic 
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Intel model: NUC6CAYB v: J23203-402 serial: <filter> 
  UEFI: Intel v: AYAPLCEL.86A.0041.2017.0825.1152 date: 08/25/2017 
CPU:
  Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Celeron J3455 bits: 64 type: MCP 
  arch: Goldmont rev: 9 L2 cache: 1024 KiB 
  flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11980 
  Speed: 763 MHz min/max: 800/2300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 791 2: 799 
  3: 796 4: 798 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5a85 
  Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.19.6 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa 
  resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 500 (APL 2) 
  v: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Celeron N3350/Pentium N4200/Atom E3900 Series Audio Cluster driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:0e.0 chip ID: 8086:5a98 
  Sound Server: ALSA v: k4.15.0-166-generic 
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi 
  v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 8086:24fb 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Intel driver: r8169 v: 2.3LK-NAPI port: e000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
  chip ID: 10ec:8168 
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter> 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 41.89 GiB (37.5%) 
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDA120G size: 111.79 GiB 
  speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 80RL scheme: GPT 
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 101.69 GiB used: 41.86 GiB (41.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 
  ID-2: swap-1 size: 7.85 GiB used: 25.0 MiB (0.3%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sda3 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Repos:
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list 
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list 
  1: deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list 
  1: deb http://mirrors.evowise.com/linuxmint/packages tricia main upstream import backport
  2: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic main restricted universe multiverse
  3: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
  4: deb http://la-mirrors.evowise.com/ubuntu bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
  5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
  6: deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu/ bionic partner
Info:
  Processes: 263 Uptime: 12d 21h 06m Memory: 7.64 GiB used: 4.32 GiB (56.6%) 
  Init: systemd v: 237 runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 7.5.0 alt: 5/7 
  Shell: bash v: 4.4.20 running in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.0.32 

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I'm getting the same error, but "Cinnamon Settings Daemon xandr" isn't in my start up items and I can't find it in the list of applications to add.

I found another topic After upgrade to Linux Mint 20.1, switched primary and secondary monitors [SOLVED] with the same error message and the person indicated, "The problem was I had xrandr in my startup." which may relate to the customization you did that you referenced. It appears the start-up command you made was a custom one, so only you would know what it was named.

If there is no custom command in Start-up Applications, perhaps you added a xrandr command to your .login file?

What is the output of ls ~/.config/autostart/?

With regards to not having a "Cinnamon Settings Daemon xandr" in startup, did you upgrade in place from LM18 to LM19 or was it a fresh install of LM19?

Your inxi output indicates you are not running the latest 4.15.0-167 kernel. (And, actually, your hardware is new enough you could be running the 5.4 kernel.)