Linux Mint XFCE 21 (Latest) screen resolution, text size, icon size, display - broken! [Solved]

[ScarletMcLearn]

Hello.
Hope you are doing well, and thank you in advance for reading this.
Please feel free to skip ahead to the PROBLEMS or TRIED FIXES sections if that helps save your time.

I am using Linux Mint XFCE 21 (Latest version) on an ASUS Vivobook Laptop and running 2 External Monitors (using VGA Splitter) as Secondary Display.

Backstory:

The first time I had installed Linux Mint XFCE 20, it had some screen resolution, text size, icon size, button size, title bar and panel sizes, and display issues.

I had gone over this forum and resolved to solve them.

Today I changed my old VGA cable and plugged in VGA Extender connected by Ethernet Cable to my External Monitor.

Then the problems started happening -

1. The screen resolution has been completely broken with the VGA Extender and Ethernet Cable connecting to External Monitor

2. The text size, icon size, button size, title bar and panel sizes were all too small.

3. The display looks broken - as in stretched or breaking. Its a bit hard to explain, hence I am providing images shortly.

I went over this forum again and tried to fix it.

I tried several suggestions - changing font size options, scaling options, and resolution options.

But none of them were working.

Then I restarted my PC, and all the fonts became huge!
- I think Linux Mint XFCE was NOT rendering the changes until restart, and I thought it was not working, so set large values to test it. And after restart, everything went huge and now I cant even use my PC (cant navigate around PC or do anything - all the windows and buttons and options get cut off and flow out of screen due to their size!)

I first used Timeshift to go back to a previous version where things were working. But it seems Linux Mint XFCE kept track of the customization to display settings (font size, etc) and there was no change (everything was still huge).

I somehow managed to press ALT+SPACE and used the keyboard to select move and tried moving the windows and opening terminal.

From there I upgraded Linux Mint XFCE from 20 to 21 and installed all the latest updates (hoping it would undo the mistake). The upgrade was successful, but the broken settings which I had mistakenly saved were still in action (they were not erased by the upgrade).

I tried tweaking the settings and restarting every now and then, and managed to resolve a lot of the problems. But some of them are still remaining and I am having a hard time fixing them.

Some of the problems remaining:

1, Screen resolution is still broken / looks weird :
https://pasteboard.co/5pAuIg44jzgE.png

2. The Panel (Task bar) icon sizes are not consistent :
Some are too large, some are too small
https://pasteboard.co/fpjZdsyxKkQ7.png

3. The Start Menu Icons are huge:
https://pasteboard.co/ZrgAmsYcWyHL.png

4. The icons are huge globally:
https://pasteboard.co/PNwlXldC0YUI.png

5. All the panels are of broken sizes (either too large or too small):
https://pasteboard.co/cijVLeZVkUhR.png

6. The Title Bar, Title Bar Text and Title Bar Buttons - size is also not consistent (huge in some places, small in some):
https://pasteboard.co/DeyE4tdXZwGf.png
https://pasteboard.co/5EmbOhe4Wp3T.png

7. All Windows/Apps are opening in disproportionate / huge sizes - they are going out of the screen due to being so huge:
https://pasteboard.co/spfMKvZCI33Y.png

8. The notifications are also huge - the notification icon is huge, the text is tiny.

9. The Desktop Icons and Texts are tiny:
https://pasteboard.co/6ywthpdiSNRn.png

Some of the things I have tried tweaking:

1. Changing Size in Desktop > Right Click > Desktop Settings > Icons -
https://pasteboard.co/efl9bo53YDmV.png

2. Changing the Resolution in Start > Display > General -
https://pasteboard.co/756w7xWqdF4X.png

3, Changing the Font Size in Start > Window Manager > Style -
https://pasteboard.co/LabdD4RVpcQa.png

4. Changing the Font Size and Custom DPI Settings in Start > Appearance > Fonts -
https://pasteboard.co/OCdehBPeiCbm.png

5. Changing Row Size in Settings > Panel > Display -
https://pasteboard.co/fIWz7dIJAbth.png

6. Changing Size and DPI Settings in Start > KDE System Settings -
https://pasteboard.co/gtGVObjDLaU1.png


I have been trying all day to fix these issues, but have not been able to.

Please guide me how I can fix these. Your time and effort is greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance.

Waiting eagerly for any solution or suggestion.

P.s. I am also adding the output of the following command

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inxi -Fxxxz

if it helps:

Output:

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scarlet@Scarlet:/media/scarlet$ inxi -Fxxxz
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.23 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
    vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X542UN v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X542UN v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: X542UN.309 date: 09/02/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 24.6/38.0 Wh (64.7%)
    volts: 7.6 min: 7.6 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: Not charging cycles: 120
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 400/4000 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 31999
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:5 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1536x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 406x305mm (16.0x12.0")
    s-diag: 508mm (20")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1536x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Generalplus USB Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 1b3f:2008
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
    bus-ID: 1-4.4.1:9 chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enx00e04c360976 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:7
    chip-ID: 13d3:3496 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.96 TiB used: 380.07 GiB (19.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2KW010T8 size: 953.87 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0B1C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS128G39TND-N210A
    size: 119.24 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0P10
  ID-3: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS 541010B7E610
    size: 931.51 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 03.0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 937.33 GiB used: 141.73 GiB (15.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 60.0 C pch: 55.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 3500
Info:
  Processes: 381 Uptime: 1h 56m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.51 GiB
  used: 6.69 GiB (43.1%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Packages: 3210 apt: 3168 flatpak: 42 Shell: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.13

[Moem]

Mod note:
I've removed three duplicates of this post, please don't repost the same thing over and over. If you want it moved elsewhere, talk to us, and if we agree that is easy to do.

[ScarletMcLearn]

Of course. Thanks for clarifying.

[SMG]

I am using Linux Mint XFCE 21 (Latest version) on an ASUS Vivobook Laptop and running 2 External Monitors (using VGA Splitter) as Secondary Display.

I have moved your topic to the Graphics Cards & Monitors forum which is where we usually handle screen resolution issues. Stickied to the top of that forum is Tips for Troubleshooting Graphics Issues (including external monitors not working) which explains many issues are because the graphics drivers are not installed or not installed correctly. There are examples of what a correct install inxi output will be.

Your computer's Nvidia drivers are not installed as you would want them to be. Nearly everything you did was trying to compensate for the fact the basics were not in place. While your output shows the Nvidia device driver was loaded, there is no nvidia display driver loaded. Nouveau is loaded instead of nvidia.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1536x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 406x305mm (16.0x12.0")
s-diag: 508mm (20")
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1536x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
min: 640x480
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes

Additionally, your output does not show a VGA port so I'm not sure what kind of cabling you are using.

To fix the nvidia/nouveau issue, try the solution in this post.

Today I changed my old VGA cable and plugged in VGA Extender connected by Ethernet Cable to my External Monitor.

Ethernet is used for connecting devices on a network. Your external monitor should be connected directly your computer. I don't understand what type of cable you are describing.

Then I restarted my PC, and all the fonts became huge!
- I think Linux Mint XFCE was NOT rendering the changes until restart, and I thought it was not working, so set large values to test it. And after restart, everything went huge and now I cant even use my PC (cant navigate around PC or do anything - all the windows and buttons and options get cut off and flow out of screen due to their size!)

The graphics drivers are loaded when you boot the computer. I suspect the drivers are an issue which is why you didn't see changes until you rebooted.

1, Screen resolution is still broken / looks weird :
https://pasteboard.co/5pAuIg44jzgE.png

The listed output in inxi looks weird too. res: 1536x1152 We need to get the correct display driver loaded before being able to address the resolution.

The rest of your issue could be a variety of problems, but let's get the correct graphics drivers loaded and see what issues remain after that.

I would also like you to provide a link to more information about the cable you are using to attach the monitor to the computer. I suspect that may also be part of the problem.

[ScarletMcLearn]

Thank you for your suggestion.
I tried fixing the Nvidia Driver, but I think was messing up.
One of the mods - Larry - suggested I try a new user account.
I created one and most of the issues were fixed in it.
Still a few issues remain.
Will open a new post for this as that is purely graphics card related.
Thank you again!

[ScarletMcLearn]

Display hazy, blurry, stretched, broken - does not look okay - Linux Mint XFCE 21 on ASUS VIVOBOOK with NVIDIA GP108M.

Hello.

Hope you are doing well.

I am using Linux Mint XFCE on ASUS Vivobook.

The display is not looking good - blurry / stretched / broken.

I had installed NVIDIA Drivers based on the instructions I read on this forum, but its still not working.

I am providing the output of the following command below:
Input 1:

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sudo inxi --full

Input 2:

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inxi -Fxxxrz

Please suggest me what I should do to resolve it without destroying my entire device/display - I only have one PC and I don't have any way to debug it if the display goes down completely. I would appreciate if you can guide me in a way where that wont happen.

Thank you for your time!

Output 1: [Moderator note - This output removed.]
Output 2:

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System:
  Kernel: 5.15.0-72-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.3.0
    Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.23 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1
    vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Linux Mint 21 Vanessa
    base: Ubuntu 22.04 jammy
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: X542UN v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: X542UN v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: X542UN.309 date: 09/02/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 24.6 Wh (100.0%) condition: 24.6/38.0 Wh (64.6%)
    volts: 7.6 min: 7.6 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: Not charging cycles: 121
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Coffee Lake rev: A cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 400/4000 cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
    4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 bogomips: 31999
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1024x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 270x203mm (10.6x8.0")
    s-diag: 338mm (13.3")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1024x768 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:9d71
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Generalplus USB Audio Device type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 1b3f:2008
    class-ID: 0300
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.0-72-generic running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 15.99.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.48 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA9377 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
    vendor: AzureWave driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:0042 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8152 Fast Ethernet Adapter type: USB driver: r8152
    bus-ID: 1-4.4.1:8 chip-ID: 0bda:8152 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
  IF: enx00e04c360976 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-8:6
    chip-ID: 13d3:3496 class-ID: e001
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down
    bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes
    address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.96 TiB used: 360.81 GiB (17.9%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2KW010T8 size: 953.87 GiB
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0B1C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: SK Hynix model: HFS128G39TND-N210A
    size: 119.24 GiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 0P10
  ID-3: /dev/sdc type: USB vendor: HGST (Hitachi) model: HTS 541010B7E610
    size: 931.51 GiB type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 03.0 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd type: USB vendor: Transcend model: JetFlash Transcend 8GB
    size: 7.5 GiB type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 8.07 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 937.33 GiB used: 111.18 GiB (11.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swapfile
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 49.0 C pch: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2500
Repos:
  Packages: 3333 apt: 3291 flatpak: 42
  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] https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/microsoft-edge.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/edge/ stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/linuxmint vanessa main upstream import backport
    2: deb http://mirror.xeonbd.com/ubuntu-archive jammy main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http://mirror.xeonbd.com/ubuntu-archive jammy-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http://mirror.xeonbd.com/ubuntu-archive jammy-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ jammy-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/teams.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/ms-teams stable main
Info:
  Processes: 331 Uptime: 3h 9m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.51 GiB
  used: 4.02 GiB (25.9%) Init: systemd v: 249 runlevel: 5 Compilers:
  gcc: 11.3.0 alt: 11/12 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.13

[SMG]

Thank you for your suggestion.
I tried fixing the Nvidia Driver, but I think was messing up.
One of the mods - Larry - suggested I try a new user account.

There are no mods on this forum named Larry.

Still a few issues remain.
Will open a new post for this as that is purely graphics card related.

If you would have read the post I made, you would know this topic is already in the Graphic section and I gave you advice for graphics. Please stop creating duplicate posts.

[SMG]

The display is not looking good - blurry / stretched / broken.

I had installed NVIDIA Drivers based on the instructions I read on this forum, but its still not working.

Please provide the output of

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cat /etc/modules

and the url which gets returned when you run the following command:

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cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999

[ScarletMcLearn]

I am sorry for creating duplicate.

I am posting the outputs you requested:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999
https://termbin.com/vsg27
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

[SMG]

I am posting the outputs you requested:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

This output says you did not go to the linked post I gave you and run that advice. I will copy and paste the information from that linked post here:

Try this method to load the Nvidia kernel modules a little earlier in the boot process.

Use this command to open the modules file: xed admin:///etc/modules

Add this at the bottom:

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nvidia 
nvidia-drm
nvidia-modeset

After adding those lines, save the file and then reboot the computer and provide the output of

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inxi -Gxxx

The information in the url (the Xorg log) seems to match the inxi output. Nvidia is not loading probably because nouveau is getting in ahead of it. The change in /etc/modules above should correct that.

[ScarletMcLearn]

Due to poor internet, I missed your response.

Thanks for clarifying.

I did what you suggested.

Here is the output:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ inxi -Gxxx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0x0001
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1536x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 406x305mm (16.0x12.0")
    s-diag: 508mm (20")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1536x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

Some additional logs if they help:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ inxi -Gx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:02.0
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.105.17 bus-ID: 01:00.0
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:4
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nouveau unloaded: fbdev,vesa gpu: i915
    resolution: 1536x1152~60Hz
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

[SMG]

Due to poor internet, I missed your response.

Thanks for clarifying.

I did what you suggested.

The results did not change. Please provide the current output of

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cat /etc/modules

Please also provide the output of

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dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia

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cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log

[ScarletMcLearn]

Thank you for your time and effort for helping me with this problem.

Here are the outputs:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ cat /etc/modules
# /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time.
#
# This file contains the names of kernel modules that should be loaded
# at boot time, one per line. Lines beginning with "#" are ignored.

nvidia 
nvidia-drm
nvidia-modeset

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ dpkg -l | grep -i nvidia
ii  libaccinj64-11.5:amd64                        11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA ACCINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcublas11:amd64                             11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA cuBLAS Library
ii  libcublaslt11:amd64                           11.7.4.6~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA cuBLASLt Library
ii  libcudart11.0:amd64                           11.5.117~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Runtime Library
ii  libcufft10:amd64                              11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1         amd64        NVIDIA cuFFT Library
ii  libcufftw10:amd64                             11.1.1+~10.6.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1         amd64        NVIDIA cuFFTW Library
ii  libcuinj64-11.5:amd64                         11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUINJ Library (64-bit)
ii  libcupti-dev:amd64                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface development files
ii  libcupti-doc                                  11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   all          NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface documentation
ii  libcupti11.5:amd64                            11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Profiler Tools Interface runtime library
ii  libcurand10:amd64                             11.1.1+~10.2.7.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1         amd64        NVIDIA cuRAND Library
ii  libcusolver11:amd64                           11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVER Library
ii  libcusolvermg11:amd64                         11.3.2.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA cuSOLVERmg Library
ii  libcusparse11:amd64                           11.7.0.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA cuSPARSE Library
ii  libnppc11:amd64                               11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives core runtime library
ii  libnppial11:amd64                             11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Arithmetic and Logic
ii  libnppicc11:amd64                             11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Color Conversion
ii  libnppidei11:amd64                            11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Data Exchange and Initialization
ii  libnppif11:amd64                              11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Filters
ii  libnppig11:amd64                              11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Geometry transforms
ii  libnppim11:amd64                              11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Morphological operations
ii  libnppist11:amd64                             11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Statistics
ii  libnppisu11:amd64                             11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Support
ii  libnppitc11:amd64                             11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives lib for Image Threshold and Compare
ii  libnpps11:amd64                               11.5.1.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Performance Primitives for signal processing runtime library
ii  libnvidia-cfg1-525:amd64                      525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA binary OpenGL/GLX configuration library
ii  libnvidia-common-525                          525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                all          Shared files used by the NVIDIA libraries
ii  libnvidia-compute-495:amd64                   510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        Transitional package for libnvidia-compute-510
ii  libnvidia-compute-510:amd64                   510.108.03-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-515:amd64                   515.65.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
rc  libnvidia-compute-525:amd64                   525.78.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA libcompute package
ii  libnvidia-egl-wayland1:amd64                  1:1.1.9-1.1                                amd64        Wayland EGL External Platform library -- shared library
ii  libnvidia-extra-525:amd64                     525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        Extra libraries for the NVIDIA driver
ii  libnvidia-fbc1-525:amd64                      525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture runtime library
ii  libnvidia-gl-525:amd64                        525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA OpenGL/GLX/EGL/GLES GLVND libraries and Vulkan ICD
ii  libnvidia-ml-dev:amd64                        11.5.50~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                    amd64        NVIDIA Management Library (NVML) development files
ii  libnvjpeg11:amd64                             11.5.4.107~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA JPEG library (nvJPEG)
ii  libnvrtc-builtins11.5:amd64                   11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Builtins Library)
ii  libnvrtc11.2:amd64                            11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        CUDA Runtime Compilation (NVIDIA NVRTC Library)
ii  libnvtoolsext1:amd64                          11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA Tools Extension Library
ii  libnvvm4:amd64                                11.5.119~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA NVVM Library
ii  nsight-compute                                2021.3.1.4~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute
ii  nsight-compute-target:amd64                   2021.3.1.4~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Compute (target specific libraries)
ii  nsight-systems                                2021.3.3.2~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems
ii  nsight-systems-target:amd64                   2021.3.3.2~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                 amd64        NVIDIA Nsight Systems (target specific libraries)
rc  nvidia-compute-utils-525                      525.78.01-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                 amd64        NVIDIA compute utilities
ii  nvidia-cuda-dev:amd64                         11.5.1-1ubuntu1                            amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development files
ii  nvidia-cuda-gdb                               11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA CUDA Debugger (GDB)
rc  nvidia-cuda-toolkit                           11.5.1-1ubuntu1                            amd64        NVIDIA CUDA development toolkit
ii  nvidia-cuda-toolkit-doc                       11.5.1-1ubuntu1                            all          NVIDIA CUDA and OpenCL documentation
ii  nvidia-dkms-525                               525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA DKMS package
ii  nvidia-kernel-common-525                      525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        Shared files used with the kernel module
ii  nvidia-kernel-source-525                      525.105.17-0ubuntu0.22.04.1                amd64        NVIDIA kernel source package
ii  nvidia-opencl-dev:amd64                       11.5.1-1ubuntu1                            amd64        NVIDIA OpenCL development files
ii  nvidia-profiler                               11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
ii  nvidia-visual-profiler                        11.5.114~11.5.1-1ubuntu1                   amd64        NVIDIA Visual Profiler for CUDA and OpenCL
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ cat /var/log/gpu-manager.log
log_file: /var/log/gpu-manager.log
last_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
new_boot_file: /var/lib/ubuntu-drivers-common/last_gfx_boot
can't access /opt/amdgpu-pro/bin/amdgpu-pro-px
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-72-generic/kernel
Looking for nvidia modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-72-generic/updates/dkms
Found nvidia.ko module in /lib/modules/5.15.0-72-generic/updates/dkms/nvidia.ko
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-72-generic/kernel
Looking for amdgpu modules in /lib/modules/5.15.0-72-generic/updates/dkms
Is nvidia loaded? yes
Was nvidia unloaded? no
Is nvidia blacklisted? no
Is intel loaded? yes
Is radeon loaded? no
Is radeon blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu loaded? no
Is amdgpu blacklisted? no
Is amdgpu versioned? no
Is amdgpu pro stack? no
Is nouveau loaded? no
Is nouveau blacklisted? yes
Is nvidia kernel module available? yes
Is amdgpu kernel module available? no
Vendor/Device Id: 8086:5917
BusID "PCI:0@0:2:0"
Is boot vga? yes
Vendor/Device Id: 10de:1d10
BusID "PCI:1@0:0:0"
can't open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/boot_vga
Is boot vga? no
can't open /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/boot_vga
Chassis type: "10"
Laptop detected
can't access /etc/u-d-c-nvidia-runtimepm-override file
Found json file: /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-525-server/supported-gpus.json
File /usr/share/doc/nvidia-driver-525-server/supported-gpus.json not found
Is nvidia runtime pm supported for "0x1d10"? no
Checking power status in /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/0000:01:00.0/power
Runtime D3 status:          Disabled by default
Is nvidia runtime pm enabled for "0x1d10"? no
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nvidia-drm"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nvidia-drm"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nvidia-drm"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
Skipping "/dev/dri/card1", driven by "nvidia-drm"
Found "/dev/dri/card0", driven by "i915"
output 0:
	card0-eDP-1
output 1:
	card0-DP-1
Number of connected outputs for /dev/dri/card0: 2
Does it require offloading? no
last cards number = 2
Has amd? no
Has intel? yes
Has nvidia? yes
How many cards? 2
Has the system changed? No
Takes 0ms to wait for nvidia udev rules completed.
Intel IGP detected
NVIDIA hybrid system
Creating /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/11-nvidia-offload.conf
Setting power control to "auto" in /sys/bus/pci/devices/0000:01:00.0/power/control

[JeremyB]

What result for

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mokutil --sb

[ScarletMcLearn]

This is the output you requested:

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ mokutil --sb
SecureBoot disabled
Platform is in Setup Mode
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

[SMG]

I had installed NVIDIA Drivers based on the instructions I read on this forum, but its still not working.

Could you please explain what instructions you followed?

One should open Driver Manager and install the driver. That does not appear to be what you did. Not only did you install CUDA, ncompute, nsight, and profiler, but you also are missing your nvidia-prime-applet which means you likely tried removing Nvidia driver files using wildcards in the terminal.

Your nvidia output appears to be missing packages normally installed. I've not seen those files missing in other outputs so I'm not sure what you may have done.

There was an error in the Xorg log which I presumed was due to nouveau loading first, but now I'm wondering if it is because of what packages are installed.

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[    11.481] (EE) [drm] Failed to open DRM device for (null): -2

Do you need CUDA, ncompute, nsight, and profiler? I'm asking so I can figure the best way to try and get the proper packages loaded.

[ScarletMcLearn]

Apologies for the delayed response. We are having massive internet outage in our area.

I had installed Nvidia Drivers using the Driver Manager.

Later on I also installed CUDA following the guide on Tensorflow documentation.

I believe there it mentioned to remove some of the defaults - I had followed those instructions.

I don't need CUDA and the other packages you mentioned.

Please suggest what should be the best way without completely going blind from display drivers being broken.

[SMG]

Apologies for the delayed response. We are having massive internet outage in our area.

I'm going to have you remove packages and then re-install. Hopefully, the outage will cooperate.

I found this post with output and everything from nvidia-prime to the bottom is missing from your install including the screen-resolution-extra and xserver-xorg-video-nvidia-525 packages.

To clean up your system and install just the Nvidia driver, I recommend the following steps

• Remove all nvidia packages by running sudo apt-get purge *nvidia*
• Re-install the nvidia-prime-applet (which is actually a Linux Mint file) by running sudo apt-get install nvidia-prime-applet
• Reboot the computer. (The open-source nouveau driver should load and your system is using Intel anyhow so there should not be problems.)
• Install the Nvidia-525 driver by running apt install nvidia-driver-525
• Reboot the computer.

That should load the nvidia display driver and we can check with the output of inxi -Gxxx.

[ScarletMcLearn]

Great!
I performed the steps you mentioned and the latest output as per your suggested command is :

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scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ inxi -Gxxx
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
    ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
    v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 VGA UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 13d3:5a01 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 0x0001
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
    X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1536x1152 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 406x305mm (16.0x12.0")
    s-diag: 508mm (20")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1536x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
    min: 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2)
    v: 4.6 Mesa 22.2.5 direct render: Yes
scarlet2@Scarlet:~$ 

Please suggest what I should do next.

Thanks!

[SMG]

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 1.21.1.4 compositor: xfwm v: 4.16.1 driver:
X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: fbdev,nouveau,vesa gpu: i915
display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1

The nvidia display driver is now loaded. You should also have an nvidia-prime-applet in your panel (probably looks like an Intel icon?).

I am using Linux Mint XFCE 21 (Latest version) on an ASUS Vivobook Laptop and running 2 External Monitors (using VGA Splitter) as Secondary Display.

Today I changed my old VGA cable and plugged in VGA Extender connected by Ethernet Cable to my External Monitor.

Do you have a link to a description of this cable and any adapters you are using?

The reason I am asking is because the inxi output indicates all external ports are connected to the Intel GPU and there are no VGA ports on the laptop.

Graphics:
Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel
ports: active: DP-1 off: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:5917 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX150] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nvidia
v: 525.105.17 pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1d10 class-ID: 0302

The output only shows one monitor which is connected through a displayport (DP) which to me would indicate you are using some type of adapter? Adapters can cause problem because they may not let all the monitor details pass through to the computer so the computer knows what is attached.

Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1536x1152 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: max: 1024x768
min: 640x480

The Xorg log showed both the laptop display and the DP-1 with screens connected. (However, there was only EDID info printed for the laptop display.)

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[    11.844] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output eDP-1
[    11.844] (II) modeset(0): Manufacturer: BOE  Model: 687  Serial#: 0

[    11.844] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output eDP-1
[    11.844] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x60.0  152.60  1920 1968 2000 2192  1080 1083 1089 1160 +hsync -vsync (69.6 kHz eP)

[    11.855] (II) modeset(0): EDID for output DP-1
[    11.855] (II) modeset(0): Printing probed modes for output DP-1
[    11.855] (II) modeset(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)

Do you have the laptop display disabled in the Display app? (that's what the inxi data seems to indicate.)

What are the make and model of the external monitors and what are the connection types at each end.