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Maread

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Registered: 2024-06-08

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Cant change display resolution

Hello,
I am new to linux and arch linux. I installed linux to rice it. Now i can't change the display resolution. I cant increase it above 1024x768. I tried using arandr to change it to 1600 x 900 but the result was

XRandR failed:
XRandR returned error code 1: b'X Error of failed request: BadValue (integer parameter out of range for operation)\n Major opcode of failed request: 140 (RANDR)\n Minor opcode of failed request: 21 (RRSetCrtcConfig)\n Value in failed request: 0x0\n Serial number of failed request: 21\n Current serial number in output stream: 21\n'

I use VGA and I can set resolution to 1600 x 900 in windows. I have another linux device where i tried to set the resolution to 1600 x 900 and it works perfectly.

My processor is intel pentium G2010 and i have intergrated graphics(Intel HD Graphics 2500) and when i try " lspci -k | grep -EA3 'VGA|3D|Display' " to find my driver i get

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200 v2/3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller (rev 09)
        Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device d000
        Kernel driver in use: i915
        Kernel modules: i915

It says Xeon even though I have pentium. How do i change my resolution??

I am sorry if I made any mistakes, this is my first time in a linux forum.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 75,979

Re: Cant change display resolution

You're running on some software driver, vesa or simpledrm.
Please post your Xorg log, https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Xorg#General
Please post your complete system journal for the boot:

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

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