Cant install due to miniscule resolution

[Member LikkMii]

When I boot up the live cd19 all is well except the resolution is so small I can only sorta make it out with a magnifier.
Where ezactly is screen resolution or monitor settings in icewm.
A screen grab would be awesome. I’ve run MX18 and currently 19 dual boot w/ lmde4 but want to take the Anti leap

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[Moderator caprea]

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This is recently released hardware. There is an antiX version with a newer kernel available for this, which you should probably try, did you ?
https://mirrors.evowise.com/mxlinux-iso/ANTIX/Final/antiX-19/4.19_kernel/

Otherwise you will find the monitor settings under
Menu > control centre > session > screen resolution

[Member LikkMii]

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Nothing in control panel/ settings/ session to do it in 19.2 full

[Member sybok]

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I know that there is a CLI tool ‘xrandr’ (to be used together with ‘cvt’) as in the post describing setting custom resolution in *buntu.
Also, ‘xrandr’ (without any options) can be used to print the apparently available resolutions.

Hope that helps.

If it does, you can create a script from the sequence of commands and add it to autostart/startup during the session (assuming the login screen is not similarly messed up or you can get easily past login) in case the new kernel would not help.

• This reply was modified 2 years, 11 months ago by sybok. Reason: Added print of avail. resolutions

[Member PPC]

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You can run the GUI to select your screen resolution by opening a terminal and typing:

arandr

It opens the same program as Menu > control centre > session > screen resolution , at least it does in antiX full version.

Considering your screenshot, you can also try to set your resolution directly from the terminal, with something like:

xrandr -s 1360x768

If the last command messes up your screen, simply reboot.

Also, I should have started with this: did you try selecting the “Save video mode” at antiX’s boot menu?

I hope any of this tips help,

P.

[Member Xecure]

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LikkMii wrote:

Nothing in control panel/ settings/ session to do it in 19.2 full

If you cannot find it, launch the command
arandr

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member LikkMii]

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I installed another monitor and was able to go through the steps. but that idiotic screen resolution gui is a pathetic thing. Not everyone digs a machine out of a landfill to install. A right click on the desktop should offer monitor settings at first go.
I installed Sparky 6 lxqt. 15 minutes. Rolling release. DONE

[Member Xecure]

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It would have been easier using antiX 19.2 with 4.19 kernel, as caprea sugested.

My laptop isn’t as new as yours and I needed that kernel, as it contains newer drivers not avialable in older kernels..

LikkMii wrote:

I installed Sparky 6 lxqt. 15 minutes. Rolling release. DONE

Sparky 6 comes with kernel 5.6, so it will run on most computers, but not on old computers. That is the reason antiX still comes with a 4.9 kernel, so that pentium 4 and lower computers can boot.

The 4.19 kernel version of antiX is for all those with newer computers. That is why anticapitalista took the time to build them.

Once you install antiX, please use antiX package manager or cli-aptiX (or synaptic) to install a 4.19, o better yet a 5.6 kernel (both available on the repo). That way you will be able to enjoy a better experience.

antiX Live system enthusiast.
General Live Boot Parameters for antiX.

[Member sybok]

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@LikkMii
It does offer the option on “right click” though hidden in ‘Applications -> System -> Control Centre’ and there ‘Session -> Set Screen Resolution’.
You are free to modify your menu as it suits you (but beware of the potential burden of keeping it so when updating).

Simplicity of the GUIs when compared to the “fully” (in most cases “nicely” polished with integrated look) developped is one of the things that helps to keep antiX resource requirements (memory and CPU) low.

And good look with whatever alternative you decide to go for!

[Moderator BobC]

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Because I have some machines with unusual video which result in a default resolution with characters too small to see, I had the same problem. I added a Monitor Settings Icon to the toolbar, but that is difficult to see when in 4K resolution. I then added a routine to my startup to create a screen layout script on the fly, and pop it up the first time a machine is run, which makes it easy to change the default resolution on that machine. I simply change the resolution, apply, and save it easily to the default.sh file that appears. It requires that the folder exist in /etc/skel so that it exists to save the script into.

# set screen resolution to my default
if [ -x "$HOME/.screenlayout/default.sh" ] ; then
	. $HOME/.screenlayout/default.sh
else
	echo "" > $HOME/.screenlayout/default.sh && chmod +x $HOME/.screenlayout/default.sh
	(sleep 2 && arandr) &
fi

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