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Intel video display resolution issue

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fguy
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Intel video display resolution issue

#1 Post by fguy »

Greetings

I have a Dell Inspiron 5584 laptop with an Intel Graphics 620 video card. I'm running Debian 10.1

The problem is the default screen resolution is way too high for me. When I lower the screen resolution in Control Center, the width of the display shrinks so that there is a large black border on either side.

I have been trying without success to find a way to expand the display to fit the screen. My question, is there a setting in The o/s, or a package to download, which will let me adjust the display dimensions?

Thanks

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Re: Intel video display resolution issue

#2 Post by stevepusser »

That GPU requires non-free firmware in firmware-misc-nonfree to function correctly, AFAIK.

It's not installed in the default DFSG-type Debian...do you have it?

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apt policy firmware-misc-nonfree
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Re: Intel video display resolution issue

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I built my installer from the file debian-live-10.1.0-amd64-mate+nonfree.iso available here https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unof ... -firmware/, if that tells you anything.

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Re: Intel video display resolution issue

#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Please post the requested output. Probably best to install the non-free firmware metapackage (if you don't already have it) because your CPU needs µcode as well.
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