Solved Giant Display After Reboot, Can't change Settings!!!

[Sherri is a Cat]

Linux Mint

After rebooting my computer I am stuck with the layout and refresh rate shown in the picture on an unknown display. I tried 'Reset to Default' but things are still the same. I rebooted the computer twice. I'm still learning the Linux Mint OS to know what to do from here other than ask for help and start searching the internet for answers. If I solve this on my own I'll update this thread with the solution.

I am also not able to change settings on the monitor itself.

System information follows the image.
Thank you.

System:
  Kernel: 6.8.0-60-generic arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.3.0 clocksource: tsc
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.30.0
    Distro: Linux Mint 22.1 Xia base: Ubuntu 24.04 noble
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUSTeK product: K30AD_M31AD_M51AD v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: K30AD_M31AD_M51AD_M32AD v: Rev X.0x serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: All uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0507 date: 04/02/2014
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech K350 serial: <filter> charge: 70% (should be ignored)
    rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-4790S bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Haswell
    rev: 3 cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 high: 800 min/max: 800/4000 cores: 1: 798 2: 800 3: 798 4: 800 5: 799
    6: 798 7: 800 8: 798 bogomips: 51078
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Baffin [Radeon RX 460/560D / Pro 450/455/460/555/555X/560/560X]
    vendor: XFX Pine Polaris 21 XL driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8
    ports: active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DVI-D-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:67ef class-ID: 0300
    temp: 42.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 640x480 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 169x127mm (6.65x5.00") s-diag: 211mm (8.32")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 res: 640x480 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1 drv: swrast
    gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 24.2.8-1ubuntu1~24.04.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon RX 460 Graphics (radeonsi polaris11 LLVM 19.1.1 DRM 3.57
    6.8.0-60-generic) device-ID: 1002:67ef
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK 8
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Baffin HDMI/DP Audio [Radeon RX 550 640SP / 560/560X] vendor: XFX Pine
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aae0
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.8.0-60-generic status: kernel-api
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.5 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: active
    2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040
    bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:153b class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8821AE 802.11ac PCIe Wireless Network Adapter vendor: AzureWave
    driver: rtl8821ae v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8821 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: enx9a1d99f56f1b state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-2: nordtun state: unknown speed: 10000 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-10:5 chip-ID: 13d3:3414 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: hciconfig ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
    hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
  Device-2: Motorola PCS moto g power 5G - 2024 driver: rndis_host v: kernel type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3-2:9 chip-ID: 22b8:2e24 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 194.65 GiB (10.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA200 size: 1.82 TiB speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD
    rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: ABS0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 1.79 TiB used: 194.64 GiB (10.6%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3
  ID-2: /boot/efi size: 512.1 MiB used: 6.1 MiB (1.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda2
Swap:
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 file: /swapfile
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 3-1:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1.1:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
  Hub-7: 3-1.2:6 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1.2.1:7 info: MosArt 2.4G Keyboard Mouse type: keyboard,mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 062a:5918 class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 3-2:9 info: Motorola PCS moto g power 5G - 2024 type: bluetooth,CDC-data
    driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 22b8:2e24 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 3-8:3 info: Realtek RTS5182 Card Reader type: mass storage driver: ums-realtek
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0184 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:3414 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 42.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1592
Repos:
  Packages: 2010 pm: dpkg pkgs: 2001 pm: flatpak pkgs: 9
  No active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/nordvpn-app.list
    1: deb https: //repo.nordvpn.com/deb/nordvpn/debian stable main
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/official-package-repositories.list
    1: deb http: //packages.linuxmint.com xia main upstream import backport
    2: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble main restricted universe multiverse
    3: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-updates main restricted universe multiverse
    4: deb http: //archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu noble-backports main restricted universe multiverse
    5: deb http: //security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ noble-security main restricted universe multiverse
  Active apt repos in: /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list
    1: deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/oracle-virtualbox-2016.gpg] https: //download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian noble contrib
Info:
  Memory: total: 12 GiB available: 11.62 GiB used: 1.81 GiB (15.5%)
  Processes: 267 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform Init: systemd v: 255 target: graphical (5) default: graphical
  Compilers: gcc: 13.3.0 Client: Cinnamon v: 6.4.8 inxi: 3.3.34

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

I found a similar instance of display setting issues and then found this in the 'Update' app.

I'm pretty sure there was a kernel update a few days ago. I don't remember seeing a message to reboot. I usually let my PC go into hibernation instead of shutting it down. This morning was the first reboot since then.

I'm currently using kernel 6.8.0-60 I looked through the history updates for the current kernel. I don't know which update is for this kernel.

I'm going to try the solution suggested above.

 

[MzQ1NjExN2]

Everytime I've done a fresh install of Linux Mint and reboot It loads up to the GUI and stays on the desktop screen with no menu/icons. I can pull up the terminal by pressing ctrl + alt + T. Once I do sudo apt-get full-update it installs some packages that for some reason were not installed during installation and it works fine after another reboot. Probably not related to your issue but maybe it might work for you.

 

[Mike-BTU]

It appears that you're using x11. It's being phased out. Have you tried Wayland?

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded:

 

[Mike-BTU]

At least in KDE Plasma, you choose that on the login screen. Can't say for sure in Mint.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

It had nothing to do with kernels or X11.

The Linux instructions to get into BIOS ('Shift) are different than my ASUS MOBO instructions (F2 or Del). Neither of them worked. I recently had this problem, not being able to get into BIOS. I wasn't having problems with the display the last time, but it's reasonable to assume they were caused by the same thing. That turned out to be the case.

I live in an excessively dusty place and a dry climate. Perfect conditions for static electricity to build up. I didn't think the dust inside the case would build up again this fast but it did. I took out the CMOS battery, reset BIOS and cleaned up all the dust. Before making changes to the kernel settings I let it boot into Linux Mint first. The problem is gone.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

It appears that you're using x11. It's being phased out. Have you tried Wayland?

Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.11 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X: loaded:

A couple of people have told me it will be a while before X11 is actually phased out. My professor is one of them. He's an IT specialist.

 

[Mike-BTU]

It had nothing to do with kernels or X11.

The Linux instructions to get into BIOS ('Shift) are different than my ASUS MOBO instructions (F2 or Del). Neither of them worked. I recently had this problem, not being able to get into BIOS. I wasn't having problems with the display the last time, but it's reasonable to assume they were caused by the same thing. That turned out to be the case.

I live in an excessively dusty place and a dry climate. Perfect conditions for static electricity to build up. I didn't think the dust inside the case would build up again this fast but it did. I took out the CMOS battery, reset BIOS and cleaned up all the dust. Before making changes to the kernel settings I let it boot into Linux Mint first. The problem is gone.

Ah, glad you solved it.

I really think that you need a humidifier. And/or a swamp cooler, Sherri.

 

[Sherri is a Cat]

This was just what I needed first thing in the morning! I cleaned up everything around my computer also. That added some time. I guess I'll probably doing this again in a month or so. Now I can finally get started on my classwork!

 

[Mike-BTU]

A couple of people have told me it will be a while before X11 is actually phased out. My professor is one of them. He's an IT specialist.

That may be true on some distros. I can no longer run x11 on Manjaro or Debian 12 KDE Plasma.

 

[Mike-BTU]

Just now posted. I imagine that it will be be awhile before Mint does this.

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[bob466]

I've never had a Monitor problem...3 years ago my old vga monitor failed...

These days Monitors are HDMI...plugged the new one in and it worked just fine and never had to change any settings.

I'm talking about my Tower but my old Laptop hasn't had screen problems either...with every clean install monitors are set automatically to fit...you can play around with the settings but I never need to.

When not in use...I keep my Laptop in a Laptop bag to avoid dust.

 

[The Duck]

I have a similar Asus desktop.

The desktop I have is all AMD.

The desktop you have is all Intel.

The processor you have does have Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics.

Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics ain't to shabby.

You appear to be using a discrete AMD / Radeon graphics cards.

Usually AMD / Radeon graphics cards work well with Linux OOTB although not always with Wayland.

In the future If problems still exist pull the graphics card and give the Intel HD 4600 integrated graphics processor a try.

Wayland still new although not accepted by some.

I've used Wayland with Gnome DE in Fedora and Fedora SilverBlue and Ubuntu and it worked great.

Cinnamon desktop is Gnome based although not certain which version is being used.

I'm sure in time the Linux Mint developers will get the bugs worked out as new changes most always have bugs.

Just food for thought.

Enjoy your day.

 

[rado84]

For the next time or next person with X11 who comes across this problem:
xrandr -s [target res]
Example:
$ xrandr -s 1920x1080
No sudo needed.