Some laptops have a problem with the brightness of the display: the Fn keys to adjust the brightness, don't work. Wish to save the settings? Click 'Save to X Configuration File'.īrightness of the display is wrong and not adjustableĤ. Resolution: click the button that says 'Auto', and choose the display resolution that you want.Ĭlick Apply. Proceed as follows:Ĭlick 'X Server Display Configuration' (top left, second entry). Now you can configure your display with this nifty tool from Nvidia itself. Then type in the terminal ( use copy/paste): (You can launch a terminal window like this: *Click*)ī. Do you have an Nvidia card running on the restricted Nvidia driver (which is recommended), and is the display resolution wrong? Then proceed as follows: Stability and performance issues can usually be addressed by disabling the visual effects in Linux Mint (item 5).ģ. Other, minor display problems (wrong resolution, unstability, wrong brightness) can have various causes:Ģ. This will allow you to try to restore normal graphical display from the terminal. No avail again? If you're familiar with the terminal and its commands, then you can restart in recovery mode and choose the option: No avail? Then restart in recovery mode and choose the fourth option:Į. This will attempt a normal boot with failsafe video settings.ĭ. In the recovery menu that appears then, choose the first option: In the next menu, select the line that ends on: (recovery mode)Ĭ. Select the following line (and press Enter):ī. In the Grub bootloader menu, boot your computer into the advanced options. You can try to restore normal graphical display in Linux Mint as follows:Ī. Major problems (no graphical display at all)ġ. Last resort: use xrandr for adjusting the brightness The more difficult method to fix the brightness: setpci The moderately difficult method to fix the brightness: xbacklight Another easy method to fix the brightness: add a Grub parameter Brightness of the display is wrong and not adjustable Major problems (no graphical display at all)

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