Hello,
yes it seems "nomodeset" has done exactly as I had hoped, it has not loaded the drivers and has defaulted to a lower resolution.
eg - you can now access the desktop without having the oscillating display and are able to work with that further in wider range of ways, a couple of these see below, hopefully others can add more now you can access desktop.
On rebooting, nomodeset edited in Grub will not hold, eg; needs to be done again on each boot.
Or
You need to edit grub with nomodeset to get to the desktop, then edit grub file to make that hold after rebooting, LL-user explained to me how to do this correctly here, -
Then it will reboot each time without the oscillations, but it will still be at 640x480 resolution.
In this respect it is only a partial solution -
+ve= 1/ you can now get to your desktop
-ve= 2/ you cannot yet alter the resolution because the drivers are not being used to allow that.
Once the above edits are completed -
I am only theory/experimental, not using links of experienced users below here, so please take care -
Options 1 to try -
a/ purge and remove the previously used driver, if it's a package need to remove and purge that, as it
holds the incorrect resolution setting and cannot be changed, so it needs to be gone from your system.
b/ reboot (helps with ram clear)
c/ Lite Tweaks - clear ram (yes I know b), cache, packages
d/ install the driver again, hopefully it has amnesia and now is - Fresh & clean settings.
e/ use the Menu>Settings>Display option and set the 1024 resolution.
f/ not to reboot after b before f, reboot see if resolution settings hold
g/ optional remove nomodeset edit in grub file and replace with original, as per LL -user instructions.
h/ reboot see if settings hold, if no replace nomodeset settings in grub from desktop, so it holds.
Options 2 to try -
a/ a thru c
d/ Terminal xrandr -s 1024x768
I have not used xrandr and cannot try and help with it yet.
yes it seems "nomodeset" has done exactly as I had hoped, it has not loaded the drivers and has defaulted to a lower resolution.
eg - you can now access the desktop without having the oscillating display and are able to work with that further in wider range of ways, a couple of these see below, hopefully others can add more now you can access desktop.
On rebooting, nomodeset edited in Grub will not hold, eg; needs to be done again on each boot.
Or
You need to edit grub with nomodeset to get to the desktop, then edit grub file to make that hold after rebooting, LL-user explained to me how to do this correctly here, -
Then it will reboot each time without the oscillations, but it will still be at 640x480 resolution.
In this respect it is only a partial solution -
+ve= 1/ you can now get to your desktop
-ve= 2/ you cannot yet alter the resolution because the drivers are not being used to allow that.
Once the above edits are completed -
I am only theory/experimental, not using links of experienced users below here, so please take care -
Options 1 to try -
a/ purge and remove the previously used driver, if it's a package need to remove and purge that, as it
holds the incorrect resolution setting and cannot be changed, so it needs to be gone from your system.
b/ reboot (helps with ram clear)
c/ Lite Tweaks - clear ram (yes I know b), cache, packages
d/ install the driver again, hopefully it has amnesia and now is - Fresh & clean settings.
e/ use the Menu>Settings>Display option and set the 1024 resolution.
f/ not to reboot after b before f, reboot see if resolution settings hold
g/ optional remove nomodeset edit in grub file and replace with original, as per LL -user instructions.
h/ reboot see if settings hold, if no replace nomodeset settings in grub from desktop, so it holds.
Options 2 to try -
a/ a thru c
d/ Terminal xrandr -s 1024x768
I have not used xrandr and cannot try and help with it yet.