Display Issue on Linux Mint: Incorrect Resolution and Screen Freezing Without nomodeset

[tropic basin]

Hi,
After installing Linux Mint, I am experiencing a display issue. Without using nomodeset, the screen stops working after 3-4 minutes. Currently, I am using nomodeset, but the display resolution differs from the actual resolution and shows the display as "unknown display"

Current resolution: 1280×1024
Expected resolution: 1920×1080

Please assist.

[signal vector]

show output of command: inxi -SMGxx

[signal vector]

that's weird. driver not available for Intel Core onboard graphics

what is listed for inxi -C ?

[signal vector]

when was this pc/cpu first made?

[tropic basin]

4 months

before

[signal vector]

that cpu is a first generation core series, but ur bios date says 2021

did someone screw with BIOS reflashing?

[tropic basin]

Not sure. I didnt check that much

[signal vector]

go to the manufacturer's support page for your computer. find the EXACT BIOS (the early version around 2010) for this computer and motherboard and reflash the BIOS back to that image

motherboard model H55

do NOT flash version 080015 back to it, since that is existing

I believe the issue here is the current BIOS is not right.

otherwise Linux kernel can and does totally handle intel GPU with its own built-in driver

[tropic basin]

Can you guide me please

https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/search.html?ws=related#q=intel h55 bios&sort=relevancy&f:downloadtype=[BIOS]&f:@tabfilter=[Downloads]

[signal vector]

google intel H55 desktop BIOS image

[tropic basin]

https://community.intel.com/t5/Processors/Legacy-BIOS-Update-for-DH55HC/td-p/1443273

I found this post in attached .zip contained .exe file

Do I need to change motherboard?

[signal vector]

idk either leave it as is or change mobo

or since it's a desktop, add a gpu for PCI slot

preferably an AMD GPU from around 2016-2020

[tropic basin]

Thanks

[north pumice]

any updates?

[tropic basin]

Yet to buy new motherboard. I was wondering, linux mint suppose to run on this motherboard too

[north pumice]

the issue is your intel driver is not loading in. not sure why, but can you enter your BIOS and look for options related to "fast boot"? it must be disabled

[kind oar]

It should. I am not convinced this is a BIOS issue in the way Stunner suggested. But the basic issue here is that it does not load the i915 driver that should be used for your iGPU. You could boot into a live enviroment to check if the issue happens there as well. The system should also work fine with any old PCIe graphics card you put in there.

[kind oar]

That is a Clarkdale CPU, 1st-gen Intel dualcore. Fast Boot did not exist back then. It is also not guaranteed that it even has UEFI, that was not yet standard back then.

[tropic basin]

I've this options in boot settings

[tropic basin]

Facing same issue in live environment too

[kind oar]

I am out of ideas. The only times I have ever seen an Intel iGPU refuse drivers like this were either caused by hardware failure or file corruption. It might of course be a regression in kernel 6.8, in which case your only recourse would be switching distros. You might try (in a live environment) with Mint 21.3, which still defaulted to the 5.15 kernel.

[north pumice]

turn quick boot off

[tropic basin]

Still looking same

[north pumice]

do try mint 21.3 or LMDE6 like curunir said

[tropic basin]

I was previously using Windows 10 on the same drive, and everything was working fine. However, I switched to Linux Mint for programming purposes. Could this be the cause of the issue? Did switching from Windows to Linux on the same drive cause the problem?

[tropic basin]

Thank you. I'll give it a try, but it might take some time. I'll keep you updated.

[north pumice]

if you have removed windows, then it shouldn't be at fault. if you dualboot then you need to disable fast startup

[tropic basin]

In live environment mint 21.3

@daring cobalt @kind oar

The graphics driver loads at this point, but the screen display does not render correctly and freezes after 3-4 minutes.

[kind oar]

I guess we found your issue. Your hardware is failing. Get a graphics card, any old PCIe one will do, but it looks like your iGPU is preparing to ride into the sunset.

[tropic basin]

Thanks. I'll try with another graphics card. This will take some time. I'll update you

I am wondering, How same hardware, graphics card was working for windows and not working for linux?

can you check this

[kind oar]

Looks correct this time. It loaded the driver, detected your display as 1920x1080 and connected via HDMI.
If this works now, take it. But doing the same thing, for it to work once and fail another time, is a sign that something is starting to fail. Might be the drive even.

[tropic basin]

It's going difficult now to understand which hardware causing this issue.

[kind oar]

All you can do is observe, and perhaps start switching out parts (first order is still that GPU). This is a 14-year-old system, so parts starting to fail is not entirely unexpected.