Fórum:
I have two identical Aspire 6930s in like-new condition. I want to upgrade the BIOS from ver. 3121 to ver. 3238. But even that latest BIOS is from SEPT 2009. I have the .exe file for the 3238 version, but I don't have any OS installed now, just a pristine and bare WD SSD. I have been running LM Cinnamon, Mate, and Xfce (version 22.1 Xia) off of USB sticks before installing them for real after I update the Aspire's BIOS. Linux Mint shows my LCD screen being a 4:3 aspect ratio 1024x768 XGA resolution screen. Whereas in fact it is a 16-inch 1.77:1 AR 1366x768 pixel WXGA screen (CCFL panel w. 30-pin connection). No idea how and why LM would misidentify a 16:9 screen to a 4:3 aspect ratio screen. Any ideas where the troubles lies? This maybe related to the old BIOS. I used USB stick with the OS, MBR, Write in ISO image mode. Mate does not load at all on the Acers, Cinnamon and Xfca do, but only in Compatibility Mode. After the trail sessions, it fails to exit upon shutdown, I got a bunch or error messages like "Buffer I6O error on dev. sdaz, Logical block 7, async page read." I have to unplug from PS and take out the battery, no good.
Do you speak Hungarian?
Beküldte csuhas32 -
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Szia!
A regisztráció elfogadásához szükséges kérdésre, bár ékezetes betűk használata nélkül, de még sikerült magyarul válaszolni, azonban ez a témafelvetés már angol nyelven íródott. :-(
Szabályzat
„Alapvetően használj magyar nyelvet. A Linux Mint fórumon mindig ügyelj a helyesírásodra (használd a böngésződ helyesírás-ellenőrzőjét). Ha lehet, a szlenget kerüljük a fórumon és amennyire lehet az angol kifejezéseket is, a szerkesztő csapat is törekszik ezen elvek betartására.”
If you have a question in English, I will recommend for you the https://forums.linuxmint.com/ site.
BIOS update, Screen issue and disk I/O error
Beküldte T.István -
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1. If the BIOS updates are released only in EXE format the best is to install temporally a Windows. You can use it unregistered to update the BIOS. There is also a way to extract the appropiate ROM BIOS file from the EXE and loading that from a USB stick at boot but this is much harder and requires advanced knowledge.
2. For the screen issue: From the installed Mint (even installad in compatibility mode) install the Nvidia driver via Device manager application. This should fix the resolution issue.
3. Disk I/O error - It seems to be a defective disk, or controller error. Maybe connection issue. Check another new disk. Clean the connector with contact spay. Meybe bring the laptop to a service.
Do you speak Hungarian?
Beküldte T.István -
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I think he is learning but has challenges with technical jargon.
What is the output of this
Beküldte unisz -
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What is the output of this command:
You’ll see something like:
Here, eDP-1 is the name of the display. Remember it!
If you're missing the 1366x768 resolution on your Linux Mint system, you can add it manually using the xrandr tool in the terminal. First, open a terminal and type xrandr to see the name of your connected display and the currently available resolutions. The output will show something like eDP-1 connected, which is the name of your screen—remember this for the next steps.
To add a new resolution, you first need to generate a modeline using the cvt command. For 1366x768, type:
This will return a modeline such as:
Add the line that your computer generated not this one what I wrote above. Now, add this new resolution to xrandr using the following commands:
(Be sure to replace eDP-1 with your actual display name if it's different.)
To apply the new resolution immediately, use:
This will switch your screen to the newly added resolution.
If you want this resolution to be available every time you log in, you can make it permanent by adding the commands above to your ~/.xprofile file.