I treid 2 monitors, two VGA cables, updated drivers but the resolution is not correct and monitor is labeled as “VGA-1-unknown”.
I don’t know whats causing this, please help.
Some info:
Do you mean VGA analog cable? ( VGA Max Resolution: Is VGA Capable of 1080p and HD/4K? - Blue Cine Tech )
Are you able to test a HDMI cable?
What resolution are you trying to get?
From a terminal type
xrandr
You could also try
kscreen-doctor
and copy the output here in preformatted text. (the </> button in the toolbar of the reply window).
Hopefully that will show a 1920x1080
Can’t open display
Yeah xrandr is a X11 command
lspci | grep VGA
# and
kscreen-doctor -io
please
Yes I thought so but it worked on my Wayland box??
The replacement for xrandr in Wayland is wlr-randr
sudo dnf install wlr-randr
wlr-randr
Im on X11 KWin
I did not think that was possible on KDE-Plasma, but maybe it is??
You could try install xrandr if it is the case
sudo dnf install xrandr
But why not use Wayland, it works great? It is up to you of course.
Its already installed and kscreen-doctor is saying the same thing
And i thought X11 can fix it but no. I was using Wayland for long times
Im thinking that should i get a DP to HDMI cable?
I looked up your HP Small Form Factor PC, https://pcgeant.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/HP-Prodesk-600-G1-SFF-04.jpeg and it looks like it has two HDMI ports on the back. Is it your monitors that do not support HDMI?
If that is the case a HDMI to VGA adaptor would be better?
I can’t see why a DP to HDMI cable /adaptor would work unless your monitors support DP, in which case yes that should work.
Those are DisplayPort
And my monitor doesn’t support DP, only HDMI and VGA
I think then your idea of getting a DP to HDMI cable is a good one and will probably work.
Yeah thanks
Tbh if you dont care giving us the data output we cannot really help you.
Did you try if on wayland the same resolutions are shown?
Those two comments make it appear that an HDMI to HDMI cable would be the best choice (unless I am understanding the comments incorrectly)
It is my understanding that a VGA connection (analog) does not provide the EDID data needed for automatic config of the monitors, but either DP or HDMI should do so since both are digital.
I’m having a problem thinking of any explanation for this problem other than the intel gpu firmware not being installed. All is good with similar Haswell GPU here using VGA cable and 1920x1200 resolution:
# inxi -Cz --vs --za
inxi 3.3.37-00 (2025-01-06)
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core i3-4150T bits: 64 type: MT MCP cache:
L2: 512 KiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2345 min/max: 800/3000 cores: 1: 2345 2: 2345 3: 2345 4: 2345
# inxi -GSaz --za --hostname
System:
Host: ab85m Kernel: 6.12.15-200.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz root=LABEL=<filter> noresume audit=0
ipv6.disable=1 net.ifnames=0 consoleblank=0 preempt=full mitigations=off
Desktop: TDE (Trinity) v: R14.1.3 tk: Qt v: 3.5.0 wm: Twin v: 3.0
with: kicker vt: 7 dm: 1: TDM 2: XDM Distro: Fedora Linux 41 (Forty One)
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7.5 process: Intel 22nm
built: 2013 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:041e class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: Twin v: 3.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 120 s-size: 406x254mm (15.98x10.00")
s-diag: 479mm (18.85")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: NEC EA243WM serial: <filter> built: 2011 res:
mode: 1920x1200 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 519x324mm (20.43x12.76") diag: 612mm (24.1") ratio: 16:10 modes:
max: 1920x1200 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 0 drv: crocus
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: crocus surfaceless: drv: crocus x11:
drv: crocus inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.1 glx-v: 1.4
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2)
device-ID: 8086:041e memory: 1.46 GiB unified: yes
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 2 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
HD Graphics 4400 (HSW GT2) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:041e
surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256
bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo,
xprop, xrandr
# rpm -qa | sort | grep mwar
alsa-firmware-1.2.4-13.fc41.noarch
alsa-sof-firmware-2025.01-1.fc41.noarch
alsa-tools-firmware-1.2.11-3.fc41.x86_64
intel-audio-firmware-20241210-1.fc41.noarch
intel-gpu-firmware-20241210-1.fc41.noarch
linux-firmware-20241210-1.fc41.noarch
linux-firmware-whence-20241210-1.fc41.noarch
#
Normally I use 3 displays with this PC, connected via DP, HDMI and DVI cables to three of the four Asus motherboard ports. I switched to just a VGA cable just to try to confirm OP’s issue. Is there a file in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/ that blocks either the modesetting display driver or the intel display driver from loading? Are there more than two (EE) lines in /var/log/Xorg.0.log (running Xorg session)? If yes, please fpaste that file for us to see.