09-27-2020, 08:01 AM
What I'm about to try (maybe) is to in /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf replace 1920x1080 with something lower like around 1200 by something, keeping the same aspect ratio. I messed with resolution this way on a Rock64 a few years ago because it defaulted to 1920x1080 and I didn't have any spare monitors that size. The size choices needed to be predefined at a lower level and I didn't mess with that but I got a 1024x768 mode out of it.
I remember having to use initramfs because it's the only time I've ever used it, I was following directions somebody on here was feeding me.
I suppose I should get it booting from an sd again and them mess with the extlinux.conf on that because if I trash the one on my emmc I'll need to open the computer, pull it out, stick it in an adapter and edit it, then put it back to fix it. Actually I could probably ssh to it, just realized that. But I've been trying to use the stock resolution for 8 months now and I'm just too old to see it. Some things work, some don't, it's usually an ordeal between the resolution and the touchpad.
I don't know if it can be changed this way on the PBP, it makes the pixels bigger at a low level, not just in X.
I remember having to use initramfs because it's the only time I've ever used it, I was following directions somebody on here was feeding me.
I suppose I should get it booting from an sd again and them mess with the extlinux.conf on that because if I trash the one on my emmc I'll need to open the computer, pull it out, stick it in an adapter and edit it, then put it back to fix it. Actually I could probably ssh to it, just realized that. But I've been trying to use the stock resolution for 8 months now and I'm just too old to see it. Some things work, some don't, it's usually an ordeal between the resolution and the touchpad.
I don't know if it can be changed this way on the PBP, it makes the pixels bigger at a low level, not just in X.
