Can't change display resolution

I got a brand new tuxedo laptop and installed Manjaro on it.

The resolution is way to high for me to read…when I try to change the resolution nothing happens. It just reverts back to the original size.

A better way to deal with this is to change the display scale in your DE settings rather than the screen resolution. But, it is still troubling that you can’t change your resolution. Most DEs have it set up so when you change your resolution, you have to click a “keep” popup within an amount of time - are you doing that? Please post your system info to help track down the problem.

did you install it or has it been pre-installed ?
there is no information that could give us some hints. what kind of gui do you use ? gnome,kde/plasma,xfce etc… ? i would recommend that you check out what gui you’re using and check youtube for further information how to modify your settings. for example if you’re using plasma check for search phrases like
“plasma setup” , “pimp plasma” , “plasma settings” etc… replace plasma with the gui you’re using if it’s a different one.
stepping into linux can be hard in the beginning but there are a lot of tutorials at youtube that will help.

p.s.: please use the filter function and search for videos that are not older than one year.

I use kde.

$ xrandr --output eDP-1 --mode 1680x1050
xrandr: Configure crtc 0 failed

nothign happens when i scale the screen size

➜ ~
$ lspci | grep VGA
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0c)

Please provide full system info using inxi -v7azy, and format it with triple backticks ```.

Just to double check, you are using the “Global scale” slider?

$ inxi -v7azy
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.22-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=c2ab91ae-d1a6-4f2f-bbae-48b58216fe3d rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: TUXEDO product: TUXEDO InfinityBook Pro Gen7 (MK1)
    v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: NB02 model: PHxARX1_PHxAQF1 v: Standard serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: N.1.05A08 date: 01/16/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.9 Wh (12.0%) condition: 99.2/99.2 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 14.7 min: 15.5 model: standard type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.09 GiB used: 3.84 GiB (12.4%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
    microcode: 0x429
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 14 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 8 threads: 20 smt: enabled
    cache: L1: 1.2 MiB desc: d-8x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 8x64 KiB
    L2: 11.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 2x2 MiB L3: 24 MiB desc: 1x24 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1550 high: 2700 min/max: 400/4600:4700:3500 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 2700 4: 400
    5: 400 6: 2700 7: 400 8: 2700 9: 400 10: 2700 11: 400 12: 2700 13: 400
    14: 400 15: 2700 16: 400 17: 2700 18: 2700 19: 2700 20: 2700
    bogomips: 107560
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
    bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid
    cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est
    f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp
    hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt
    ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx
    monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat
    pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts
    rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap
    smep smx split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq
    umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
    xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P Integrated Graphics vendor: Tongfang Hongkong
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm built: 2021-22+
    ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a6 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony FHD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6:3
    chip-ID: 04f2:b75c class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2880x1800 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 762x476mm (30.00x18.74")
    s-diag: 898mm (35.37")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model-id: CSO 0x140c built: 2021 res: 2880x1800 hz: 90
    dpi: 242 gamma: 1.2 size: 302x188mm (11.89x7.4") diag: 356mm (14")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: 2880x1800
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.1 renderer: Mesa Intel Graphics (ADL GT2)
    direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
    vendor: Tongfang Hongkong driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.22-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 status: off with: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-10:4
    chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 991.27 GiB used: 62.26 GiB (6.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 1TB
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 3B4QFXO7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Samsung
    model: Flash Drive FIT size: 59.75 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 816.36 GiB size: 802.47 GiB (98.30%) used: 62.25 GiB (7.8%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 label: N/A
    uuid: c2ab91ae-d1a6-4f2f-bbae-48b58216fe3d
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 5.4 MiB (1.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 5BCB-89E8
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
    uuid: 6ef9d712-ab91-4ba4-96df-15301b7688a8
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 106.65 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: ac2f74f9-e146-4f8a-b44c-76b07f1ffb3b
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.8 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 623B-25B9
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-3:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 05e3:0610 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-6:3 info: Chicony FHD Webcam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b75c
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-10:4 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: Bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-4:2 info: Genesys Logic GL3523 Hub ports: 2 rev: 3.2 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 05e3:0620 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-4.1:3 info: Realtek Card Reader type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 800mA
    chip-ID: 0bda:0316 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 4-4.2:4 info: Silicon Motion - Taiwan (formerly Feiya ) Flash
    Drive type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1
    speed: 5 Gb/s power: 304mA chip-ID: 090c:1000 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 363 Uptime: 2m wakeups: 128 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1547 libs: 337 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: hyper inxi: 3.3.26

I am able to set the global scale if i reboot. But i’m trying to change the resolution.