All problems solved like this. Took out the SD card and formatted using the SD Card utility. Downloaded NOOBS from the Raspberry Pi website. Copied NOOBS to SD card. Powered up Pi and installed Raspbian. Went through setup; no problems. Pi booted at a resolution I can read (just, but a lot better). ...
No, that didn't work. Sometimes, not always, a raspberry appears on screen with a button marked shift, however this disappears long before I can bring the cursor arrow to it. Increasing the frame dimensions now by thousands does not alter the screen size; I did begin to see some of the top line icon...
I think my SD card installed NOOBS and Raspian, but I don't really know.
I assume, as I have been able to spoil my screen, I must be in the right 'config.txt'.
When do I use the 'shift' thing?
Would that be after 'pi' and 'password' and 'startx'?
Tony
Yes you are right there are no 'hdmi=' lines.
I did have these settings into 'config.txt', but they made no difference.
How would I put them into this new file in the picture I took?
Tony
If you read my previous post you will find I get HDMI_group=1 and HDMI_mode=19.
Input into 'config.txt' causes no change in screen appearance.
I will go through the whole exercise again tomorrow.
Thanks
Tony
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I have been able to get control of the screen back.
I commented out everything out except 'safe mode' and now I have back the screen at the high resolution.
I would not be able to use this resolution long term, due to eyesight damage being likely.
Tony
I have now hacked 'config.txt' until I'm blue in the face. When I plug in the power to the Pi, all the black screen is bigger than my monitor screen, so I can't see login and password. I can use guesswork to boot the Pi. Then the Pi screen is bigger than the monitor screen, so the top line with all ...
Yes, tried all that and selected a keyboard that allows me to press a '\' for a '#'.
So I'm praying I will never need a '\'.
Still hacking away at config.txt which makes no damn difference to the screen text size.
I think I'm going blind!
Tony
I've been hacking away with no success and now can't input a # sign. My Pi keyboard # sign gives me a £ instead of a hash, so I can't comment out any lines. Can't find any US/UK settings. Must find a shortcut for the word can't. This is beginning to feel like my Ubuntu set up which took me 6 months....
I now have control of 'config.txt' and need to address my next problem. My eyesight is not brilliant and I can't read my screen well at this resolution 1808 x 984. This is the only option in preferences, except 'Auto' which makes no difference. My monitor says 1080i50hz when booting up, would this b...
I have now moved forward to the next problem, but heh, any progress is progress.
Can access 'config.txt' and make changes, but I can't save the changes after pressing Ctrl X and pressing Y.
[Error writing /boot/config.txt :permission denied]
What next?
Tony
What does: ls -lah /boot Say? Not clear how this helps my issue, sorry. Tony ls reports what files are in the directory. I'm trying to figure out if the files actually exist, and the output of that command would say that. I have no internet connection on the Pi so here is a picture I took of the sc...
Let's see if I can make the problem easier for you to understand. 1) I open the LX Terminal 2) I input 'nano /boot/config.txt' with space after 'nano' 3) Press 'Enter' on my keyboard 4) LX Terminal screen blanks out i.e. no text appears, but a two line menu appears at the bottom of the LX Terminal 5...
I am trying to input a command in LXT and my screen is different to all tutorials and screenshots. I end up with some kind of menu at the bottom of the screen with items like '^R', etc. Haven't a clue how to progress as the menu appears to be dead. I input 'sudo /boot/config.txt' and then nothing ha...
I need help, simple help, to get my screen readable. As mentioned in my deleted post, LX Terminal does not work as shown in tutorials, it has a complex menu at the bottom of the screen, which I cannot access; '^X', for example. Any input such as 'nano /boot/config.txt', does nothing. My resolution i...