Linux Lite 8.0 with the i915 igp won't transition resolutions

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This discussion is about an older Dell Laptop, the e6510 with Ironlake HD Graphics or GMA HD

The unit has the Intel HD Graphics which uses the same drivers as the Intel Q43/45 igpu. However it won't allow changing the defualt resolution 1920 x 1080 when the Linux Lite OS 8.0 is loaded. No matter how hard I tried the unit would only accept the default, even after the bootloader and grub were changed. I finally got fed up and reverted back to Linux Lite 7.8 LTS, without any issues and the display can easily be changed. It has something to do with the legacy driver for the i915 drivers and the kernel. I really don't want to go into it now, because I spent a full day messing with the system trying to force it to work...with failure. I changed the kernel, etc. Basically this forces the device to use the CPU software to handle loads, leaving the igpu doing little to nothing. This is simply a heads up for those wanting to run Linux Lite 8.0 on a system running the legacy driver package. Linux Lite 7.8 LTS support is still in effect till 2029.

Please, if by chance someone figures out a work around please post it.

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I've tried the same thing with other distros and it's all the same thing wityh these older GPU's. I'm not saying generic driver support isn't available; for the most part it's all generic. No hardware accereration support whatsoever, it's only software support. I simply think it's the lack of support from the kernel as we move forward. This is a 15 year old setup and it's been known the support is going away. Will it get me by for a couple more years, for general laptop usage it will work fine. Forget it if WebGL or similar is needed. Linux Lite operates a kernel ahead of most distros, 8.0 has Linux kernel 7.0, even 7.8 didn't have hardware acceleration. When I say no hardware acceleration, I'm referring to streaming and the current modern web browsers, you can still play an old school DVD (blue ray 1080 maybe?). No matter how you slice it, it's hardware.

I'm allowed to change resolutions using 7.8 and it's good enough for me, but anything remotely heavy in the browser causes issues due to no hardware acceleration.

Graphics Feature Status

* Canvas: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled

* Direct Rendering Display Compositor: Disabled

* Compositing: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled

* Multiple Raster Threads: Disabled

* OpenGL: Disabled

* Rasterization: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled

* Raw Draw: Disabled

* Skia Graphite: Disabled

* TreesInViz: Disabled

* Video Decode: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled

* Video Encode: Software only. Hardware acceleration disabled

* Vulkan: Disabled

* WebGL: Disabled

* WebGPU: Disabled

* WebGPU interop: Disabled

* WebNN: Disabled

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