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Is it possible to change screen resolution without a desktop environment or a window manager

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I looked up how I can use commands to resize the display, but all of them seem to require a window manager or a desktop environment, for example‌, xrandr, but it says No display found. I'm assuming that just means that I didn't install Xorg (but I could be wrong though.) I am using the Arch Linux installation ISO. Since I don't have a desktop environment or a window manager, it seems that I can't resize the display. Is it possible that even without a desktop environment or window manager, I can change the screen resolution, let's say from something like 1280x800 to 1366x720? If yes, how? Does the installation ISO already let me do that?
Asked by Sul4ur (9 rep)
Aug 7, 2025, 05:33 AM
Last activity: Aug 7, 2025, 11:04 AM