How to force lower res without distortion

[Kidplayer_1204]

Due to reasons that I ain’t telling, I need to use a lower resolution (I’m in most recent Debian) but there is distortion As it tries to fill the whole screen. How do I remove such distortion even at the cost of black bars to the side? 

[Bombastinator]

Sounds like a screen ratio problem.  Different resolutions have different screen framings.  You want to keep the ratio the same.

[sp331yi]

Check out xrandr in this link from team debian.  See if it helps.

[plus]

Have you checked the settings on the monitor itself, if it isn't stretching inputs?

 

[Kidplayer_1204]

6 hours ago, plus said:

Have you checked the settings on the monitor itself, if it isn't stretching inputs?

 

How do I check that?

[Kidplayer_1204]

On 7/1/2020 at 10:50 PM, sp331yi said:

Check out xrandr in this link from team debian.  See if it helps.

Doesn’t work unfortunately

[Bombastinator]

Just now, Kidplayer_1204 said:

Doesn’t work unfortunately

Link doesn’t work or fix doesn’t work?

[Stahlmann]

You can play around in the NVIDIA control panel if you're runnin NVIDIA. There are settings for screen positioning and streching with lower resolutions.

[plus]

8 hours ago, Kidplayer_1204 said:

Doesn’t work unfortunately

Are there any buttons on your monitor, at the side, the bottom or the backside, to open the menu? It's sometimes called "Screen Adjustment" or "Automatical Aspect Ratio" in on-screen menus.

If you are using a TV, it's probably in the picture settings submenu and called "screen mode".

[Kidplayer_1204]

On 7/3/2020 at 7:27 AM, Bombastinator said:

Link doesn’t work or fix doesn’t work?

Fix doesn’t.

[Kidplayer_1204]

On 7/3/2020 at 4:03 PM, plus said:

Are there any buttons on your monitor, at the side, the bottom or the backside, to open the menu? It's sometimes called "Screen Adjustment" or "Automatical Aspect Ratio" in on-screen menus.

If you are using a TV, it's probably in the picture settings submenu and called "screen mode".

It’s a laptop...