On 2019-03-01, Fabiano Ferronato <fabife...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi all! > > I don't know if this is the wright place to ask, but I'm searching a lot > trying to find a way to this problem. > I'm installing Debian in my Asus ROG GL552VW laptop (Intel and Nvidia video > cards) and the resolution (probably 3840x2160)is set in a way that the > font size is so small that I have to almost put my face on the monitor so > I can read. And the windows size is also larger than the monitor area, so I > can't see the buttons. I can complete the installation either way, but I > want to know why this is happening and how to solve this. > After OS install, I try to follow Debian instructions to install Nvidia > drivers. But I'm following every tutorial and ending up with a broken > installation. >
This reddit thread I stumbled on seems pertinent to your case: https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/8f9slp/cant_install_any_linux_distro_on_my_asus_rog/ Apparently the key is to set the "nomodeset" boot parameter at the boot prompt. -- “Let us again pretend that life is a solid substance, shaped like a globe, which we turn about in our fingers. Let us pretend that we can make out a plain and logical story, so that when one matter is despatched--love for instance-- we go on, in an orderly manner, to the next.” - Virginia Woolf, The Waves