modeline2fb command not found

Introduction

When you run more command in linux terminal / console, you get the following error message

modeline2fb: command not found

or when using sudo you get the following error message

sudo: modeline2fb: command not found

Solutions to modeline2fb: command not found

How To Fix modeline2fb: command not found in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux / Raspbian

In Ubuntu modeline2fb is provided by fbset package.

fbset is:

Program to modify settings for the framebuffer devices (/dev/fb[0-9]* or /dev/fb/[0-9]*) on Linux, like depth, virtual resolution, timing parameters etc.

To fix this problem, we can install more using the command below.

sudo apt-get -y install fbset

This command might take some time to finish depending on your machine internet connection.

You can also use apt command to install fbset.

sudo apt -y install fbset

Or if you have aptitude installed you can use the following command.

sudo aptitude install fbset

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to fix modeline2fb command not found error in Ubuntu / Debian / Kali Linux or Raspbian distribution.