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#1 2009-10-27 17:25:25

LeoAtFarm
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Registered: 2009-10-15
Posts: 9

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Hi all,

Newbie here. When I start X (+openbox) the display of my laptop (Toshiba S1800-514) is not used in full. There is a black border of 1 inch along the top and bottom and of 1.5 inch on the left and right hand side. As this is only a 14" screen, precious real estate is being wasted here! The resolution I use is 800x600 and Openbox Display Setting does not give me any higher values to choose from. In my /etc/X11/xorg.conf  under "Screen" I have:

Identifier "Screen0"
Device     "Card0"
Monitor    "Monitor0"
DefaultColorDepth=24

and under Subsection "Display" the last one reads:

Viewport 0 0
Depth    24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"

I have also tinkered with vga=<value> in the kernel line of /boot/grub/menu.lst, but that doesn't make any difference.

Final observation: after enabling "stretch"-something in Bios, the screen is used more fully to the left and right, as long as I stay in Arch itself; as soon as I start X, the screen shrinks again.

lspci | grep VGA returns: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Trident Microsystems Cyberblade XPAi1 (rev 82)

All tips are greatly appreciated by this clueless Dutchman! I have searched the forums, but I seem to be the only person in the world who has this problem (well, what else is new?)

Cheers,
Leo

Last edited by LeoAtFarm (2009-10-29 15:06:36)

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