Screen usage... was: Xorg/laptop

Bomgardner,Jon JBOMGARD at stpaultravelers.com
Mon Dec 13 08:50:37 PST 2004


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Doug Poland [mailto:doug at polands.org]
> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 8:54 AM
> To: Bomgardner,Jon
> Cc: Henry Miller; freebsd-questions at freebsd.org
> Subject: Re: Screen usage... was: Xorg/laptop
> 

<snip>

> >
> > For some reason, FreeBSD and Xorg is only using a small square in
the
> > middle of the LCD screen.  Any ideas on how I get it to use the full
> > dimensions?
> >
> On my Dell laptop I have a function key called "Font".  When I push
> that, my screen toggles from what you describe, to "full-screen", HTH.
> 

OK, so I found a BIOS option that enabled me to "stretch"
the screen however, it is still not using ALL of the possible screen
space and Xorg still starts in the small window... Almost there... I can
just taste it....

anyone got any other ideas?

Thanks,
Jon


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