Hello Ray,
i use debian 3.1 on acer travelmate and know this problem:
Ray Lozano wrote:
I recently installed Debian 3.1 on my Toshiba 2405-S201 which has a S3
SuperSavage IXC1179 video card.
Most things work pretty well so far, but the "live" area of my screen
is smaller than it should be. I have no problems with font sizes or
graphics. In fact, I am using the Epiphany browser to create this
message.
The machine has been running Win XP Pro for years and now dual boots
successfully. I used Knoppix to resize the NTFS partition.
While XP still fills the entire screen display area of about 11" x 8"
as normal, Linux text mode and X both occupy an area in the middle of
the screen about 8" x 6" with thick black borders ("dead" area)
filling in the rest.
I added the DisplaySize line (which was not created by the
installatiion) to my XF86Config-4 file, but that didn't make a
difference:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Generic Monitor"
HorizSync 30-60
VertRefresh 50-75
Option "DPMS"
DisplaySize 285 212
EndSection
Here is my XF86Config-4 file it works now in full screen
Section "Files"
FontPath "unix/:7100" # local font server
# if the local font server has problems, we can fall back on these
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/CID"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath "/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
EndSection
Section "Module"
Load "GLcore"
Load "bitmap"
Load "dbe"
Load "ddc"
Load "dri"
Load "extmod"
Load "freetype"
Load "glx"
Load "int10"
Load "record"
Load "speedo"
Load "type1"
Load "vbe"
EndSection
...If this is importent i don t know...
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "i810"
VendorName "Videocard vendor"
BoardName "Intel 855GM"
EndSection
...but this shout be good:
Section "Monitor"
Identifier "Monitor0"
VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
ModelName "0"
HorizSync 31.5 - 48.5
VertRefresh 40.0 - 70.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
<improtent 1024...
EndSubSection
EndSection
Section "ServerLayout"
Identifier "Default Layout"
Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
InputDevice "Generic Keyboard"
InputDevice "Configured Mouse"
# InputDevice "Generic Mouse"
EndSection
Section "DRI"
Mode 0666
EndSection
true this and look if its happend..
regards
Daniel
I have looked everywhere for ideas on how to expand the live area to
the full dimensions of my screen but have not found anything.
Any help will be appreciated.
Thanks for your time,
Ray
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