On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 20:21, Shri Shrikumar wrote: > Hi, > > I have spent the last few hours installing debian testing on a brand new > dell inspiron laptop and have managed to get it very close to working > properly. I am however, having two problems that are throwing me off > both to do with the display. > > The first is that every second time I load linux up, it shrinks the > screen size to the center. I have a 15" screen but it only uses the > center (maybe 12" or something - looked like 640x480 or something). When > I reboot, the bios post screen is *also* this size and so is the grub > screen. You didn't say which model Inspiron you have, but I'm assuming it's one of the 8000-series models. Pushing Fn-F7 will switch you between the "middle of the screen" effect and the full screen. However, I would strongly recommend that you run X in your laptop screen's natural resolution. (1400x1050 on my Inspiron 8000.) The picture quality is much better and you never have to worry about only using part of the screen.
As for switching between vt's, I used to have a similar problem. I don't remember if I fixed it myself or if one of the updates sometime last year did it, but now it works fine for me. It's actually faster than on my desktop machine at home since I don't have to wait for a CRT to switch modes. Hope this helps. -- Alex Malinovich Support Free Software, delete your Windows partition TODAY! Encrypted mail preferred. You can get my public key from any of the pgp.net keyservers. Key ID: A6D24837
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