From owner-freebsd-mobile Thu Jan 31 12:24:28 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Received: from jupiter.linuxengine.net (jupiter2.linuxengine.net [209.61.188.254]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1A20937B400 for ; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 12:24:16 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiterweb.commercevault.com (jupiterweb.commercevault.com [209.61.179.16] (may be forged)) by jupiter.linuxengine.net (8.11.6/8.11.0) with ESMTP id g0VKO9v19424; Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:24:09 -0600 Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2002 14:24:09 -0600 (CST) From: John Utz X-X-Sender: john@jupiter.linuxengine.net To: krzysztof Strzelczyk Cc: freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X on 4.4 laptop In-Reply-To: <20020131191518.68974.qmail@web14807.mail.yahoo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-mobile@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org is this your first laptop? On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, krzysztof Strzelczyk wrote: > Hello, > > I just bought a Toshiba 1805-S274. I loaded FreeBSD 4.4 on it an > am trying to get X running. I was able to get it running with the > smallest settings but it dosen't display full screen. laptops have lcd's and not crt's and they work differently than crts. a laptop lcd has fixed frequency that is set to match it's maximum display resolution. so a laptop that supports 1024x768 and you are only using 640x480, well then you get the pathology that you describe. watch win9X boot on anly laptop and you will see that the startup screen (which is 640x480) only shows up in the middle of the screen. > The display is in the middle of the screen and takes up at most only 50% > of the monitor. Which settings do I modify to get the picture to > display on the full screen. you have to configure X to work at the maximum resolution that your laptop's display supports. > Thanks You > -Chris > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! > http://auctions.yahoo.com > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message > -- John L. Utz III john@utzweb.net Idiocy is the Impulse Function in the Convolution of Life To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-mobile" in the body of the message