Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:50:09 -0800 (PST) From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/23129: X Window display covers only a portion of the computer screen. Message-ID: <200011271550.HAA76232@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR misc/23129; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Peter Pentchev <roam@orbitel.bg> To: mark_brissette@yahoo.com Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: misc/23129: X Window display covers only a portion of the computer screen. Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 17:36:39 +0200 On Mon, Nov 27, 2000 at 07:29:04AM -0800, mark_brissette@yahoo.com wrote: > > >Number: 23129 > >Category: misc > >Synopsis: X Window display covers only a portion of the computer screen. > >Originator: Mark W. Brissette > >Description: > When I start the X Window System, the graphical display only covers part > of the screen on my laptop (an old Micron Millennia Transport). I've > tried both "800x600" and "640x480" for dimensions in /etc/XF86Config, but > I still can't get the X display to fill the entire screen. Using "1024x760" > hangs the system. My chipset is Cirrus7xxx. I'm not sure how to set the horiz. > and vert. sync numbers. I've played around with them a little bit, but the > display size does not change, even though I have discovered how to make > a "virtual" console (where the entire area of the X display is not all > shown on the screen at once. You have to move the mouse beyond the edge > of the display to get to the edges and the corners. Laptops do not use CRT (a cathode-ray tube) to build up the screen image. They use a fixed matrix of pixels. Thus, the horizontal and vertical refresh frequencies do not in any way apply - you cannot stretch or shrink a physical element of the TFT matrix :) Unfortunately, this means that you're stuck with 800x600, just as I am on my Asus (don't have the model handy right now) :( G'luck, Peter -- This inert sentence is my body, but my soul is alive, dancing in the sparks of your brain. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-bugs" in the body of the message
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