Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 04:54:54 +0000 From: Bruce Cran <bruce@cran.org.uk> To: reed@reedmedia.net Cc: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X on Dell Inspiron 8500 is scaled to middle of screen Message-ID: <20040225045454.GA4146@box1.cran> In-Reply-To: <20040224220552.D0C6F43D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org> References: <20040224220552.D0C6F43D1D@mx1.FreeBSD.org>
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On Tue, Feb 24, 2004 at 02:05:52PM -0800, reed@reedmedia.net wrote: > Using XFree86 4.3.0 from packages under 5.2 (i386). > XFree86 -configure created a config that worked > but the viewed display is only a small rectangle > in the middle of larger screen. > > This is a Dell Inspiron 8500. > XFree86 detected it as a "nv". > The card is a Nvidia GeForce 4 4200. > > Also tried the ports/x11/nvidia-driver > (built with -DWITHOUT_LINUX). > But that said something about couldn't load > kernel driver. Although the kldload nvidia > worked fine. > > I found examples of XF86Config files for this > in this list, but didn't help. > > The BIOS setting is set for LCD "expansion" > when changed then it shows the same small > display. > > Any ideas on how to get XFree86 with "nv" > (or other) to use the full screen? > If you use the nvidia driver from x11/nvidia-driver, there are parameters you can set in the video driver section of XF86Config. Read /usr/X11R6/share/doc/NVIDIA/README.Linux for all the parameters, but the one you want to set is 'Scaling'. -- Bruce Cran
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