Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:21:20 -0600 (MDT) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: David Tilbrook <dmtilbrook@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: xrandr cropping my window Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1206211818040.74790@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <CAAPNFHS-0X8pfgdp%2B%2BTCZqTTNmewOJwS4e6DfVPXU3GKQ9v4yg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAAPNFHS-0X8pfgdp%2B%2BTCZqTTNmewOJwS4e6DfVPXU3GKQ9v4yg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Thu, 21 Jun 2012, David Tilbrook wrote: > Preamble: > > % cvt 1600 1280 > # 1600x1280 59.92 Hz (CVT 2.05M4) hsync: 79.51 kHz; pclk: 171.75 MHz > Modeline "1600x1280_60.00" 171.75 1600 1712 1880 2160 1280 1283 > 1290 1327 -hsync +vsync > > Running the following: > > xrandr --auto > xrandr --newmode "1600x1280_60.00" 171.75 1600 1712 1880 2160 1280 > 1283 1290 1327 -hsync +vsync > xrandr --addmode VGA1 "1600x1280_60.00" > xrandr --output VGA1 --mode "1600x1280_60.00" > yields: > > Default gamma for IRGB image is 2.20 > Compressing colormap ...no improvment [sic] > Clipping image...(Adding border)...done > Building XImage...done > > It does accomplish most of what I want, but indeed added a black border > at the top of the display. > > The root window has geometry 1600x1280+0+0, however the area > that's visible on the display is approximately 1520x1200. > > This means that when maximizing a window, the bottom and left edges > are not displayed. > > Are there adjustments I can make to get my full screen? Unless you have a very old or defective monitor, it will report the modes it can display. xrandr should pick those up; run it without options to display known modes. Select one of those existing modes rather than creating a new one that the monitor may not be able to display.
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