Date: Fri, 20 Feb 1998 13:11:58 -0500 From: Ron Steele <ron@dc.infi.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: X11 Screen width short by 1.5" on laptop Message-ID: <199802201810.KAA05384@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980219182258.25979A-100000@corp.BSDI.COM>
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This looks like a classic case of having wrong VGA parameteres. It's been a long time since I had to deal with this, but I think it a delay time. It really doesn't have anything to do with resolution, other than the delays are deferent for each resolution. This delay tells the hardware how long to wait after a horizontal line ends, before it turns the video "beam" back on. I am no expert, so this likely a slightly bungled explanation. One of the programs that comes with XFree86 lets you tune this quasi interactively. I don't remember the name, vgatune or something. Poke around in the X11R6/bin directory. This should get you sorted out. One of the (dozens) of things that I really like about X is that I can tune it so all the modes take up the exact same screen realestate, which also matchs text mode. > > I have installed v2.2.5 on a Toshiba Satellite 115CS, Chips and >Technologies 65545 1MB, passive matrix color. This is my first time >setting up XF86, so have mercy :) > > When I run either xdm or startx, X11 comes up and operates normally, >except that approximately 1.5 inches of the right side of the screen are >not used (remain black). That is to say that all mouse movements and >screen actions work properly, but simply end at at this abnormal margin on >the right. When I scroll (mouse movement) to the right, when the mouse >pointer touches the right margin, the desktop scrolls as you would expect. > > Is there a way for me to regain this "unused real estate"? > > Thanks in advance, > >-Jeff > > The meat of the XF86Config file: >Section "Files" > RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb" > FontPath To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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