From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 04:46:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6A22B16A4CE for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:46:24 +0000 (GMT) Received: from invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net (invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net [207.217.120.254]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5AECA43D31 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:46:24 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from algould@datawok.com) Received: from 20-74.lctv-b4.cablelynx.com ([24.204.20.74] helo=yoda.datawok.com) by invasion.mail.pas.earthlink.net with asmtp (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 3.36 #4) id 1BZ0PF-0005a9-00; Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:46:13 -0700 Date: Fri, 11 Jun 2004 23:47:00 -0500 From: "Andrew L. Gould" To: ecrist@secure-computing.net Message-Id: <20040611234700.37555710.algould@datawok.com> In-Reply-To: <200406112109.13874.ecrist@secure-computing.net> References: <20040611184218.0b85dc9e.algould@datawok.com> <200406112109.13874.ecrist@secure-computing.net> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.9-gtk2-20040229 (GTK+ 2.4.0; i386-portbld-freebsd4.10) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ELNK-Trace: ee791d459e3d6817d780f4a490ca69564776905774d2ac4b0cf11c45f6f34f2e3e60c0ec3fe68d2e350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Console and X configuration for laptop display X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2004 04:46:24 -0000 On Fri, 11 Jun 2004 21:09:13 -0500 Eric Crist wrote: > On Friday 11 June 2004 18:42, you wrote: > > I installed FreeBSD 5.2.1 on a Dell Inspiron 8100. During bootup > > and later, at the command line, the usable screen is much smaller > > than the available display size -- 2 to 3 inch margins on all sides. > > Does anyone > > know how I can fix this? > > > > In X, a resolution of 1400x1050 fills the display; but everything, > > including text in documents, looks really tiny. 1024x768 is my > > favorite setting for my desktop monitor; but is rejected by X as > > being too small on the laptop display. Is there a way to make > > things look bigger while in 1400x1050? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Andrew Gould > > In some cheaper laptops, like this POS I've got, there isn't really a > way to get rid of that blank space around the edges, short of digging > into vesa and some other console options. I've made some mild > attempts to get that configured, but I figure I use X 99% of the time, > so I use a virtual console within that for most of my work. > > On some better laptops, like your Dell, iirc, there should be a key > combination, or BIOS setting to 'stretch' that resolution to fill the > screen. Usually, it is a Fn+F(1-12) combination that does it, many > times undocumented. If I remember correctly, I've gotten Dell's to > stretch their resolution with Fn+F7, but I could be wrong. Poke > around Dell's support site and see what you can find. > > HTH > > -- > Keep your pecker hard and your powder dry, and the world WILL turn. > Fn+F7 did the trick! Thanks, Andrew Gould