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Date:      Fri, 27 Apr 2001 15:33:01 -0500
From:      Bob Greene <rgreene@tclme.org>
To:        Harkirat Singh <singh@pdx.edu>
Cc:        Jeremiah Gowdy <jgowdy@home.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Screen Size / Resize - Toshiba Satellite 2800/2805 series
Message-ID:  <3AE9D77D.75E3354B@tclme.org>
References:  <Pine.GSO.4.31.0104271201360.11243-100000@gere.odin.pdx.edu>

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Harkirat Singh wrote:
> 
> In Xsession it is fine, though the problem is in normal session, how do I
> get fish hooks in that??
> 
> -Harkirat
> 
> On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, Bob Greene wrote:
> 
> > Jeremiah Gowdy wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have this machine running release 4.2, in Xsession I get full
> > > > screen but without X I get just 1/4th of the screen, it is in the centre
> > > > and rest of the area is dark. I want to know how can I increase the
> > > > display so that I can see content in full screen. Also is there any way to
> > > > change the font size also.
> > >
> > > I believe this is a limitation of the Toshiba laptop.  I have one too.
> > >
> >
> > Use fish hooks on each corner of the visible window and pull until you
> > stretch it to your favorite screen size. ;-)
> >
> > Are you sure that you're using the correct resolution?  Laptop displays
> > have fixed pixel sizes and will reduce the display to match the lower
> > resolution.
> >

I guess I really wasn't paying attention.  In text mode, there are no
corners to grab.  Look at
http://www.cse.ucsc.edu/~dkulp/fbsd/laptop.html as well as the other
links on that page.

-- 
Bob Greene
rgreene@TclMe.org
Pull my finger for my public key

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