1920x1200 LCD unwanted borders

Sean Hogston sean at charlug.org
Sun May 30 03:29:34 UTC 2004


On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 17:43, Williams Jr, Ernest L. wrote:
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Sean Hogston
> Sent: Wed 5/26/2004 6:14 PM
> To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> Subject: RE: 1920x1200 LCD  unwanted borders
>  
> That is probably because FC2 uses x.org instead of XFree86. Look at the
> modelines and other settings in that config and modify yours to match.
> Im not sure if the Nvidia driver will run on FC2 as my test machine is
> not a Dell D800.
> 
> I found out that the D800 I have only supports 1280x1024.  That is I don't have a WUXGA LCD display.
> 
> However, I do have a Precision M60 that supports 1920x1200.
> I have only been able to get the M60 to 1680x1050.
> Do I really need to specify modelines with version X in Fedora 2?
> 
That i'm not sure about. I just know that if your particular screen is
not supported by default you have to specify the modes.




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> Sean
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> On Wed, 2004-05-26 at 10:28, Williams Jr, Ernest L. wrote:
> > Hi 
> > 
> > This did not work for me under Fedora2
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: fedora-test-list-bounces at redhat.com on behalf of Sean Hogston
> > Sent: Wed 5/26/2004 9:29 AM
> > To: For testers of Fedora Core development releases
> > Subject: Re: 1920x1200 LCD  unwanted borders
> >  
> > Here is my config. This is on FC1 with the nvidia driver.
> > 
> > Sean
> > 
> > 
> > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 18:14, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > > On Tue, 2004-05-25 at 17:47, Sean Hogston wrote:
> > > > what chipset do you have? Nvidia?
> > > 
> > > Yes, I have Nvidia.
> > > Please help.
> > > 
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> > > > On Mon, 2004-05-24 at 07:08, Ernest L. Williams Jr. wrote:
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > > 
> > > > > I have a DELL Precision M60.
> > > > > 
> > > > > When I choose a resolution 1920x1200, I end up with unwanted 0.5in.
> > > > > borders on the side.  How can this be resolved?
> > > > > 
> > > > > On the other hand if I choose 1920x1440 then the display is indeed full
> > > > > but my task bar is now off the bottom of the display.  Does any one have
> > > > > a magic "XF86Config" file?
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > -- 
> > > > > Ernest L. Williams Jr. <ernesto at ornl.gov>
> > > > > 
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