laptop wide display

Jamie Bohr jamiebohr at gmail.com
Wed Dec 28 06:38:29 UTC 2005


Got the <Ctrl><Alt><-/+> to work, I reviewed Xorg's man page and found I
need to use <Ctrl><Alt><fn><-/+>

Thanks,
   Jamie

On 12/27/05, Jamie Bohr <jamiebohr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Yes, it does have a list for wide screens.  For example the specs read
> 1920x1200 yet that is not listed.  I did find that if I selected 1920x1400
> from the list then edited xorg.conf and replaced 1400 with 1200 it seemed
> to have worked.    I knew if I posted a messaged the problem would soon
> solve its self.  Now it I can get <Ctrl><Alt><-/+> to work.
>
> Thanks,
>    Jamie
>
> On 12/27/05, jason pearl <jp at jpearl.org > wrote:
> >
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> > Jamie Bohr wrote:
> > > I have a Dell M70 and have been fighting with getting the display set
> > > correctly ever since I put FC3 on it.  It works great - kudos to the
> > > developers - yet I can not see to get the wide screen to work
> > correctly.
> > >
> > > I used http://lug-untermain.de/faqs/precision.php as a reference but
> > > since it is in German I am guessing as to the configuration and the X
> > > config is for Debian.  I tried the attached and I got about 2 inches
> > of
> > > black space around my monitor and when I scoll my mouse I get more
> > > screen - the screen is to big to be shown ....
> > >
> > > I have googled to death and have not found a refence I can understand.
> >
> > > I am hoping someone on this list can point me to the magic reference.
> > >
> > > Would installing FC4 address or make my problem easier?
> > >
> > >
> > > Thank you,
> > >    Jamie
> > >
> > isnt there a system-config-display and change the setting?
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