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On Sun, 2007-03-18 at 09:39 +0000, Jorge Almeida wrote: |
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> The two boxes I use have LCD monitors, of different brands. When in X, |
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> the "real estate" area is optimized. When I switch to a VC, the idea the |
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> system has about the physical dimensions of the screen changes, and a |
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> part of the displayed stuff is cropped. I can adjust it by pressing the |
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> Auto button in the monitor controls, but then I get a black vertical |
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> strip on the left after switching back to X, and I have to press Auto |
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> again, etc. |
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> The boxes have different graphical cards, one with the ATI kernel driver |
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> and the other with the nvidia driver. The console driver is VESA-TNG in |
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> both cases, but with VESA the problem is the same. |
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> Is there some workaround? Some way the coax the system into using the |
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> correct physical dimensions in X and VC? |
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> Jorge Almeida |
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Use the VESAFB-TNG statement to set the terminal update frequency and |
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resolution to the same values used in X. |
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/Björn Ottervik |
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