Re: [SLUG] Toshiba Satellite 4090, KDE 3.1, screen size

From: Kwan Lowe (kwan@digitalhermit.com)
Date: Sat Dec 06 2003 - 11:19:01 EST


> I'm trying out Slackware 9.1 on a Toshiba SAtellite 4090. The install
> went well, but I can't get the gui to fil the screen. I boot to a text
> console, and the whole screen is used. But when I startx, there is a one
> inch band around the whole display that is not used. I've tried
> different combinations of Resolution, Virtual Desktop, and color depth,
> but nothing works so far. Either X will not launch at all (I only have
> 4MB of video memory), or I have the display has the blank band around
> it, or once I got the display to be completely used, but parts of the
> desktop were off the display.

I'm running RH9 on a Satellite 4090XDVD. Here's my XF86Config file:

# XFree86 4 configuration created by pyxf86config

Section "ServerLayout"
        Identifier "Default Layout"
        Screen 0 "Screen0" 0 0
        InputDevice "Mouse0" "CorePointer"
        InputDevice "Keyboard0" "CoreKeyboard"
        InputDevice "DevInputMice" "AlwaysCore"
EndSection

Section "Files"
        RgbPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rgb"
        FontPath "unix/:7100"
EndSection

Section "Module"
        Load "dbe"
        Load "extmod"
        Load "fbdevhw"
        Load "glx"
        Load "record"
        Load "freetype"
        Load "type1"
        Load "dri"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Keyboard0"
        Driver "keyboard"
        Option "XkbRules" "xfree86"
        Option "XkbModel" "pc105"
        Option "XkbLayout" "us"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "Mouse0"
        Driver "mouse"
         Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "InputDevice"
        Identifier "DevInputMice"
        Driver "mouse"
        Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
        Option "Device" "/dev/input/mice"
        # Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
        Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
        Option "Emulate3Buttons" "no"
EndSection

Section "Monitor"
        Identifier "Monitor0"
        VendorName "Monitor Vendor"
        ModelName "Toshiba TOS5082"
        DisplaySize 240 180
        HorizSync 31.0 - 48.0
        VertRefresh 50.0 - 70.0
        Option "dpms"
EndSection

Section "Device"
        Identifier "Videocard0"
        Driver "trident"
        VendorName "Videocard vendor"
        BoardName "Trident Cyber 9525 (generic)"
        VideoRam 2048
EndSection

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen0"
        Device "Videocard0"
        Monitor "Monitor0"
        DefaultDepth 16
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 16
                Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
        EndSubSection
EndSection

Section "DRI"
        Group 0
        Mode 0666
EndSection

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