From: "Adam T. Bowen" <adamb@agitate.org.uk>
To: linux-admin@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: console screen display problem
Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2008 21:06:49 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <47D6F469.4030104@agitate.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47D6878D.26711.5BC1E3BE@dermot.sciencephoto.co.uk>
Dermot Paikkos wrote:
> I have installed CentOS on an old Toshiba laptop but the console is
> not using all the available screen. There is a black border all the
> way round the console or X screen. How do you configure the console
> size? I did some tests with resizecon but that just changes the
> character spacing it did nothing to the display window.
That option may only be available in your BIOS settings. On my old HP
laptop the option is called "Video Expansion", and when it is enabled it
stretches lower resolutions to fit the whole screen.
Hope that helps.
Cheers
Adam
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-03-11 21:06 UTC|newest]
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2008-03-11 13:22 console screen display problem Dermot Paikkos
2008-03-11 21:06 ` Adam T. Bowen [this message]
2008-03-19 12:27 ` Beginner
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