Re: How to make my desktop fit my laptop screen?

[Frank Lin PIAT <fpiat@klabs.be>]

Hi,

On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 00:34 +0200, Ron Kamm wrote:
> 
> I have just installed debian on a very old laptop and have looked this
> up in various forums but haven't found an answer...
> 
> Debian works beautifully so far... but I can't seem to use my whole
> screen: there is always a huge black border.

You have to be specific:
- Which laptop (brand and model)
- Which video card. In doubt, check the output of "lspci -nn" or
  Xorg.log by running "grep -i chipset  /var/log/Xorg.0.log")
- Which version of Debian (I assume you use Lenny)

> When I go to change the screen resolution I only have the option of
> 800x600 (and 60 or 56Hz refresh rate).

> How can I stretch things so it uses up my whole screen?

Xorg didn't auto-detect your configuration.

Regards,

Franklin