[vox-tech] monitor troubles

Mark K. Kim vox-tech@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 21 Apr 2004 11:17:24 -0700 (PDT)


Is this an LCD monitor?  You probably have to up the resolution.  What's
the current resolution on it?  You can run `xvidtune` to figure that out
(check the "HDisplay" and "VDisplay" settings.)

-Mark


On Wed, 21 Apr 2004, Jennifer Stickel wrote:

> Hi,
>     I just installed linux on a desktop and am having trouble getting
> the monitor to work.  It is a 12"x9" (15" diagonal) flat panel monitor
> that works fine in WindowsXP.  However when I boot into linux and start
> kde, I only get a 7.5"x5.5" window in the center with the xsession and
> the rest of the screen is a silver color.  Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Jennifer
>
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