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Old 11-30-2003
Laptop video problem....
I am running freeBSD on a Digital (company before compaq) laptop, and it is not displaying properly. there is about 2 inches on all sides of the screen that the display doest stretch to, its a little box in the center of the screen, anyone know how i can fix that problem?? any help would be much appreciated. Thanks
# 2  
Old 12-01-2003
Post the type/model of the laptop for (hopefully) further assistance.
# 3  
Old 12-01-2003
Model of laptop
its a Compaq HiNote VP 700, thanks everyone...in advance of course. Im probably beyond help, lol...
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Old 12-01-2003
Seems to be a known issue - found the following

Quote:
FROM: Larry S. MarsoDATE: 06/30/1998 09:38:10SUBJECT: RE: XF86Config with DEC HiNote VP700 Notebook - Please help On Wed, Jul 01, 1998 at 10:08:01AM +1000, ob1 wrote:
>
> I have a DEC Notebook, Model VP700, the manual says it has a NeoMagic
> built in Video card capable of 1042x768 display.
>
> My problem is I cant get XF86(FreeBSD 2.2.5 Wallnut Creek 4CDROM set
> distribution) to fill the screen, all I get is a display area about 6
> inches wide by 4 inches high.
>
> I assume there is support out there somewhere for it, can somebody
> please give me some help as to where to find it?

Unfortunately, 1024x768 will cost you $200. You need the http://www.xig.com
drivers. Or you can wait until approximately December, when a plain
vanilla XF86 driver for the NeoMagic is expected.

Best regards
--
Larry S. Marso
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Last edited by RTM; 12-01-2003 at 01:29 PM..
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Old 12-01-2003
i didnt find anything
i went to both of the sites you suggested, they were helpfull, but neither of them really solve my problem, thanks. Im not running a visual GUI, im running it in terminal mode i guess, or text mode. Is there a configuration file i can edit with FreeBSD 5.1 that would stretch the screen maybe?? thanks in advance, you all are very helpfull
 
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