How to get full screen display?

[Tommy Reynolds]

Uttered Vikas.Bhasin at britishairways.com, spake thus:

> I've recently installed Fedora on my Dell laptop which has got 15.4" 
> screen. I tried all available resolutions but could not get proper display 
> covering full screen Can anyone help me do the setting so as to get full 
> 15.4" screen display? 

Perhaps the X11 configurator did not autodetect the proper hardware
on your laptop.  Laptop video is notoriously obscure.

1) Log out of any session.  You want the login prompt (GDM greeter)
   on screen.

2) Switch into a virtual console.  You'll need to type "Ctrl-Alt-F1".

3) Log in as root.  Note this is a text login, not a graphical
   window.

4) Reconfigure the X11 system:

   # init 3
   # sleep 30
   # redhat-config-xfree86

   After a few seconds of probing, the configurator should present
   you with a display.  Select one of the tabs at the top to access a
   menu of video cards and graphic devices.  Check that the most
   appropriate selection for your hardware has been made.

   Close these windows and try X11:

   # startx

   If all is OK, log out from X11 and restart the graphical login:

   # init 5; exit

   Note: that last line has two commands on it.  The first will start
   the X11 system and the last will exit your text-mode login.  You
   could use two steps here, but getting back to the virtual console
   to type the "exit" would need the "Ctrl-Alt-F1" sequence again.


Cheers!
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