[ltp] Enabling lower screen resolutions?
Chris Schumann
linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:18:13 -0500
You want to turn on the HVExpansion option in the BIOS... or try Fn+F8,
but I don't think that works on newer machines.
Chris
Juergen Botz wrote:
> I have a T61 running Fedora 12, but this would seem to be a general
> laptop issue...
>
> When I run certain lower resolution games that have a fullscreen
> mode (i.e. freedoom) they just come up at as a small centered area
> with the rest of the screen black instead of taking over the screen.
>
> I'm guessing that's because the X server doesn't know about any
> other modes than the one with the native screen res. My system
> doesn't have an xorg.conf file... do I need to create one and actually
> put in modelines (like in the bad old days?)
>
> Thanks,
>
> :j
>
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