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desktop to small

Asked by kertson67

Is there a way to make the desktop fit my screen ?
I have about 1 3/4 of blank space around my whole screen .
I just installed the new ubuntu 9.04 . love it !
but would love it more if it filled the entire screen .
could i get some tips or tricks to do this please ?

          thank you so much either way.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

you need to install video drivers, your display is not able to stretch the resolution to fit the screen so you must simply achieve the correct resolution to fill the screen.

Can you please provide:

sudo lshw -C display

Thanks

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kertson67 (kkertson) said : 		#2

I am using a toshiba satellite a25-s207 laptop .
I can't seem to find any linux drivers or just have no idea were to look .
sorry for the trouble

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#3

The thing i wrote is a command to run in terminal

press alt+f2
type: gnome-terminal
press enter
paste the command to the terminal
copy the output
paste it here

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kertson67 (kkertson) said : 		#4

 *-display UNCLAIMED
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: CyberBlade XPAi1
       vendor: Trident Microsystems
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:01:00.0
       version: 82
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 66MHz
       capabilities: agp agp-2.0 pm bus_master cap_list
       configuration: latency=8

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#5

ok thats perfect

if you run:

gksudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

you will see:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Confiured Video Device"
EndSection

Change it to:

Section "Device"
   Identifier "Confiured Video Device"
   Driver "trident"
EndSection

Save the file and reboot. If you do not get a display when you reboot, reboot again and press ESC when grub shows up, select recovery mode (any will do) and then select fix graphics or it may be worded fix x server. This will step you back to failsafe video again

HTH

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kertson67 (kkertson) said : 		#6

did not work can't find file even though i figured out how to track it down myself. though i can't seem to change it . linux is a drag guess i'll pay to put widows back on it .

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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) said : 		#7

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