> I just did a fresh install of RH 9 with all updates to my Inspiron 8100
> laptop but the viewable area is clipped about 2 inches on the sides of
> the display and 1 inch on the top of the display.
>
> Anyone have any idea why it does this? Also, I have used two other,
> identical, Inspiron 8100's in the past (also running RH 9) and they did
> not have this problem. (By identical I mean everything with the
> exception of the MAC address, same video chip and memory, same CPU, same
> hard drive and size, same qty of memory, etc...)
>
> What causes this problems on some installs?
>
> Thx,
> CC
>Hi,
>just wondered if this is only in X or also at the console?
>Could it be as simple as an X resolution setting?
>--
>Pete Nesbitt, rhce
Sometimes X will return an error that says something about "the monitor doesn't have enough lines for this resolution" when this problem occurs, but most of the time X refuses to start. I just fixed this on a similar Latitude last week is why I this is fresh on my mind. The Dell notebooks (like most these days) use Samsung LCD panels that emulate a tube for the video chipset than causes X to misidentify the monitor's possible resolution settings. These panels must run at 1400x1050 or higher to display properly, and usually this resolution isn't listed in the /etc/X11/XF86Config file. Simply add it in the two places where resolution is stated near the bottom of the file and restart X. It should start up without any issues.
This is a known, but not widely published issue, that I found following an email thread of someone else having a similar problem.
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