console graphics driver

neilthereildeil · 03-28-2008, 04:50 PM

Hello. I am using a Sony vaio pcgr505jl with the intel 82815 chipset. the graphics card is the 815 family. when i switch to a virtual terminal (tty1-6) i dont get the full screen resolution. the console appears as a box in the middle of the screen, and it doesnt use the whole screen. there a 1 inch gaps on the sides of the screen which are black and unused by any of the text. does anyone know hot to fix this? thanks.

PB0711 · 04-21-2008, 07:47 PM

From your main terminal try running

Code:

sax2

as root.

this should configure your display and then test your display before you quite. Also if your running something like Suse or ubuntu try installing the graphic drivers for intel's card and see if that helps.

BrianK · 04-21-2008, 08:03 PM

sax2 is a Suse only thing, isn't it?

PB0711 · 04-21-2008, 08:29 PM

opps good point!

Yea ok so try doing this if you don't have suse. BTW it really helps if we know what distro your using 'neilthereildeil'.

Code:

init 3
Xorg -configure 
X -config /root/xorg.conf.new

//or use
xorgconfig
// and then
startx

If this doens't help then I would reccomend a google search fro Xorg config (xorg.conf) and learning how to configure the display. This is one reason why I use Suse, but ubuntu, fedora and many other distros have Xorg editors GUI's which are pretty easy to use.

PS

Code:

man xorg

neilthereildeil · 04-21-2008, 08:31 PM

Hello. thanks for the responses. im using gentoo. I tried it and it didnt work. my X(graphical system) works perfectly. i dont think the virtual terminals use the graphics driver, so messing with xorg.conf shouldnt change anything outside of X(ie the virtual terminals). changing xorg.conf and anything to do with X changes just what i see in X. any other ideas?

elliott678 · 04-21-2008, 08:50 PM

That is something you set in your boot loader, it will depend on which framebuffer you have enabled in your kernel.

http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Framebuffer_Support