Hi,

I have a Viewsonic E70fb monitor (17', H:30-70kHz V:50-160Hz at 1024x768/85Hz)
I configured all these spec. in the XF86Config file, but my problem is that the actual visible area is not the full visible area of my monitor. I mean, I have black borders around the screen.
I'm actually using 1024x768x85, that's ok, but the visible area is smaller than the hole area of my screen.
I'm actually seeing as if my monitor is a 14' display screen.
Hope you could understand me.
Does anybody know how can I fix this to convert the visible area to 17' instead of 14'?
Thank you
greetings
gonzalo

**********************************************************************
# Monitor section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of monitor sections may be present

Section "Monitor"

Identifier "My Monitor"

# HorizSync is in kHz unless units are specified.
# HorizSync may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

HorizSync 30-70

# HorizSync 30-64 # multisync
# HorizSync 31.5, 35.2 # multiple fixed sync frequencies
# HorizSync 15-25, 30-50 # multiple ranges of sync frequencies

# VertRefresh is in Hz unless units are specified.
# VertRefresh may be a comma separated list of discrete values, or a
# comma separated list of ranges of values.
# NOTE: THE VALUES HERE ARE EXAMPLES ONLY. REFER TO YOUR MONITOR'S
# USER MANUAL FOR THE CORRECT NUMBERS.

VertRefresh 50-160

vendorname "ViewSonic"
modelname "Viewsonic E70fb17"
ModeLine "1024x768/85Hz" 98.9 1024 1056 1216 1408 768 782 788 822 -HSync -VSync
ModeLine "1152x864/78Hz" 110 1152 1240 1324 1552 864 864 876 908
ModeLine "1280x1024/61Hz" 110 1280 1328 1512 1712 1024 1025 1028 1054
ModeLine "800x600/85Hz" 60.75 800 864 928 1088 600 616 621 657 -HSync -VSync
ModeLine "1024x768/60Hz" 65 1024 1032 1176 1344 768 771 777 806 -HSync -VSync
EndSection


# **********************************************************************
# Graphics device section
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of graphics device sections may be present

Section "Device"
Identifier "VESA Framebuffer"
Driver "nvidia"
#VideoRam 4096
# Insert Clocks lines here if appropriate
vendorname "Generic"
boardname "nvidia"
EndSection

# **********************************************************************
# Screen sections
# **********************************************************************

# Any number of screen sections may be present. Each describes
# the configuration of a single screen. A single specific screen section
# may be specified from the X server command line with the "-screen"
# option.
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen 1"
Device "VESA Framebuffer"
Monitor "My Monitor"

# If your card can handle it, a higher default color depth (like 24 or 32)
# is highly recommended.

# DefaultDepth 8
# DefaultDepth 16
DefaultDepth 24
# DefaultDepth 32

# "1024x768" is also a conservative usable default resolution. If you
# have a better monitor, feel free to try resolutions such as
# "1152x864", "1280x1024", "1600x1200", and "1800x1400" (or whatever your
# card/monitor can produce)

Subsection "Display"
Depth 8
Modes "1024x768/85Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768/85Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 24
Modes "1024x768/85Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection
Subsection "Display"
Depth 32
Modes "1024x768/85Hz" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 0 0
EndSubsection

EndSection

ok i had never ever ever seen the 1024x768/85Hz thing before, and i have to conceed i'm not that well travelled

however.

grab ye ol' monitor manual, check what vert and horizontal refresh/sync you should be getting and tell it about this in the
HorizSync 30-70
and VertWhateveritwas line

one other thing, since this is a 17 inch monitor as you state, consider including 1200x1024 as a possible resolution, unless you really don't want to have access to it ever

Lastly, try running krandrtray which lets you change your res and all (it will be an icon in the system tray and , as the name implies, is a KDE program

The first impression that I got reading your post is that you haven't tuned your monitor to handle the resolution/Hz.

If this is the case then you're in luck because this is very simple. Just increase the width and height and fix other settings that you want in the monitor-menu. Usually you have some buttons on your monitor that you can play around with.

I get the same impression as Grymme, there should be
a control directly on your monitor to adjust vert/horz screen area.

320mb and Grymme, you were right !!!
I had not tuned my monitor to handle the resolution/Hz.I just fixed with the monitor-menu and now everything is ok.
I didn't think that this was the solution 'cause under Fedora I use the same resolution and I did not have to touch anything in my monitor-menu.
Anyway thank you all for your answers!!!
Greetings
gonzalo