Hello,
Thank you for the reply.
Thank you for telling me about the gtf command. I am going to try it to see if I can make my screen be a slightly lower resolution than 1680x1050 because I find the text little too small for my taste. I solved my hidden top and bottom desktop area issue as is explained below.
This is my xorg.conf file (at least the monitor,device,screen sections of it)
Code:
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Section "Monitor"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
Identifier "Monitor0"
ModelName "Acer P211"
### Comment all HorizSync and VertSync values to use DDC:
HorizSync 30.0 - 115.0
VertRefresh 50.0 - 160.0
Option "dpms"
EndSection
Section "Device"
Identifier "Videocard0"
Driver "radeon"
EndSection
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen0"
Device "Videocard0"
Monitor "Monitor0"
DefaultDepth 16
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 24
Modes "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480"
EndSubSection
SubSection "Display"
Viewport 0 0
Depth 16
EndSubSection
EndSection
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Don't know why there is so many times the same comment in the monitor section, but it may have to do with the fact that I tried to change the monitor type to several different models hoping that it would resolve my problem. But anyway it is just a comment, so it shouldn't matter (but I digress).
Anyways, my monitor is a ACER P201W 20" inch. The recommended video modes (according to their user's manual) are:
640x480
800x600
1024x768
1280x1024
1680x1050
1600x1200
832x624
(with various refresh rates)
Sidenote: The manual also stipulates that 1680x1050 is the max resolution, which is contradictory to the fact that 1600x1200 is also included. But this is a minor glitch.
Now oddly enough, even though the modes (listed in the screen section) in my xorg.conf file are "1280x1024" "1024x768" "832x624" "800x600" "640x480" and as such do not contain the 1680x1050 resolution, my desktop is functioning at the 1680x1050 resolution. It's been like that from right after installing RHEL linux. So i guess it was auto-detected as the preferred mode of operation of the LCD monitor.
Changing to some other resolution like 1280x1024 or 1024x768 placed the entire desktop in the screen (no hidden above or below areas). However as these resolutions are 4/3 or 5/4 ratios, the text was distorted and a pain to look at on 16:9 LCD screen.
However, I got the entire desktop to fit on the entire LCD screen (no hidden top or bottom areas) by doing the following
1. Moved the bottom panel on the top. So now I have 2 panels on the top of the screen.
2. Created a panel on the right side of the screen.
And for some reason, the desktop now fits the entirety of the screen
I am confused but content.
-Roger