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make sure you have the latest BIOS too. this helped a lot on a dell laptop I had w/ Linux.
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make sure you have the latest BIOS too. this helped a lot on a dell laptop I had w/ Linux.

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I have a sony vaio laptop with widescreen. When I install linux, I can't get it to be widescreen. I have mess with the XF86Config but I can't get it to show fullscreen. The desktop is correct but it still has the black lines on the sides. <br />
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Any suggestions?<br />
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Micahy2k
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I have a sony vaio laptop with widescreen. When I install linux, I can't get it to be widescreen. I have mess with the XF86Config but I can't get it to show fullscreen. The desktop is correct but it still has the black lines on the sides. 

Any suggestions?


Micahy2k

RedHat 9 with Widescreen Laptop

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