wrote: > I recently picked up a used HP Omnibook 4150 laptop and have installed Debian > stable on it. The problem I am having is that while I am running X at 1024x768 > resolution, the console seems to be at 640x480 -- or something similar. It > seems this way becaues it is only using about half of the laptop screen. So, > the laptop screen is 14.1 inches across, but the console display is only 7 > inches across. I've seem similar beahvior on a couple of laptops. Console or DOS (non-GUI) screens are at the same resolution, but occupy a fraction of the screen, centered on the display. On some, there's a BIOS option something to the effect of "stretch display" that might help. I believe selecting another graphics mode for the console will work to (VGA=ask in lilo.conf) but do verify before making irreversible changes. Good luck! - Bob