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Author: Kevin Brown
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Subject: More laptop woes
Might Xvidtune be useful for this?

> I have an HP N5450 laptop that is (finally) tweaked with all the bells and
> whistles: RH 7.3, sound, vmware, multimedia playback (ogle, divx player)
> and a neat utility that allows me to switch my display to {lcd, crt, tv
> out} or any 2 at the same time (ie lcd and tv out).
>
> I have run into a minor problem: when I am switched to the tv out, the
> resulting display on the tv is too big for the screen. The bottom and
> right sides are beyond the edges of the tv screen.
>
> The question: how can I make the tv out fit the tv screen when I switch
> to it? Is it as simple as dropping the resolution of X (which I have not
> ried yet)? Or am I sol?