I am brand spankin’ new to Linux and have just installed 11.1 on my beloved VAIO laptop. It has been something of a struggle to get any version of SUSE installed mostly dealing with inability of installation to understand where the media was. In any case, it is running.
My first issue is with the GUI screen size. At 800 X 600, the desktop is small with about a 1" black frame on all sides. At 640 X 480 the frame is about 1.5" on all sides. I want the image to fill the screen. I can select several different monitor types that all give me desired resolution at 1024X768 and which in TEST mode fill the screen display properly. However, on reboot, even though the changed settings seem to have been saved, the screen always returns to the “framed” display.
Interestingly, during reboot, the mouse cursor appears before the desktop and I can move the cursor to all four corners of the physical display, but by the time the desktop actually appears, it’s back in the frame.
The detected graphics card is the Intel L815, and I’ve tried various monitor types all with the same result.
Any suggestions?
Thanks,
Peter.