"D'Arcy J.M. Cain" wrote:
> The X server doesn't use the whole screen.  I am losing about an inch
> all around the active area.  Windows95 was able to use the whole area so
> I know it is possible.

This is probably due to you small screen resolution.
Try creating a modeline with 800x600. This is just
an educated guess, though :-)

> ModeLine "640x480" 28.32 640 672 768 800 480 490 492 575
[...]
>         Modes       "640x480"
>         ViewPort    0 0
>         Virtual     640 480

The other questions have been answered by other people :-)

  Guenther