X and Fluxbox :: dark band around screen

uh oh, I realized my post should have read:
boot: knoppix vga=789
Although that might not fix your problem, others might read this and need to be able to get that to work.
I use it on a toshiba laptop I have, and it works.
Also, I have a Dell UltraSharp LCD monitor, and vga=normal is needed there, or I get a black screen.
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