{"id":1402,"date":"2018-12-14T20:43:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/?p=1402"},"modified":"2018-12-29T16:54:35","modified_gmt":"2018-12-29T08:54:35","slug":"how-to-make-your-raspberry-pi-fill-up-your-entire-monitor-screen-by-disabling-overscan-in-raspbian-stretch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/how-to-make-your-raspberry-pi-fill-up-your-entire-monitor-screen-by-disabling-overscan-in-raspbian-stretch\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make your Raspberry Pi fill up your entire monitor screen by disabling overscan in Raspbian Stretch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After you had booted up Raspbian Stretch for the first time, you may notice that your Raspberry Pi does not fill up your entire monitor screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-not-filling-entire-computer-screen.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 not filling entire computer screen\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In such a situation, the overscan function in Raspbian could be what you should disable. Given that, this post shows how to make your Raspberry Pi fill up your entire monitor screen by disabling overscan in Raspbian Stretch.<\/p>\n<p>First, open a Terminal window by clicking on the highlighted icon at the top:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-desktop-with-a-terminal-window.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-desktop-with-a-terminal-window\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After the terminal window had started, type the following command in the terminal window:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"brush: bash; title: ; notranslate\" title=\"\">\r\nsudo raspi-config\r\n<\/pre>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-terminal-window-with-sudo-raspi-config.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 terminal window with sudo raspi-config\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When <code>raspi-config<\/code> loads, choose <strong>Advanced Options<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-with-Advanced-Options-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config with Advanced Options selected\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, choose <strong>Overscan<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-with-Overscan-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config with Overscan selected\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After that, choose <strong>No<\/strong> when <code>raspi-config<\/code> ask whether you want to enable compensation for display with overscan:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-with-no-selected-for-would-you-like-to-compensate-displays-with-overscan.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 with no selected for would you like to compensate displays with overscan\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>When you had indicated your choice to display overscan, you will see a confirmation message. Select <strong>Ok<\/strong> to dismiss the message:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-with-confirmation-message-for-disabling-overscan.png\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config with confirmation message for disabling overscan\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Once you had dismissed the confirmation message, <code>raspi-config<\/code> will return to the first menu screen. Choose <strong>Finish<\/strong> to complete your configuration changes:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-initial-screen-with-Finish-selected.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config initial screen with Finish selected\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At this point in time, <code>raspi-config<\/code> will prompt you to reboot Raspbian Stretch. Choose <strong>Yes<\/strong> to reboot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-raspi-config-Would-you-like-to-reboot-now.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 raspi-config Would you like to reboot now\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>After your Raspbian Stretch reboot successfully, your Raspberry Pi should fill your entire monitor screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-filling-entire-computer-screen.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 filling entire computer screen\"\/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/How-to-make-Raspbian-Stretch-fill-entire-monitor-screen.jpg\" alt=\"How to make Raspbian Stretch fill entire monitor screen\" \/><\/p>\n\n      <ul id=\"social-sharing-buttons-list\">\n        <li class=\"facebook\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-mC\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Facebook.png\" alt=\"Facebook icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"twitter\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-mC&via=Techcoil_com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Twitter.png\" alt=\"Twitter icon\"> Tweet\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"linkedin\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=1&title=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwp.me%2Fp245TQ-mC&source=https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/linkedin.png\" alt=\"Linkedin icon\"> Share\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n        <li class=\"pinterest\">\n          <a href=\"https:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.techcoil.com%2Fblog%2Fwp-json%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fposts%2F1402&description=\" class=\"pin-it-button\" target=\"_blank\" role=\"button\" rel=\"nofollow\" count-layout=\"horizontal\">\n          <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/ph\/img\/3rd-party\/social-icons\/Pinterest.png\" alt=\"Pinterest icon\"> Save\n          <\/a>\n        <\/li>\n      <\/ul>\n    ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After you had booted up Raspbian Stretch for the first time, you may notice that your Raspberry Pi does not fill up your entire monitor screen:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techcoil.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Raspbian-Stretch-20181113-not-filling-entire-computer-screen.jpg\" alt=\"Raspbian Stretch 20181113 not filling entire computer screen\"\/><\/p>\n<p>In such a situation, the overscan function in Raspbian could be what you should disable. 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