[ltp] R52 - Display shift

[Donald B. Altman]

** Reply to message from Torsten Wolf <t.wolf@tu-bs.de> on Mon, 13 Mar 2006 22:38:14 +0100

Hi Torsten,

My (limited) experience is with 9.x versions of SuSE on a T42p and A21p...

I also had problems with a shifted display.  I ran xvidtune and adjusted the display until
it was properly centered.  Then I entered the (new) timings into my XF86Config file.
The timings go in the "Modes" section, in particular Modeline entries for the monitor and resolution.

I found that, depending upon the display (internal or external) and video card, things
had to be adjusted.  Once adjusted, they stuck.

Good luck,

Don A


> Hi!
> 
> Perhaps, I'm a bit too pedantic or just have too much time to worry about
> the following: The visible area of my screen (1400x1050 display, R52)
> seems to be shifted to the left. At the right edge of the display, the
> black line between the visible (back)lighted area of the desktop and the
> bezel has a width of approx. 1.5mm, while on the left side, the desktop
> fits the bezel almost exactly. In order to determine, if I loose a
> portion of the desktop, I moved the cursor to the right and the left
> border. The cursor is black and has a one-pixel-wide white border.
> Dragging the mouse to the right, the cursor smoothly leaves the desktop
> until only that white border remains. On the left side, the border
> touches the edge and then the cursor "jumps" by two or three pixel rows
> outside of the desktop. A screenshot does not show more details and
> thus indicates, that the desktop does not extend behind the bezel.
> However, on the consoles (vesafb) the fonts are a little bit hidden by
> the bezel.
> 
> So I'm still wondering whether the display is mechanically shifted to the
> left or if the driver (fglrx, vesafb) displaces the visible area. What
> do you experience? Are your displays horizontally centered?
> 
> Regards,
> Torsten
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Donald B. Altman
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