[yanom]

I have a 1024 x 768 screen. About 1cm on the right of the screen is black, and about 1cm on the left of the screen is not shown. This is quite annoying, can someone tell me how to fix it?

[devils casper]

Problem is in Graphics Driver.
Execute this

su -
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

Configure display settings and reboot machine or press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace.

In case it doesn't work, execute this

su -
lspci | grep -i vga
grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Post output here.

[yanom]

su
dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg

didn't work.

when I tried the second option, it produced the following output:

system:/home/yanom# lspci | grep -i vga
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation NV34 [GeForce FX 5200] (rev a1)
system:/home/yanom# grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
        Driver          "kbd"
        Driver          "mouse"
        Driver          "nv"

[devils casper]

You have to install Nvidia Proprietary Driver.
First of all, try "vesa" driver instead of "nv".
Press Alt+F2 and type this

gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Replace Driver "nv" with "vesa". Save file and reboot machine Or press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace.

[yanom]

will this also work on my Xubuntu install? It has the same problem.

[iwanabeguru]

or just ofset the picture of the monitor right with one cm

(use the little buttons on your monitor)

[yanom]

Originally Posted by iwanabeguru

or just ofset the picture of the monitor right with one cm

(use the little buttons on your monitor)

now you tell me. I already did it the hard way