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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 ...
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    Screen is not working properly

    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?

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    Problem is in Graphics Driver.
    Execute this
    Code:
    su -
    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
    Configure display settings and reboot machine or press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace.

    In case it doesn't work, execute this
    Code:
    su -
    lspci | grep -i vga
    grep -i driver /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Post output here.
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    Code:
    su
    dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
    didn't work.

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

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    You have to install Nvidia Proprietary Driver.
    First of all, try "vesa" driver instead of "nv".
    Press Alt+F2 and type this
    Code:
    gksu gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    Replace Driver "nv" with "vesa". Save file and reboot machine Or press Alt+Ctrl+Backspace.
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    will this also work on my Xubuntu install? It has the same problem.

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

    (use the little buttons on your monitor)

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    Quote Originally Posted by iwanabeguru View Post
    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

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