[Tfug] Monitor

[Josh Gregorio]

Thanks, xvidtune did the trick.

Josh

Harry McGregor wrote:

>On Fri, 29 Nov 2002, Josh Gregorio wrote:
>
>>Hello,
>>
>>I am using RedHat 7.3 with a Geforce 4 mx 420 display adapter. My
>>monitor is (until I can afford a newer one) a Packard Bell Model 1020
>>(14 inch). I have an 800X600 display; the colour depth settings do not
>>seem to make a difference. The monitor was installed during setup
>>(RedHat listed the 1020 as one of the choices during install).
>>
>
>Ok.  Any idea on what version of X it's running (I presume 4.x), also what
>mode lines are in your XF86Config or XF86Config-4 file?
>
>>My problem is that I can't get my screen to fit entirely within the
>>viewable section of the monitor. I have about 2.5 centimeters hanging
>>off on the right hand side. I have tried adjusting the monitor's
>>controls, but it will not go any farther to the left. I also tried
>>making the screen smaller, so that it would sort of float in the middle
>>of my monitor's screen, but that left it hopelessly distorted (this is
>>an old fishbowl style monitor).
>>
>>I installed the latest driver from Nvidia's web site, and that helped
>>some (At first, the left hand side of the screen had a two centimeter
>>black border, and over 4 cm were hanging off the right side--the driver
>>update let me move the screen all the way to the left).
>>
>>The problem does not happen in Windows, and if I shut down the X server
>>I can adjust the Linux command line to be full sized (everything on the
>>screen) using the monitor controls.
>>
>>I can live with this for a few weeks until I get a new monitor; but if
>>anyone has any suggestions on how I could resolve this (I suspect the
>>problem is something I didn't configure properly rather than the monitor
>>anyway...) I'd be very happy.
>>
>
>You can also try a program called "xvidtune", it has to be run as root, if
>I recall correctly, and it should be able to tweak your mode line for you.
>
>
>		Harry
>
>>Thanks,
>>
>>Josh
>>
>>
>>
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