Re: X problem after upgrade
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Tommi Lantta wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have a strange display problem after upgrading from Sarge to Etch.
> In X the screen is displaced 1 cm to the left (leftmost 1 cm of screen
> is out of display area and there is an 1 cm wide black stripe at the
> right edge of the display). This only happens with the native 1280x1024
> resolution of the HP 1702 flat panel display. Lower resolutions work
> correctly.
>
> In Sarge I used vesa driver instead of i810, IIRC because the i810 driver
> in Sarge didn't support this graphics controller(Intel 82915G/GV/910GL).
> I tried using vesa driver now also, but it didn't change anything.
>
> I tried a Knoppix 5.0.1 CD and it has the same problem with the X
> configuration it probes(with vesa driver). Also the system is a dual
> boot system and in Windows XP everything works fine, so I'd guess it is
> not a hardware problem. Any ideas what is wrong?
[snip xorg.conf]
I don't have the same monitor as you do, but I found that pushing the
button on my monitor that autosets the display will fix that. Almost
all monitors made in the last few years have such a button.
Joe
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