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display won't use the entire screen

Asked by melissak

I'm running JJ on an Averatec 1020 laptop. The display worked fine for a while, but somehow (after an update, possibly?) it now only uses the center of the screen, cutting off both sides with black bars.

My laptop's native resolution is 1280x760, but this isn't an option given in the display preferences, so I am running at 1024 x 768. If I try to run at 1280 x 768, the entire screen is squeezed to the left and distorted.

Just an Intel graphics card here, no special drivers.

Pls help! I'm a newbie wth Linux!

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ktech (ktech) said : 		#1

On boot chose recovery mode then select xfix once booted (keep pressing down arrow) after when recovery menu reappears chose resume.

"If you are new to linux or like a pleasant interface I recommend kubuntu"
 You can install it on top of ubuntu (keeping both) by installing kubuntu-desktop package
Chose KDM when asked and after restart click on session type then kde before log on.

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melissak (mkuhnell) said : 		#2

Alas, xfix didn't fix the problem.

I may try kubuntu at some point.

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unixchaos (jza873) said : 		#3

first back up your xorg file

     sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup

now you can try to define the resolution in the xorg config file try

     sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf

you should see something along the lines of

 DefaultDepth 24
        SubSection "Display"
                Depth 8
                Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600"
                ViewPort 0 0
        EndSubSection

(to save the work in nano after you edit it use the key command ctrl+x then y then [enter])

IF THAT DONT WORK TRY THIS BELOW

you can manually edit it and define your resolution for all the depths and displays

also make sure your device is set up properly

Section "Screen"
        Identifier "Screen 1"
        Device "nvidia" <----- you may want to try putting vesa in here if the above part doesn't work
        Monitor "envision"

remember if you meess up your res you can alwayse load it back up by rebooting and holding ctrl+alt+F1 to go to tty1 and typing in

sudo mv /etc/X11/xorg.conf.backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf

let me know if that helps if you cant remember all that print it out so you dont f-everything up you know just to be safe

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melissak (mkuhnell) said : 		#4

none of this seems to have any effect AT ALL. Is it possible that it is somehow ignoring my xorg.conf?

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melissak (mkuhnell) said : 		#5

installed kubuntu and it seems to be working now