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xserver-xorg-video-nv package

Screen Error

Asked by Jason Wang

I use Ubuntu 10.04. Windows 7 1920x1080
6 GB ram
NVIDIA® GeForce® GT 330M GPU (1GB VRAM)
Everytime I turn on Ubuntu, it shows the desktop and perfect resolution.
However, it thinks my monitor on my Laptop is bigger than it really is.
So I cannot see an inch down and a centimeter to the right. This makes it very hard to do things.
How do I fix this error.

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Tobias (ulbricht-tobias) said : 		#1

do you have an external monitor attached?
try without it
what is the original resolution of your laptop monitor?
try system -> preferences -> monitor to fiddle resolution with monitors.

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Jason Wang (jasonwang67) said : 		#2

No just my laptop itself, It is a 16.4 inch screen.

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Tobias (ulbricht-tobias) said : 		#3

try system -> preferences -> monitor

if the real resolution of your screen (which you say is 1920x1080) is not displayed or choosable there , try on a terminal to enter:

$ xrandr

and send the output

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Jason Wang (jasonwang67) said : 		#4

OK i tried that but all that happened was it zoomed in on what is already in view making it smaller.
 My windows 7 configuration is 1920 x 1080 and it looks perfectly fine.
The default for Ubuntu was 2048x 1536 which is past what my computer should do.
It looks great except for the fact I can't see to left and bottom of screen.
When I choose the 1920x1080, it makes everything ugly and squeezed.
Here is from the terminal:

Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 2048 x 1536, maximum 8192 x 8192
LVDS-1 connected 2048x1536+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 0mm x 0mm
   2048x1536 60.0*+
   1920x1200 59.9
   1920x1080 60.0
   1600x1200 59.9
   1680x1050 60.0
   1400x1050 60.0
   1280x1024 59.9
   1280x960 59.9
   1152x864 60.0
   1024x768 59.9
   800x600 59.9
   640x480 59.4
   720x400 59.6
   640x400 60.0
   640x350 59.8
VGA-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
DVI-D-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)

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Jason Wang (jasonwang67) said : 		#5

Woops on top I made a mistake. I can't see to right and bottom not left. Sorry

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Best Tobias (ulbricht-tobias) said : 		#6

Am 09.01.2011 17:54, schrieb Jason Wang:
> The default for Ubuntu was 2048x 1536 which is past what my computer should do.
> It looks great except for the fact I can't see to left and bottom of screen.

that's good. Your virtual screen size is somehow mixed up.

> When I choose the 1920x1080, it makes everything ugly and squeezed.

That's weird. You could try

xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode 1920x1080

on the terminal
and switch back to working conditions

xrandr --output LVDS-1 --mode 2048x1536

if everything looks ugly and squeezed again.

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Jason Wang (jasonwang67) said : 		#7

I am so sorry for the trouble but it doesn't work at all. Same results. Here is one thing I left out and may be some help.
Every time i switch from 2048x 1536 to 1920x1080. Then click the revert to previous setttings. I get a 1 second glimpse of what the screen should look like with everything in view and resolution before it stretches out again.

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Tobias (ulbricht-tobias) said : 		#8

Am 09.01.2011 18:48, schrieb Jason Wang:
> Every time i switch from 2048x 1536 to 1920x1080. Then click the
> revert to previous setttings. I get a 1 second glimpse of what the
> screen should look like with everything in view and resolution before
> it stretches out again.
>

sorry no clue. you might want try this: setting the virtual resolution
(that is the 2048x1536) fix to the 1920x1080, see

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Config/Resolution#Setting%20resolution%20changes%20in%20xorg.conf

that might help anyway in further tests.