[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
** Tags added: valid-xorg-conf -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Since the hardware is no longer available for doing troubleshooting with, we'll have to close the bug for now. However please feel free to reopen if you or anyone else has the same HW and can reproduce this issue using the latest development version of Ubuntu and is willing to do some troubleshooting with it. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Status: Incomplete = Invalid -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
You both have ATI cards. Please try Hardy alpha4 livecd if it works now. ** Changed in: xserver-xorg-video-ati (Ubuntu) Sourcepackagename: xorg = xserver-xorg-video-ati Importance: Medium = Low Assignee: Ubuntu-X (ubuntu-x-swat) = (unassigned) -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Does this bug still occur with the released version of Feisty? -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
** Changed in: xorg (Ubuntu) Assignee: Ubuntu Desktop Bugs = Ubuntu X SWAT -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Bryce Harrington wrote: Hi Martins, Thanks, yes I appreciate it if you can do some testing. It would be a useful piece of information if we can prove that this is yet another symptom of bug 3731 as my gut says it probably is. Regarding plug-n-play detection, yes you're definitely right that it *should* work like that, but in practice the detection does not work that well. I think it will be better as we upgrade to newer versions of X, but we'll have to see. Yes, for issue #2, the work around is to handcode the correct rates into the xorg.conf file. But really we want the autodetection to work properly, since who wants to handcode config files? :-) In line with the conjectures in my previous email. Adding vga=0x31b to the boot options in menu.lst didn't help. It gave a higher resolution boot splash, but once it got to the GDM log in screen it was the same as before. That's all for now. If you need me to try more stuff, it will be next weekend. Martins -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
Re: [Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Bryce Harrington wrote: Hi Martins, Thanks, yes I appreciate it if you can do some testing. It would be a useful piece of information if we can prove that this is yet another symptom of bug 3731 as my gut says it probably is. Regarding plug-n-play detection, yes you're definitely right that it *should* work like that, but in practice the detection does not work that well. I think it will be better as we upgrade to newer versions of X, but we'll have to see. Yes, for issue #2, the work around is to handcode the correct rates into the xorg.conf file. But really we want the autodetection to work properly, since who wants to handcode config files? :-) I was planning to upgrade to Feisty next weekend. It will be interesting to see if upstart makes anything change. Or should I wait another week or two to upgrade? martins -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
I'm not certain but I don't think the vga= option to the kernel affects X, I think that's just for the console. I don't know of any advantage to waiting on upgrading to Feisty once it's officially out, so I'd suggest doing it whenever is convenient to you. Have a good week! Bryce -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Hi Martins, Hmm, this is quite unusual. by chance have you searched in the xorg bug tracker at http://freedesktop.org/ to see if someone has already reported this upstream? It couldn't hurt to try it with KDE. I'm going to bet it won't make a difference, but sometimes KDE works differently than GNOME, so it could be a useful data point. Let me know if you do this. When I have some time I'll try to do some additional research into this one. Seems quite odd. Bryce -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Oh and I actually reset my monitor settings because I uninstalled my default graphics drivers. I'd to boot into REcovery mode and reset xorg.conf Anyways, even after I reconfigured xorg.conf , the problem was still there. -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Hi Yuri, Cool, thanks for the photo. I've just recently started looking into X bugs, so if you can point me to additional reports about this I would very much appreciate it. Here's a few guesses, could you guys let me know what you think on them? 1. It could just be the monitor settings. If the monitor does have some manual controls on the front of them, that's the first thing to try. Yuri - I couldn't see if your monitor has H/V adjustment controls? Your monitor also looks like it could use some pincushion adjustment as well. 2. Xorg may have failed to detect hardware H/v rates and may be selecting a resolution that your monitor clips. A LOT of people have been reporting various issues related to improperly detected monitor H/V rates, resulting in misdetected resolutions. This shows up as a descrepancy between the /etc/X11/xorg.conf file and the /var/log/Xorg.0.log file. If those of you experiencing this problem find that #1 doesn't seem suitable, please upload these two files here in this bug, and we can take a look at them and see. For people that find running xvidtune fixes the issue temporarily, that makes this sound like a likely reason. The workaround for this is to make absolutely sure the hsync and v refresh rates exactly match your monitor's documentation (X ought to be able to detect your monitor settings, but it proves to be rather hit or miss). 3. Driver issue. Martins, you suspect a driver issue and you could very well be right. I'd like to rule out #2 first, especially since you notice it sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. If it's a driver issue then I'd expect it to not work all the time, but the monitor misdetection can sometimes have a random nature to it. 4. Something completely different. Possibly it's a known xorg bug, in which case we can check the freedesktop.org bug tracker. But first let's try ruling out the above. -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Hi Martins, Thanks, yes I appreciate it if you can do some testing. It would be a useful piece of information if we can prove that this is yet another symptom of bug 3731 as my gut says it probably is. Regarding plug-n-play detection, yes you're definitely right that it *should* work like that, but in practice the detection does not work that well. I think it will be better as we upgrade to newer versions of X, but we'll have to see. Yes, for issue #2, the work around is to handcode the correct rates into the xorg.conf file. But really we want the autodetection to work properly, since who wants to handcode config files? :-) -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Hi Bryce, thank you for the suggestions. 1. All right, I did adjust the monitor settings a little. However, that's the most I could adjust without the Trash icon being cut off by the black border. Btw, what's H/V adjustment controls? If you're referring to the monitor controls, well, they are on the side of the monitor. Please refer to the attached photo for further details. 2. Okay, here're my files attached. I've not run xvidtune yet 'cos I found it really useless to run a temporary fix. Btw, how do you attach multiple files? I've seen some people do it and I'm interested in not leaving multiple posts all over a thread. 3. Driver issues? Heh, perhaps... 4. Yes, let's rule out the first 2 points and then, move on, then. After all, Martin and I might have the same issue but the cause might be totally different. ** Attachment added: yuri_monitor_blackborder2.jpg http://librarian.launchpad.net/7332190/yuri_monitor_blackborder2.jpg -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Oh and btw, yeah, I'll try the pincushion settings later on. ** Attachment added: yuri_xorg.conf http://librarian.launchpad.net/7332192/yuri_xorg.conf -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
** Attachment added: yuri_Xorg.0.log http://librarian.launchpad.net/7332193/yuri_Xorg.0.log -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Oh and it looks like the screen settings are REALLY out of whack!!! O_O;; Yeech... ;; Oh and my monitor is Samsung 793DF and my graphics card is ATI 9600 Pro . -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Are you still having this problem? This might be a stupid suggestion, but have you tried using the controls on the monitor for adjusting screen position/zoom/etc.? I'd run into a very similar issue today with a black strip on the left when I went to a new resolution, but it was just because the monitor was off-centered. Since you encounter this same issue at this resolution on SuSE, then it's more likely to be the hardware than the software, so I wonder if you're having the same issue? -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/48289 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is a direct subscriber. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
In order to get the right configuration, you have to copy the string obtained from xvidtune when clicking on Show and paste in your xorg.conf Monitor section as argument of Modeline parameter. See http://wiki.x.org/wiki/FAQVideoModes for further reference. -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/48289 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Clicking the test button in xvidtune without making any changes seems to fix the problem, bu only for that session. When you next log in, the offset is back. A fter going to the help link, I ran the dpkg-reconfigure script as it suggested. It ran through all the configuration settings and I answered all the questions. At the end it said tha no changes were made because the md5sum check failed. This makes sense as I had blown away my xorg.conf file and couldn't create the md5sum. However, it seems to have written an xorg.conf file anyway. Of course the offset is back. Remember that X was running without an xorg.conf file (at least as far as I could figure out. The nautilus search tool couldn't find one in the file system) when I tried dpkg-reconfigure. Martins -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/48289 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Oops, you're right, xorg.conf is in /etc/X11. I'm asking myself why I wrote /etc/init.d ;) Anyway, you could try to follow https://help.ubuntu.com/community/FixVideoResolutionHowto if you want to adjust your screen resolution. -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/48289 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
Try to launch xvidtune from a shell prompt. Click on Left button a couple of time and then click on Test to show what happened. Repeat this procedure if needed and, when ready, click on Show button and exit xvidtune. Now your console reports a line with some numbers. Open /etc/init.d/xorg.conf (using root privileges) and write under section Monitor the word ModeLine followed by the line obtained from xvidtune. Save the file and restart X.org. ** Changed in: Ubuntu Sourcepackagename: None = xorg Assignee: (unassigned) = Ubuntu Desktop Bugs Status: Unconfirmed = Needs Info -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/48289 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
[Bug 48289] Re: Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon
To Start, i'm now running Edgy. And xorg.conf was in /etc/X11, not /etc/init.d. Luca, I just tried your fix, but X failed to start, probably because of a syntax error. However, for some reason, my backup copy of xorg.conf failed to be saved, and I didn't realize it until I had removed my modified version. Disaster, you say? No! Ubuntu must have a fail-safe backup file somewhere, and gnome starts up anyway -- only now the screen offset is gone! The response is much slower, so the radeon driver probably isn't being loaded. Also, when I use the system/preferences menu to change the resolution, it doesn't work. I think that I can live with this until edgy is released, then I'll re-install and get the xorg.conf file back that way. Martins -- Gnome desktop screen is offset to the right by 1/2 Icon https://launchpad.net/bugs/48289 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
