How to shift screen to the left in XFree86

usr345 · 10-24-2012, 03:10 AM

I have recently installed Slackware 14.0 on a machine with Windows XP. Everything works fine, except for the fact, that screen in KDE is shifted to the right by about 3px. Is it possible to shift it to the left?

KDE size and orientation dialog didn't help. I am using radeo driver with this card:

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] nee ATI RV350 AP [Radeon 9600]

mmheera · 10-24-2012, 01:04 PM

Have you tried to set it from the Monitor settings (the monitor buttons to adjust display)?

jefro · 10-24-2012, 05:52 PM

Maybe the monitor refresh settings in x. I forget which way is which. Going lower or higher may move it.

usr345 · 10-25-2012, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by mmheera

Have you tried to set it from the Monitor settings (the monitor buttons to adjust display)?

Yes. But in this case it becomes shifted in Windows.

usr345 · 10-25-2012, 02:09 AM

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Originally Posted by jefro

Maybe the monitor refresh settings in x. I forget which way is which. Going lower or higher may move it.

The refresh rate is the same as on Windows: 60 Hz. I'd better not touch it as it can damage the hardware.

segmentation_fault · 10-25-2012, 11:22 AM

Do both OSes are set at the same resolution? Do you connect your monitor through VGA? If the answers are "no" and "yes" you are doomed to set up the image in your monitor's menu every time you switch OS. Most monitors "remember" one setting per resolution mode. If you can connect your monitor with DVI cable you can forget this "issue".

And a little off-topic: You are not using XFree86 but Xorg.

usr345 · 10-25-2012, 04:28 PM

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Do both OSes are set at the same resolution?

Yes. 1280x1024 in every case.

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Originally Posted by segmentation_fault

Do you connect your monitor through VGA?

Yes.

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Originally Posted by segmentation_fault

If the answers are "no" and "yes" you are doomed to set up the image in your monitor's menu every time you switch OS.

The answers are "yes", "yes". And that's the point.

mmheera · 10-25-2012, 04:34 PM

May be some hints here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175434012/

usr345 · 10-25-2012, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by mmheera

May be some hints here:

http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...-a-4175434012/

No, I faced this problem in 2004 when I first installed Linux. But then I had nobody to tell about it. I think, it's some low-level stuff, not connected with the broken menues.