display cut off

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 1:05:46 am

hello let me aploigiz ferst for my spelling and gramer. ok so the problem i am having is the edges of my screen are cut off i have tryd the moniter detect and all the resilooshens i have **** it is no good. i am a compleat noob on this os and downt relly know what im doing so any help wood be gratfull.

madvinegar

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:32:22 am

Is this a PC monitor or a laptop monitor?

If it is a PC monitor, have you tried correcting the fitting of the desktop inside the monitor by using the monitor's adjust buttons?

Wolfman

Wed Aug 22, 2012 9:00:45 am

Hi,

you can also look in the system settings manager at the hardware section then displays and look at the resolution settings there.

Have you fully updated your system:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:27:37 pm

madvinegar wrote:Is this a PC monitor or a laptop monitor?

If it is a PC monitor, have you tried correcting the fitting of the desktop inside the monitor by using the monitor's adjust buttons?

its a 32 tv and i cant ajust its picher on the tv. and i just finisht updating the os.

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:28:58 pm

Wolfman wrote:Hi,

you can also look in the system settings manager at the hardware section then displays and look at the resolution settings there.

Have you fully updated your system:

viewtopic.php?f=5&t=2247

Regards Wolfman

i have tryd all the resolitions i have avalibol and it is up to date

Wolfman

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:32:45 pm

Hi,

have you installed the drivers for your graphics card via System Settings > Hardware > Additional Drivers ?? (ATI and Nvidia only).

Regards Wolfman

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:37:25 pm

ya i have and i know that in win 7's control for my vid card it had a tool to resize the desktop **** i downt know how to do it on zorin 6. ow and when i go to the resilooshen screen its lockt on laptop and i cant unlock it

Wolfman

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:44:13 pm

Hi,

what are your PC's specs, you may be maxed out on the resolution if for example it is a Netbook!!. Make model and any other details you can provide please.

Regards Wolfman

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:48:45 pm

mb= gigibyt
pr= phenom 2 x4 960t
ram= 8 gig
vid= nvidea 430
hd= 1t and 300 gb
its a custum bilt pc **** i think i meat all the reqwierments

Wolfman

Wed Aug 22, 2012 5:58:04 pm

Hi,

your specs are okay, did you check the settings manager??.

Regards Wolfman

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:01:15 pm

how do you mean chec the maniger if you mean that display window ya i have

madvinegar

Wed Aug 22, 2012 6:51:21 pm

So you are talking about a TV.
The top, bottom and sides being cut off is called "overscan", and is a feature of your TV. To fix it, simply disable it in your TV's settings.
You may find it under "picture size"->"native".

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:11:48 pm

i just went thruw all the setings for the tv and it dident have a seting like that im going to see if there is a up date for it know maby that will fix it idk

madvinegar

Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:49:05 pm

Since you have an NVIDIA card, download from the software center the "NVtv TV OUT" application. And check/try out the settings for overscan there.

Also, check this out:
http://askubuntu.com/questions/125575/e ... untu-12-04

draxx9000

Wed Aug 22, 2012 7:58:13 pm

ok so i installd it and i cant evin find the program to run it

draxx9000

Thu Aug 23, 2012 3:36:17 am

ok so i fownd the program and tryd to run it but it dusent do anything. is there sumthing im doing wrong?

madvinegar

Thu Aug 23, 2012 6:49:36 am

Have you tried going to additional drivers to see if there is any recomended Nvidia driver to be enabled?
If yes, enable it and see if it helps.

If you open terminal and write
nvidia-settings

do you get any window with nvidia settings. If yes, look through them and try to find the overscan option.

Wolfman

Thu Aug 23, 2012 7:49:03 am

Also,

did you click on the Detect displays button in the display manager??. (Sorry; I forgot to mention that earlier!)

Regards Wolfman

draxx9000

Thu Aug 23, 2012 4:01:26 pm

YES ITS GOOD TO GO NOW. I WHAT TO THANK BOLTH OF YOU FOR HELPING ME IN THE END I JUST NEEDED TO AJUST THE SETING IN nvidia-settings AND ITS PERFIKT NOW I EVIN HAVE MY 2ED TV UP AND GOING ON IT NOW THANK YOU SOMUCH.

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