Zorin screen is cropped

I recently downloaded and installed Zorin 8 in a multi boot configuration with XP and Linux Mint Cinnamon. The Zorin install went well with only one problem. The desktop does not fill the entire screen area. The taskbar is at the bottom (XP mode), but there is a narrow black strip between the taskbar and the background picture. I experience the same problem using the Chrome browser. I have looked through quite a few of the threads and cannot find anything similar.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks!

Hi,

open a terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and paste the following command and then restart:

Code:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade -f

What graphics card do you have and have you installed any drivers?. Paste the following command and post the feedback here if the update command doesn't help you at all:

Code:

lspci

Here is the result of the second line of code you posted.

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P DRAM Controller/Host-Hub Interface (rev 02)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
00:06.0 System peripheral: Intel Corporation 82865G/PE/P Processor to I/O Memory Interface (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev c2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 02)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) IDE Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801EB (ICH5) SATA Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) SMBus Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
01:01.0 Communication controller: Conexant Systems, Inc. HSF 56k Data/Fax Modem
01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82562EZ 10/100 Ethernet Controller (rev 02)

Hope this gives you a clue.
Thanks,
Justin

Hi,

you have an Intel grahics card "Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)" of which should already have the best driver installed automatically!.

What screen resolution are you using, you can try raising or lowering it and see if that helps.

System Settings > Hardware > Screen Display > Resolution and adjust it!.


Let us know if that helps!.

There are only two resolutions available, 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600, Changing the resolution has no effect on the problem. Perhaps I should try another video card? I have one stored somewhere, so I wouldn't be out anything except the time to insert and configure it.

Thanks again,
Justin

Been looking around the net for similar graphics issues with same chipset. Take a look at this:

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1613132

Hi Justin,

you might want to try a lighter version of Linux, something like Zorin Lite which might take out the stress factor on your graphics card!.

http://distrowatch.com/?newsid=08375

Zorin Lite 8 is only supported until June 2014, Zorin 9 Lite will be out soon!.

Thanks for all of your suggestions Wolfman. I have been considering the Lite version and may try that soon. I am going to try the link provided by Swarfendor437 first, and should that fail I will load Zorin Lite for a runthrough.
Thanks again, and I will post back to let you know how things turn out.

Justin