Screen size settings

[samuel]

overscan or underscan is what you are facing...

have a look here: http://b.wardje.eu/2012/08/nvidia-linux-overscan.html but
there is plenty out there that handles this.

btw... not really Xfce related ;)


On Tue, Aug 5, 2014 at 12:08 AM, houghi <houghi at houghi.org> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have a GeForce GT 520 Nvidia that I had connected to 2 1920x1080
> monitors. I used the VGA connection
> I also have a GeForce 8400GS NVidia that I have connected to two 1920x1200
> monitors. I use the VGA connection.
> I have xfce 4.10 and run Debian Jessie
>
> I used to configure all with nvidia-settings, but for some reason that is
> not included in Jessie anymore, so I need to do things manually.
> All worked perfectly and I had a working xorg.conf
>
> Now I want to use the HDMI connection on the GT 520 instead of the 2xVGA.
> Here is the thing: I get it to run in 1920x1080, but I do not see
> everything. I only see part of it. Bit hard to describe, so here is a
> background image I made : http://houghi.org/XFCE/test.png
> It is 1920x1080. I do see it all when I use the VGA connection, but not
> when I use the HDMI conection.
> What I see is nothing of the white border and only a bit of the yellow.
> (If need be, I can take a photo and put that online.
>
> I have tried it on three different monitors from three different brands,
> so it is not that. My xorg.conf can be found here:
> http://houghi.org/XFCE/xorg.conf
>
> I also tried using xrandr:
> houghi at penne : xrandr
> Screen 2: minimum 8 x 8, current 1920 x 1080, maximum 16384 x 16384
> DVI-I-0 disconnected primary (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> VGA-0 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> DVI-I-1 disconnected (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> HDMI-0 connected 1920x1080+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis)
> 640mm x 360mm
>    1360x768      60.37 +
>    1920x1080     60.00*   59.94    50.00    60.05    60.00    50.04
>    1280x1024     60.02
>    1280x720      60.61    59.94    50.00
>    1024x768      60.00
>    800x600       60.32
>    720x576       50.00    50.08
>    720x480       60.05
>    640x480       59.94    59.93
>
>
> I tried using
> `xrandr --output HDMI-0 --rate 60 --mode 1920x1080 --fb 1920x1080
> --panning 1920x1080`
> and that did not change anything.
>
> Using "Display Settings" does not have any influence either. I still do
> not see the whole desktop.
>
> What else can I do? What other information do you need?
>
> houghi
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