Lubuntu-users Digest, Vol 7, Issue 28

[matt davis]

On 07/30/2012 08:00 AM, lubuntu-users-request at lists.ubuntu.com wrote:
> Again... from the "am I the only one with this problem?" department... 
> Noticing that in terminal (XTerm), if I do a ls command: cd / cd /etc 
> ls the left most character of each directory entry is clipped, or 
> appears outside the screen margins. Probably not a big problem, but 
> annoying if I'm looking for something over there. As a workaround I 
> find that going to <preferences>/<OpenBox Configuration 
> Manager>/<Margins>, I can adjust the left and right margins inward by 
> 10 pixels and that cures the problem. My computer is an eMac with ATI 
> Radeon 9200 video card. 1 Gig RAM and a 1.2 Gig G4 processor Anybody 
> notice anything similar? Ron Mitchell 
     I had a similar issue on my computer which was most noticeable in 
tty. I was losing about two letters worth off the left side of the 
screen. What worked for me was xvidtune. It is already installed and can 
be launched from cli.  Now this utility appears to be ancient and I 
think you need to keep hitting "apply" or "show" to see if your 
adjustments are effective, but it worked for me.