laptop screen shifted right

[MrKnisely]

golfer wrote:

>On 1/7/06, MrKnisely <mrknisely at mrknisely.is-a-geek.org> wrote:
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>>golfer wrote:
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>>>On breezy, my toshiba laptop, using the TRIDENT cyberblade xPi, has
>>>the visual screen shifted to the right about 1 mm.  It cuts off the
>>>right edge (about 1 mm) and the left edge shows about 1 mm wide black
>>>(unused) screen border.
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>>>This didn't happen on other versions of linux I've used previously, so
>>>I think it's something in ubuntu.
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>>>I've tried using xvidtune to change it, but it does nothing when I
>>>press the left (or right or wider or any buttons .. numbers on the
>>>bars move, but the screen doesn't).
>>>
>>>There's no error or warnings in the /var/log/Xorg.log.  Doesn't make
>>>any difference whether it's gnome or kde.
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>>>I also have tried removing the boot splash and this has no effect.
>>>There is nothing specific on modelines in the xorg.conf.
>>>
>>>Any suggestions on how to fix this?
>>>
>>>TIA,
>>>
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>>I'd make sure that your refresh rate is 60 in your xorg.conf.
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>Yes, mine if 50-70.  Actually, I just also found that it's the same in
>WinXP, so now I think it's a laptop problem.  Any idea how I might
>find the cause?
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>>Laptop LCDs don't suffer from the flicker issues that CRTs experience.
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>>Mike 
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If it is the same with both, I'd give a shot at a bootable CD.  If it is 
the same there, it's warranty time.  I seldom open laptops and even less 
frequently get them back together in working order after opened.  Fat 
fingers and working on laptops don't mix.

Sorry.

Mike K.