Hi Sage, having the top column and left pixel row not visable, from memory, usually means your video card thinks it's working with aTube Screen, not a LCD type. Lower rows and right side missing means either it thinks the screen is faster than it actually is or that the screen-size is larger (something like trying a 16/9 lcd screen with a 16/10 config.Sage wrote: None of these are precisely my problem, but there certainly are issues over the default start-up video.
In my case I cannot get a screen which fits correctly using Radeon or nV (7 cards tested), any resolution (all available tested), any monitor (4 of different makes & sizes - not tried TV yet) . Icons always overshoot the margins the first left is off-screen left and above top. Same down below, lucky if I can see any of the lower tray. Fortunately, right click centre DT brings up the menu, but cannot see the 'File', therefore 'quit', menu in any apps - driven to guess how far beyond the screen needed to hit that option.
Of course, I could try manually adjusting each monitor using the on-screen menu, but that is grossly unreasonable, not least because every other distro I test manages to work out suitable default parameters and is likely to just compress the existing display. [Seem to remember another Pup describing a screen size fix but can't remember which or when? Might even be a basic Linux command? Point is - shouldn't be necessary, especially for pre-alphas, alphas, even betas. Some truly bog-std default setting is mandatory, even if that reverts to 3-colours in 640x480! Can't adjust anything without a picture of some sort unless you're a genius at the CLI. Not am I.] Notwithstanding, lp, yes, the cheat code nox, followed by #xwin can be useful for many misbehaving offerings - sadly not this one, at least, for YT.
Can you please boot without starting the X Server and go into xorgconfig and see if it's actually allowing you to setup the actual configuration for your screen, not what It thinks it is. Oh and I've found a lot of the latest so-called 60hx screens are actually 58 or 59.x and only psuedo run at 60hz, and some run better at 85hz, so expect to play with one ONLY until you have it correct. Look up their actual specs before you start please, it saves frustration levels through the roof.
