Alan Mackenzie wrote: > Hello, Dale > > On Sun, Aug 25, 2024 at 13:28:14 -0500, Dale wrote: >> Alan Mackenzie wrote: >>> Somehow I don't think that will work (which doesn't mean I won't try it). >>> There is something in the motherboard which is throwing off the desired >>> resolution by those extra 192 horizontal pixels, even in the BIOS. >> Do you have x11-apps/xrandr installed? If you do, see what this says. > I didn't, but I do now. After trying (and failing) to run it on the > console, I tried in X-Windows (the display of which is miserably > unstable at the moment). > >> xrandr --listmonitors > >> This is mine: > >> root@Gentoo-1 / # xrandr --listmonitors >> Monitors: 3 >> 0: +*DP-2 1920/698x1080/393+0+1080 DP-2 >> 1: +DP-1 1920/698x1080/393+0+0 DP-1 >> 2: +DP-7 1920/1150x1080/650+1920+1080 DP-7 >> root@Gentoo-1 / # > That's one tremendous monitor you've got on DP-7. :-) > > I've got just the one monitor. I got back: > > 0: +*HDMI-A-0 1920/521x1080/293+0+0 HDMI-A-0
If I read that and my thinking is right, that is what it should be. I don't completely understand everything that output is saying. But, I technically have three monitors. I have two in front of me that have different displays. Those are DP2 and DP-2. The third, DP-7, is my TV that I watch. It goes to a splitter which goes to a TV in my bedroom and one in the living room. I can cook, clean etc while watching TV. DP-7 is to the right of DP-2 which may be why it shows something larger. Some of this monitor stuff is a bit confusing. >> DP-2 is my primary display and if you have only one monitor, should be >> the only line for you but might be DP-1 instead. Micheal might can >> explain this better, or even more correctly, but I think the important >> part for this is where mine says +0+. I think, just think, if yours >> says something like +192+ instead of 0, that might be a clue. If it >> says 0 as it should, then this may be the wrong track to look down. >> What I'm wondering, is the monitor set to show a blank, or black, >> section on that side for some reason. This could very well not be the >> case tho. If it shows correctly like mine does, then ignore this and >> know that isn't causing the problem at least. > No, I've got the +0+, too. > >> This is a odd problem. I don't think I ever saw this even during the >> old CRT days. o_O > I'm convinced this isn't a problem in Linux. It's something having got > wedged in the motherboard's firmware, seeing as how the blank strip > appears even when going into the BIOS. I suspect I'm going to have to > reinitialise the CMOS ram, which I really don't want to do, though > Michael doesn't think that's the problem. We'll see. > >> Dale >> :-) :-) > Ahhhhh. If it does it in the BIOS, it's either a monitor or video card, or mobo if video is built in, problem. If a monitor isn't right in the BIOS screen, odds are it won't be when booted either. Can you install a video card and test? If it works, mobo has a video driver problem. If not, could be monitor or cables or something. At least we know one thing it isn't. ;-) Dale :-) :-)
